Trump ramps up auto tariff rhetoric with threat to finish Canadian industry

U.S. President Donald Trump fired new shots in the tariff war on Tuesday, vowing on social media to put an end to Canada’s auto industry amid a chaotic volley of trade threats that sent stock markets lower.

Mr. Trump has said a key goal of his protectionist trade policy is to persuade foreign manufacturers, especially automakers, to shift production to the United States. The President’s language has become increasingly menacing in recent weeks, turning outright hostile to the Canadian auto industry on Tuesday, after Ontario Premier Doug Ford briefly imposed a surcharge on electricity exports to the United States.

Wouldn’t it be great to have an all Canadian ICE 4WD that was robust and easy to maintain unhindered by chips or ludicrous government net-zero limitations etc …

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Rosie O‘Donnell Self-Deported to Ireland After Trump Election: Will Return to U.S. ‘When It‘s Safe for All Citizens to Have Equal Rights‘

The decades-long feud between actress and former daytime talk show host Rosie O’Donnell and President Donald Trump just got a little more complicated.

“It’s been pretty wonderful, I have to say. The people are so loving and so kind, so welcoming. And I’m very grateful,” O’Donnell said in a TikTok video posted Tuesday, in which the league of Their Own star detailed her move to Ireland before Trump’s inauguration.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCelebrity Idiots

Trump is driving Carney’s Canada into Britain’s uncertain arms

The new Canadian PM is intimately familiar with Britain’s Left-wing elites. He may seek to exploit that to his country’s advantage

Mark Carney’s crushing victory in the Liberal Party leadership race means he will become Canada’s next prime minister. The former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor won 85.9 per cent of the vote, with former deputy prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland finishing a distant second on 8 per cent.

Carney will become the first Canadian PM to have never held elected office. His political inexperience could be a disaster of epic proportions, rivalling that of the inept Justin Trudeau. Yet, as fate would have it, this political novice is in a unique position to resolve one pressing problem.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Study: Concealed Carriers Do A Better Job Of Stopping Active Shooters Than Police

You’d never know it from watching television, but civilians stop more active shooters than police and do so with fewer mistakes, according to new research from the Crime Prevention Research Center, where I serve as president. In non-gun-free zones, where civilians are legally able to carry guns, concealed carry permit holders stopped 51.5 percent of active shootings, compared to 44.6 percent stopped by police, CPRC found in a deep dive into active shooter scenarios between 2014 and 2023.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Mass Shooting"

Has Canada Learned From Its Lost Decade?

‘Why don’t I become a circus clown?” That was Mark Carney’s sensible reply when asked in 2012 about ambitions to enter Canadian politics. On Sunday he was elected leader of Canada’s Liberal Party, soon to be sworn in as Prime Minister. Welcome to the circus.

Mr. Carney, a central banker who became a global face of “net-zero” and “ESG” environmental schemes, won 86% of the Liberal leadership vote. His big advantage: He was off in England, or globe-trotting as a United Nations climate envoy, or working for large U.S. firms rather than serving as a minister in Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government (2015-25).

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Trump buys a Tesla to support Elon Musk after share price crash

President Trump turned the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom and picked out a car for himself in a gesture of support for Elon Musk after protests against his car company and the collapse of its share price.

Trump admired a row of five electric vehicles on Tuesday afternoon while holding a handwritten list of prices. After careful examination, he announced he would purchase the cherry red Model S.

Trump used the display to condemn recent protest attacks on Tesla dealerships, saying such acts would be treated as “domestic terrorism”. “You do it to Tesla and you do it to any company, we’re going to catch you and you’re going to go through hell,” he said.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTrump Derangement Syndrome

Canada hits the U.S. with tariffs on $29.8B worth of goods after Trump slaps levy on metals

The federal government announced a plan on Wednesday to slap tariffs on $29.8 billion worth of American goods to hit back against U.S. President Donald Trump after he imposed punishing tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum early this morning.

Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, the government’s point person on Canada-U.S. relations, said Trump’s attack on Canadian industry is “unjustified and unjustifiable” and the government must hit back as the U.S. inserts “disruption and disorder” into what was once one of the most successful trading relationships in the world.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

US set to present 30-day ceasefire offer to Russia

Ukraine has said it is ready to accept an immediate 30-day ceasefire with Russia proposed by the US, after a day of US-Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would present the offer to Russia and that “the ball is in their court” – Moscow is yet to publicly comment on the issue.

Ukraine’s President Volodomyr Zelensky said it was now up to the US to convince Russia to agree to the “positive” proposal.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia"

Tasha Kheiriddin: Carney’s boomer bet could go bust

It’s official: Mark Carney has won the prize of prime minister. Now, he must figure out how to keep it. Carney comes to the job with a lot of pluses, chiefly his steady demeanour and economic experience, but also a pile of vulnerabilities. Already the Conservatives are gleefully exploiting them, branding him a liar, sellout, and globalist. They are saturating social media with memes and clever ads, trying to define him before he calls an election, which is likely imminent, considering the latest Nanos poll puts them a mere percentage point ahead of the Liberals.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Tariff chaos is necessary to ‘rebuild our country’, Trump says

President says charges on Canadian steel and aluminium will go ahead on Wednesday, and that Canada should consider becoming ‘our cherished 51st state’

President Trump dismissed the chaos his tariffs have unleashed on stock markets as a price worth paying to “rebuild our country” after another turbulent day fuelled by his on-off trade war with Canada.

The Canadian province of Ontario suspended its reprisal duties on electricity bound for several US states after Trump announced he would double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium from midnight.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Jewish community outraged over police Jihad podcast on Oct. 7, anti-Israel rallies

OTTAWA — Toronto’s Jewish community is reacting with alarm to remarks made by a pair of Toronto Police constables in a now-deleted podcast episode.

Constables Haroon Siddiqui and Farhan Ali — both Muslim liaison officers — hosted an episode of the police-produced Project Olive Branch where they made a number of questionable comments, including praising the Oct. 7 2023 Hamas terror attacks for an increase in converts to Islam.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023", "Progressive Paradise", "Toronto - Canada's version of a Democrat run city"

F-35 ‘kill switch’ could allow Trump to disable European air force

Donald Trump could deactivate supplies of American F-35 fighter jets making their way to Germany at the push of a button known as a “kill switch”, officials fear.

Germany is set to receive 35 of the world’s most advanced fighter jets for €8.3 billion (£6.9 billion) next year in a deal with the US.

The ability of the US to flip a switch that would render them inoperable has long been the subject of speculation, but until now, it has not been proven.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Canadian Eco-Terrorist Cameron Smith sentenced to 25 years for shootings that damaged pipeline and power station in Dakotas

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Canadian man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for shootings at an oil pipeline in South Dakota and an electrical substation in North Dakota that caused $1.7 million in damages after a judge found that his crimes met the definition of terrorism.

Cameron Smith, 50, was also ordered Monday to pay more than $2.1 million in restitution, the Bismarck Tribune reported, as well as fines totaling $250,000. He faces deportation after his release.

Environmentalist.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Environmentalists", Batshit Crazy Eco-Luddites, Canada, USA

They called the police on a migrant hiding on their RV — then got fined

LONDON — Adrian Fenton and his wife, Joanne, had just returned home from vacation in France when they were startled to discover they had company. A teenager had somehow climbed into the bike rack on their motor home and returned with them all the way back home to Essex, in southern England.

Their next surprise: They were fined almost $2,000 for it.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints

ICE sends convicted drug trafficker back to Canada

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced the “removal” of a convicted Canadian drug trafficker, who was caught transporting more than 125 lbs of cocaine across the country in 2022.

The government agency said Tuesday that Christopher Anthony Frater, 32, was returned to Canadian authorities last week after he was convicted of a drug-related charge in 2023.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA