Canadians and Republicans alike are confounded as President Donald Trump increasingly links a trade war to his push to annex Canada.

Those claims, made during a White House visit from the Irish prime minister, come less than a week after he mischaracterized the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) — a deal he negotiated — making an important omission while stating that Canada is charging more than 200 per cent tariffs on dairy products.

Canada Hates Trump, with 100,000 followers and growing — has uncovered video of the president in 2018 complaining about Canadians abusing U.S. tariff laws by smuggling shoes back across the border — on their feet.