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I want to take a second to talk about the new trade deal that is taking the place of NAFTA. USMCA, which is an infinitely less impressive abbreviation and all around title was unveiled on Monday and….no one talked about it. Now, listen, when it comes to economics and trade deals, I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know a whole heck of a lot, but based on the limited coverage it got, I guess it’s alright? I mean, I guess Canada is being less stingy about it’s milk which is…fine? I dunno. But it’s limited coverage, ESPECIALLY on Monday, the day this deal dropped, kind of blew my mind. I actively sought out information on the deal on Monday, and couldn’t find much more than descriptions of it, and all of that was buried under the Brett Kavanaugh situation. And that HAS to grind Trump’s gears. It HAS to. On the day that Trump presumably didn’t completely screw up a significant trade deal (I think he didn’t?), all anyone wants to talk about is Kavanaugh. And when Trump spoke up on Kavanaugh on Monday…I feel like the things he chose to speak on reflected that. I mean yeah, he did TECHNICALLY defend the man, but only after basically calling him an alcoholic and saying that he’s allowing the FBI to conduct a thorough investigation, where days ago, it seemed like it was going to be pretty limited. Maybe I’m reading a bit too much into it, but maybe, just maybe Trump doesn’t like people talking about another rich white guy on the day that he’s the rich white guy who should be getting the attention.