It’s Monday…
President Shitshow’s public schedule for…
Baby’s First Trade War: Asia Edition
President Jet-Lagged Feelings is overseas pretending tariffs are a personality. The government is still shut down. His Canada meltdown from Friday didn’t cool off overnight. Now he’s 12 time zones ahead, posting like his brain is still somewhere over the Pacific.
While he’s out there trying to lecture Asia about trade, his phone is lighting up with brand-new tantrums about Canada, Reagan, elections, polls, and whatever conspiracy he can grab before breakfast.
So let’s take a tour of the chaos.
Act I: The Polling Delusion
Jet lag doesn’t fix insecurity. Spoiler: shouting about “best numbers ever” doesn’t make them real.
| pollster | date | sample | Approve | Disapprove | spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 10/1 – 10/23 | — | 45.1 | 51.7 | Spread-6.6 |
| Rasmussen Reports | 10/19 – 10/23 | 1500 LV | 47 | 51 | Spread-4 |
| Economist/YouGov | 10/17 – 10/20 | 1448 RV | 43 | 55 | Spread-12 |
| RMG Research* | 10/15 – 10/22 | 3000 RV | 51 | 47 | Spread+4 |
| Morning Consult | 10/17 – 10/19 | 2200 RV | 46 | 51 | Spread-5 |
| Quinnipiac | 10/16 – 10/20 | 1327 RV | 40 | 54 | Spread-14 |
| Reuters/Ipsos | 10/15 – 10/20 | 4385 A | 42 | 56 | Spread-14 |
| Daily Mail | 10/14 – 10/15 | 1004 RV | 51 | 49 | Spread+2 |
| Emerson | 10/13 – 10/14 | 1000 RV | 45 | 48 | Spread-3 |
| Gallup | 10/1 – 10/16 | 1000 A | 41 | 54 | Spread-13 |
If confidence were real, it wouldn’t require yelling at charts.
Act II: The Canada Conspiracy Spiral
Canada aired Reagan’s actual words. He retaliated with new tariffs and conspiracy theories about deepfaked Ronald Reagan.
Trump: "They cheated on a commercial. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs and they said he didn't. And I guess it was AI or something. They cheated badly. Canada got caught cheating on a commercial. Can you believe it?" pic.twitter.com/3EzUEsDbxW
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 25, 2025
And it gets dumber.
Source: Press Gaggle, Air Force One — Kuala Lumpur
Trump: One of the most difficult countries to deal with has been Canada. They did a fake ad yesterday. They were caught. That's dirty pool and you can't do that.
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 27, 2025
They’ve apologized and they said, "We're going to take the ad down." Well, they did it, but they did it very late.… pic.twitter.com/FRWHthuyX3
Show more =’s They’ve apologized and they said, “We’re going to take the ad down.” Well, they did it, but they did it very late. They let it play for another two nights and now they took that ad down. So, I don’t know when it’s going to kick in. We’ll see. But, uh I don’t really want to discuss it.
Update: Ontario paused the ad campaign. No apology issued. (AP News link)
The ad was not fake.
— Ann-Tiff-A (@NewsiesNeighbor) October 27, 2025
Reagan hated blanket tariffs.
They did not apologize, they said they'd pause the ad on Monday, so negations could resume. They ran it during the world series and over the weekend.https://t.co/QqsyuOvUqL
Trump is a moron.
Then he admits he doesn’t know whether it was the federal government or a province… and trails off like he forgot his own story.
Reporter: That was an ad run by a provincial government in Canada.
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 27, 2025
Trump: I don’t care
Reporter: Why are you mad at the federal government?
Trump: Because whether it's provincial or Canada itself, they all knew exactly what the ad was. The prime minister knew, everybody knew. https://t.co/4RqwUINvhd pic.twitter.com/YwGwylLfLo
He’s arguing with Canada about a speech they didn’t fake, because Reagan said tariffs were dumb. Repeatedly.
Ontario ad:
Reagan (Reagan, April 1987 — exactly the words Canada quoted):
When someone says, “Let’s impose tariffs on foreign imports,” it looks like they’re doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products and jobs. And sometimes for a short while it works — but only for a short time. Over the long run, such trade barriers hurt every American worker and consumer.
High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars. Then the worst happens: Markets shrink and collapse; businesses and industries shut down; and millions of people lose their jobs.
Throughout the world there’s a growing realization that the way to prosperity for all nations is rejecting protectionist legislation and promoting fair and free competition. America’s jobs and growth are at stake.
Reagan Library.gov. Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade. 04/25/1987.
Did Reagan love tariffs?
Absolutely not. He repeatedly said they were bad for workers, consumers, and the economy:
- Tariffs hurt American workers and consumers
Radio Address on Free & Fair Trade, Apr. 25, 1987 - Tariffs destroy jobs and raise prices
Free & Fair Trade, Sept. 7, 1985 - Tariffs provoke retaliation and shrink economies
U.S. Chamber Q&A, May 10, 1983 - Smoot-Hawley tariffs worsened the Great Depression
Choosing the Future Conference, Sept. 5, 1984 - Tariffs are just more taxes
Export Awards Remarks, May 18, 1987 - Reagan literally lowered tariffs with Canada
Signing the U.S.–Canada Free Trade Agreement, Sept. 28, 1988
All quotes can be found at Reagan Library.gov.
Act III: The Election Denial Greatest Hits
Five years later and he still wants a rematch with a scoreboard. Because nothing shows confidence like resurrecting a “stolen” election while flying over the Pacific.
Still arguing with ballots like they personally keyed his car.
Now he’s trying to convince the cameras he’s invincible.
Q: Bannon said there's a plan for you to run and potentially win a third term.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 27, 2025
TRUMP: Well, I haven't really thought about it. I have the best poll numbers I've ever had. I mean, I just solved 8 wars and a 9th is coming. pic.twitter.com/kOWbjZj3i7
If the election was a landslide, he wouldn’t still be campaigning against it.
Reagan warned tariffs would wreck the economy. Canada quoted him. He lost his mind.
When a president cares more about winning imaginary arguments than helping real families, prices rise and progress stalls.
His tantrum isn’t protecting us. His tantrum is punishing us.
This is an open thread
