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In 1999, the creators of South Park were nominated for an Academy Award for their song “Blame Canada.” “South Park, of course, is caustic and anarchic satire. But today, somehow, it’s become real,” the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, said last night on Washington Week With The Atlantic.
What started as a fight over trade has gone dangerously, ridiculously sideways. Why does President Trump loathe Canada but respect North Korea? What might NATO members be thinking about Trump’s treatment of his supposed allies?
Joining Goldberg to discuss these questions and more: Stephen Hayes of The Dispatch, Idrees Kahloon of The Atlantic, Ashley Parker of The Atlantic, and Josh Wingrove of Bloomberg News.
Watch the full episode here.
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