Fentanyl precursors diverted from Mexico to B.C., Trump’s FBI director claims in Joe Rogan interview
The B.C. government is pushing back on claims made by FBI director Kash Patel while discussing the fentanyl crisis with comedian Joe Rogan. Appearing on the latest episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, Patel told the host fentanyl precursor chemicals from China are being sent to Mexico and Canada to bypass U.S. drug enforcement efforts. “What they’re doing now...
Musk’s magical ROAS
Elon Musk has always taken a curious pride in not spending big on advertising. Tesla’s meteoric rise was, in his telling, proof that a superior product—and a CEO with 220 million followers—renders paid media optional.
The revenge tragedy of Donald Trump and Elon Musk
“This is going to be great television,” Donald Trump said after the humiliation of Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office a few months ago. That line has been the key to understanding the workings of the U.S. president’s second administration. Trump is an entertainer, and his government, run by Fox News talking heads and C-list celebrities, operates on the logic...
Musk says ‘Trump would have lost’ without his help, U.S. president threatens to kill contracts
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to cut Elon Musk’s government contracts as their fractured alliance rapidly escalated into a public feud with Trump suggesting he would use the U.S. government to hurt his fellow billionaire financially. The spectacular blow-up between the president of the United States and the world’s richest man played out on their respective social media...
Trump's 'big, beautiful' tax reform bill could cost Canadians billions
Section of Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill could hit Canadian investors with new tax. A small, obscure section buried in U.S. President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act could cost Canadians and Canadian companies billions of dollars, CBC News has learned. Moreover, it could hand Prime Minister Mark Carney's government yet another political hot potato from south of the...
Don’t make the mistake of thinking Elon Musk is really gone from the U.S. government
So ends the first co-presidency of the United States of America. A technology entrepreneur took over the American government promising to save it billions of dollars; having failed to make billions of dollars by breaking it, he departed. Here is the essential paradox of Elon Musk and Donald Trump: They appear alike in their awful uniqueness, in their grotesque singularity...
NORTH AMERICAN SOLIDARITY NEEDED TO NAVIGATE TRUMP’S TRADE WARS
Like a spoiled child, Donald Trump has kicked over the sandcastle defending what is left of the rules-based international trading order. As critics of that order, we accept the opportunity and challenge it creates to rethink international relations and mutating neoliberal dogmas. However, we are greatly concerned by the chaos and misfortune that Trump’s actions have caused for workers and...
Joe Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive' prostate cancer that has spread to his bones
Former U.S. president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office said Sunday. Biden was seen last week by doctors after urinary symptoms, and a prostate nodule was found. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer on Friday, with the cancer cells having spread to the bone. "While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer...
Trump says Trudeau 'wrongly' pushed Russia out of G8 — when Harper was in power
U.S. President Donald Trump said former prime minister Justin Trudeau led the effort to have Russia removed from the G8, even though the decision took place more than a year before Trudeau came to power. Speaking alongside FIFA president Gianni Infantino at a World Cup event in Washington on Tuesday, Trump said Trudeau and former U.S. president Barack Obama "didn't...
China, Russia Remain Close Despite Trump’s Efforts to Drive a Wedge
On April 2 — just before the U.S. announced sweeping new tariffs on much of the world — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi concluded a three-day visit to Moscow, where he met with his counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two sides discussed the Russia-Ukraine war and other security flashpoints, including Iran’s nuclear program and the Korean...
Trump’s chaos is imperialism in a transparent disguise
United States President Donald Trump is mashing up the global order. I have a theory. Last week, Trump imposed so-called “reciprocal” tariffs on American trading partners. His actions sent markets plunging, investment funds devaluing, and panic rising. There are no rules for the new global economic regime.
U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog
A just-released annual report on the global state of democracy makes for depressing reading. But what's even more depressing is what might appear in next year's edition. Or rather, what might not appear in the 2026 volume: an old democracy, by some measures the world's oldest; a superpower that long circled the globe professing to spread freedom. "If it continues...
Trump’s word = the square root of bugger all
I have just two words for U.S. President Donald Trump: Tariff off. How bad is his crazed trade war? Just a day after imposing illegal and punishing tariffs on Canada and Mexico, Captain Chaos has had to revisit the issue. In just one day. That’s because his belligerent and unscrupulous policy aimed at America’s biggest trading partners and most faithful...
The world according to Trump
We’ve all heard it, and for a while, it was tempting to believe. No matter how nutty US President Donald Trump’s statements or actions are, there is a reason. He’s a business guy. He makes deals. He might be rude, crude, a little unhinged, but he has a plan. He’s smart. He knows what he’s doing. Just wait. You’ll see...
Is the Trump revolution off to a good or bad start?
Does Donald Trump’s revolutionary start make the grade? On Tuesday, America once again celebrated the great presidential tradition called “marking your own homework,” also known as the Joint Session of Congress address. You didn’t need to sit through all 99 minutes of Trump’s peroration to know that he gave himself an A++ on his first six weeks in office...
Oval Office blow-up confirmed where Trump really stands
When the history of what could be a widening war in Europe is written, it will be interesting to see if it will be recorded how United States Vice-President J.D. Vance led his boss into an explosive, epoch-making verbal clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Feb. 28. Engaged in a war for survival against a Russian invasion propelled by...
Trump sinks to new low with AI-generated Gaza video
King Donald and his band of enabling Banana Republicans have hit a new low. With the ceasefire in Gaza hanging by a thread, U.S. President Donald Trump posted a glitzy video on “Truth” Social complete with a catchy song. The AI-generated video depicted the war-torn region after a makeover—a kind of Las Vegas on the Mediterranean. There was even a...
After Zelenskyy-Trump row, British PM says allies must increase 'share of the burden' to help Ukraine
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer rallied his European and NATO counterparts Sunday to shore up their borders and throw their full weight behind Ukraine as he announced outlines of a plan to end Russia's war. "Every nation must contribute to that in the best way that it can, bringing different capabilities and support to the table, but all taking responsibility...
Trump sides with Putin, a murderous dictator
It is usually the other way around, given that America styles itself as the leader of the Free World. Instead, we have a convicted felon and an accused war criminal joining forces against a democracy.
Moderation against tyranny is the wrong choice
It's obvious that the goal of this tyrannous Trump administration is to break government and democracy. There won’t be any 'going back.' We need to do the best we can to move beyond the frozen horror, and get to doing the work to protect democracy here and abroad with all allies we can find.
Donald Trump has plunged the world into chaos
LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE U.S. President Donald Trump is plunging the world into chaos. While a certain amount of turmoil was expected upon his election, the extent and speed at which he is upending geopolitical norms is staggering. And nowhere is anyone feeling the impact of his shocking and disgraceful pivots in American foreign policy more than in Europe.
Donald Trump is a blatant hypocrite when it comes to free speech, but he’s far from the only one
On Day One of the second term of his presidency Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship.” He then doubled down on efforts to do exactly the opposite. In the four and a half weeks since that order, Trump and his allies have waged a campaign of what can only be described...
Trump Through the Looking Glass
The shocking US pivot to Russia has sent the world through the political looking glass and into the upside-down era of Trumpland. Is the US abandoning its historic allies in NATO, Europe, and Canada in favor of … Russia?
This Year in Munich: The World-Stage Debut of Autocratic America
I have attended the Munich Security Conference (MSC) many times, first accompanying participating Canadian ministers during my tenure as ambassador to Germany, and more recently as a full participant. What began as the “Internationale Wehrkunde-Begegnung” (a mouthful even in German) in 1963 as a platform for Germany to engage with the United States and NATO allies in a Cold War...
The end of US soft power?
The world’s wake-up call came at 3 a.m. In the early darkness on Saturday, Feb. 1, USAID was suddenly shut down. “This site can’t be reached,” read its homepage. The end of the great age of American soft power began.
Trump says U.S. ‘will own’ Gaza Strip, doesn’t rule out deploying troops to support reconstruction
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he isn’t ruling out deploying U.S. troops to support reconstruction of Gaza and he envisions “long-term” U.S. ownership of a redevelopment of the territory. “We’ll do what is necessary,” Trump said about the possibility of deploying troops to fill any security vacuum. “If it’s necessary, we’ll do that.”...
Trump’s Expansionist Plan, Part II: What’s His Endgame?
Last week, I explored Donald Trump’s ambition to make America the global leader in AI, along with his troubling comments about annexing Greenland and Canada. Trump’s territorial threats are now so frequent that everyone is asking: What is his endgame? The answer, I think, is closely tied to how AI is reshaping Trump’s vision for America—and the world...
Even Jesus must be shaking his head
With Donald Trump’s accession to power, a fact-free zone paralyzed by ego and propaganda, the U.S. has entered liar’s heaven and democracy’s hell.
Trump 2.0, Week 2: Premiers Matter, Diversify or Die, and Liberalization Begins at Home
A week into Trump 2.0 and Donald Trump already has Canada in an uproar. Getting out of this mess is going to take effort by all levels of government. It should start with removing our internal trade barriers. With Parliament prorogued and a lame-duck Trudeau government, the premiers are standing up to meet the Trump challenges.
Knowledge of history and pledge to inclusion go hand in hand
Why did U.S. President Donald Trump wipe diversity, equity, and inclusion off the American government’s map? MAGA doesn’t want to talk about the accurate history of their country, they only want to talk about how great it is. Talking about their history of slavery, genocide against Indigenous Peoples—you know, the truth—gets in the way of feeling great and exceptional. Talking...
The age of the oligarch has arrived in Washington and Canada needs to target these new powerbrokers who have Trumps ear
It happened in the blink of an eye. Seemingly overnight, the rules of the game — how decisions are reached at the heart of the American government — changed.
Trump administration wants ‘regime change’ in the UK as Starmer replaces Trudeau as hate figure
For those who were carefully listening, Nigel Farage had an interesting message in his speech at the “Stars and Stripes Union Jack” party three days before the inauguration. He told an audience of leading right-wing Brits, a GB News film crew and a plethora of Donald Trump supporters – including members of the incoming president’s trusted circle – that he...
If Canada became a state, Canadians would have ‘much better’ health coverage, says Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump says Canadians would have “much better” health coverage if Canada became the 51st state. He made the remarks during a briefing in North Carolina.
Bishop takes king: In the age of Donald Trump, hypocrisy is dead. But as Mariann Budde shows us, courage is not
On Tuesday, his first full day as President of the United States, Donald Trump took in a prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral. It’s the traditional inauguration finale: a show of virtue, a nod to God. Trump sat there like a bored child, as if waiting to hear his name. He did. The Rev. Mariann Budde, Episcopal bishop of...
Trump says U.S. will ask all NATO member countries to boost defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday the United States will be asking all member countries of NATO — which includes Canada — to increase military spending to 5 per cent of annual economic output. Such a requirement of members of the western military alliance would require a steep increase in budgetary expenditures for Canada. Canada is still a laggard in...
‘Mr. Trump, f— off’: Danish politician lashes out over Greenland proposal
Danish politician Anders Vistisen did not hold back when he issued a public message to U.S. President Donald Trump this week over his pitch to make Greenland part of the United States. “Dear President Trump, listen very carefully,” Vistisen said on Tuesday in European Parliament. “Greenland has been part of the Danish kingdom for 800 years. It’s an integrated part...
Falsehoods, Boasts and Bravado: The Surreal Launch of the Second Trump Presidency
President Donald Trump delivered two inaugural addresses on Monday; the formal one in the Capitol Rotunda, and the compensatory “real” one to loyalists afterward in Emancipation Hall — laced with falsehoods, boasts, and nationalist bravado. Both set out his second-term intentions. That Trump’s inauguration unfolded in the crime scene where, on January 6, 2021, a violent insurrection he was impeached...
Trump threatens to use 'economic force' to make Canada 51st state
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to use "economic force" to make Canada the 51st state and doubled down on his tariff threats as he criticized Canada's military spending and trade with the United States. "You get rid of that artificially drawn line and you take a look at what that looks like, and it would also be much better...