Joe Nocera, Columnist

Trump the Bully Even Picks On Friends

There's no rational reason to punish Canada over minor disagreements. Unless you count political opportunism.

April 26, 2017 at 5:29 PM UTC

Joe Nocera is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He has written business columns for Esquire, GQ and the New York Times, and is the former editorial director of Fortune. He is the host and writer of the Bloomberg-Wondery podcast "The Shrink Next Door."

Not worth fighting about.
Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg

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President Donald Trump is a bully. We all know that. And when bullies want to rough somebody up, they don’t pick a fight with an opponent who is as big and strong as they are.

To put it another way: It’s tough being Canada these days.