<img src="https://www.rawstory.com/media-library/u-s-president-donald-trump-meets-with-ireland-s-prime-minister-taoiseach-micheal-martin-not-pictured-at-farmleigh-house-in.jpg?id=67767409&width=1245&height=700&coordinates=0%2C263%2C0%2C263"/><br/><br/><p>President Donald Trump admitted to confusion Saturday when faced with a simple question regarding one of his own deals.</p><p>Trump, asked by a reporter if he was considering a withdrawal from the <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-supporters-trade-deal/" target="_blank">United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement</a> he negotiated and passed during his first term — and touted as "the best agreement we've ever made" — appeared not to remember it on Saturday.</p><p>"Are you considering withdrawing from the USMCA deal?" the reporter asked. </p><p>"What does that mean?" Trump responded.</p><p>The reporter paused for a beat, then explained the acronym, "Are you considering withdrawing from the USMCA deal with U.S., Mexico, and Canada?"</p><p>"That's a strange question to be asked over here," Trump replied. </p><p>This exchange captured the immediate attention of Trump's critics on social media. </p><p>"Sharp as a tack," progressive political commentator Molly Jong-Fast <a href="https://x.com/MollyJongFast/status/2098748910705558006" target="_blank">joked</a> in a post on X.</p><p>"Truly a man at the top of his game right here," <a href="https://x.com/justinbaragona/status/2098788391508726064" target="_blank">added</a> media columnist Justin Baragona.</p><p>Trump's administration declined to renew the USMCA in July, triggering annual reviews that keep the pact in force until 2036 unless a country moves to withdraw.</p><p>Trump has previously said that he's considering withdrawing from the USMCA, but on Saturday, he denied plans to withdraw from it and talked up his relationship with <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-canada-2677842241/" target="_blank">Canada</a> despite an ongoing trade war.</p><p>"No, I get along great. We're going to have a great relationship with Mexico," Trump said. "We actually have a good one with Canada but the United States has been ripped off for fifty years by Canada."</p><p>Trump then claimed both Canada and Iran wanted to make a deal "very badly." </p><p>This prompted political analyst and staff writer for The Atlantic Tom Nichols to <a href="https://x.com/RadioFreeTom/status/2098797721918251142" target="_blank">warn of</a> "cognitive decline" in Trump.</p><p>"His brain is now just a Mad Libs template with the same answers written in over and over. 'What do you think of [issue] and [country]?'" Nichols wrote. "'[Issue] is going great. [Country] is very eager to make a deal.' You can insert almost anything and get the same answer."</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="2098797721918251142" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=2098797721918251142&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rawstory.com%2Fr%2Fentryeditor%2F2677851533%23advanced&sessionId=698457ee3e3df2d52bd2267c73ed11154abc61c1&theme=light&widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&width=550px" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 986px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js"></script></p> via Raw Story https://ift.tt/nYezKSQ
