President Donald Trump mocked transgender people in front of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, whose child identifies as nonbinary, during an Oval Office meeting in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday that was intended to focus on trade relations but instead became a showcase of Trump’s familiar culture war politics.

The meeting, held in the presence of reporters, aimed to emphasize renewed cooperation between the two countries, which remain deeply economically intertwined. But as The Independent reported, it “devolved into a political rally disguised as a routine press availability.” Trump repeatedly veered off topic to attack Democrats, the media, and transgender people, boasting that under his leadership, “We have strong borders. We have no men in women’s sports. We’re not going to take your child away and change the sex of your child.”

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    Lol! Canada can shut off the power to the entire North Eastern seaboard. We can also coordinate with our European allies and start selling off all our US bonds, effectively tanking the value of the US dollar.

    That’s leverage.

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      Against a reasonable politician it would be. Wouldn’t they just use that as an excuse to declare war and annex us. Using that same war to cancel elections and stay in power?