what a hero

Or he did something stupid to dilute media coverage from the process of turning the USA into a Oligarchy

He did gain something but lost a lot or rather usa lost a lot. He can just claim he forced other countries to enforce border on their dime by force to appeal to his cult. And ofc his cult will ignore or don't understand the value of trust lost and how this will cause prices to go up even if he backs out now. At least the neighbours are now aware of what's to come and can plan accordingly to reduce dependency on the bully.

And here I saw this as Trump wanting to prove to the country and rest of the world, he's loco in the cabeza, and that he wanted to make Canada dance by punching them squarely in the nose publicly, while his true target was China (trade) and Mexico (drugs and immigration), so he threw Canada in, to see what he could shake out of their pockets with zero effort. I get wanting to spin this as mockery of the bad man, and Trump is indeed a very terrible human being, but this isn't a win for anyone, with a 30 day timer counting down, to placate a man who hurts entire countries just because he can.