Last week, in all his infinite wisdom, Donald Trump decided to alienate the U.S.’s most important allies more than he already has by slapping steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and the European Union on dubious “national security” grounds. As expected, the response was shock, outrage, and retaliation. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called the tariffs “unjustified,” saying that Trump had left the E.U. “no choice” but to hit back with levies of its own. Mexico’s Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo called it “a sad day for international trade,” imposing $3 billion in tariffs on U.S. goods. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose government responded with duties that could hit $16.6 billion on steel, aluminum, beer kegs, whisky, maple syrup, and other goods, declared the measures “an affront” to Canadian soldiers who have died fighting alongside their American counterparts, listing the many instances in which Canada has had the U.S.’s back. Now, with less than two days to go until the G7 summit kicks off in La Malbaie, Quebec, has Trump devised a strategy to bring the world leaders he’s needlessly antagonized to the negotiating table, and put a stop to his ill-advised trade wars before they get further out of hand? Not exactly!

Instead, according to The Washington Post, Trump is gearing up to escalate tensions, after a meeting of G7 finance ministers ended last week with officials from the six other countries telling Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to pass on to Trump their “unanimous concern and disappointment” over the tariffs. White House officials are reportedly looking into ways to hit Canada, the host of the summit, with additional tariffs, discussing whether or not to have Trump refuse to sign a traditional joint agreement at the conclusion of the meeting, a stunt that would be sure to please his base. “This administration likes to threaten and then they often don’t follow through on the threats,” Jamie Fly, senior fellow and director of the Future of Geopolitics and Asia programs at the German Marshal Fund, told the Post. “In this case . . . they have followed through, at least for now. . . . We’re entering new territory with these trade actions here. There really is longterm damage being done to the relationships.”

Luckily, Trump has the mental acuity to run intellectual circles around his adversaries and ultimately get what he wants for the U.S. Just kidding—this is what we’re working with here:

President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a testy phone call on May 25 over new tariffs imposed by the Trump administration targeting steel and aluminum imports coming from Canada, including one moment during the conversation in which Trump made an erroneous historical reference, sources familiar with the discussion told CNN.