COMMENT | In the wake of Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again (Maga) campaign, one spinoff is Make America Hate Again, the reference to the campaign of hate against other people that the Trump administration has launched, targeting people such as migrants and liberals.

Those old enough to recall the hate for the US in many developing countries due its imperialism, its support of dictatorial and oppressive regimes across the world, its liberal use of the CIA to foment coups to instal friendly governments, and even blatant attacks on democratically elected governments may now identify with this returning hatred for the US.

The new offshoot of Trump’s Maga involves just the addition of the letter “d” to the word “hate” - Trump is well on the way to “Make America Hated Again” or Maha. It’s happening not just at its doorstep in Canada, Mexico, and Panama, but throughout the world.

When Trump first said Canada would be the 51st state, the general impression was that it was a joke. But some began to believe it to be true, especially when he threatened its closest ally with tariffs and other measures to show his strength.

What happened instead was that he united Canada like it had never been before, a country larger than the US in terms of size but a population much smaller, which pushed back hard and made it clear it never wanted to be part of the US. The two still boast the longest undefended border between nations.