Psychoanalysis explains why Donald Trump is taunting Canada and ‘Governor Justin Trudeau’

By Gavin Fridell, Professor of Political Science and Global Development Studies, Saint Mary’s University
Ilan Kapoor, Professor, Psychoanalytic Theory/Politics, York University, Canada

Canadian policymakers were just beginning to recover from the shock of Donald Trump’s recent threats to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canada and Mexico when the president-elect detonated another rhetorical explosive. In an overnight social media post, Trump referred to the “great state of Canada” and “Governor Justin Trudeau.”

While Canadian cabinet ministers

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