Or, maybe it's not (just) distraction. Maybe he is seeding interest amongst the Canadian magatards. Maybe this is designed to give traction to Dani Smith and her ilk, to create division and internal strife.

Maybe Trump and the repubs have been following a playbook for all his Canada talk... maybe Putin's playbook on Ukraine.

"From this moment forward, the only mission of the newly restored Department of War is this: Warfighting" -Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War September 30, 2025

One of these threats is not a distraction