In this instance, at least, I'm thinking less "distraction" and more about his transactional mindset. He's done a lot of his tarriff-threatening specifically as a means of negotiation to get other countries to do what he wants them to do. I think the same can be suggested about his stated desire to annex Canada.I go back and forth whether he is creates distractions to do sleight of hand or whether he is just bumbling around all over the place and often someone can help him to make something useful out of what he does.