John Nelson

I cover many U.S. and Wisconsin geopolitical stories and some on the Russia-Ukraine war. Opinions are my own.

[John Nelson @WIgeopolitical]

🇺🇸🇨🇦 President Trump, speaking with Mark Carney, recalled a past conversation in which he asked Justin Trudeau what a 25% tariff on Canadian cars would mean.

According to Trump, Trudeau replied that it “would mean the end of Canada.”

Even a 15% tariff would likely stop any automaker from committing to new plant investments at the next retooling cycle. Canada has very little room left before these duties effectively wipe out its auto sector.

As Trump put it: “We want to make our own cars. We don’t really want cars from Canada, and we put tariffs on cars from Canada… and we don’t want steel from Canada because we’re making our own steel.”

[wealthmoose @wealthmoose]

CANADA’S AUTO SECTOR MAY BE WARNING OTTAWA: 15% ISN’T A DEAL. IT’S A DEATH SENTENCE.

Industry insiders are reportedly telling the Carney government that if Canada accepts a 15% U.S. auto tariff, some plants could close once their current model runs end.

That is the part politicians keep missing.

A tariff does not have to shut a plant tomorrow.

It only has to make the next investment decision go somewhere else.

Once the next model, platform or production mandate is awarded to Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee or Mexico ..

the Canadian plant can simply age out.

So the real negotiation is not:

“Can Canada survive a 15% tariff?”

It is:

“Will anyone choose Canada for the next generation of auto production under a permanent 15% disadvantage?”

That is a much scarier question. 🇨🇦

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

Footage of a Houthi drone dropping a munition on a Saudi M1A2S Abrams MBT near Marib, causing the tank to suffer an ammunition explosion.

[John Nelson @WIgeopolitical]

If Carney did that, Quebec would vote for independence. The only reason Quebecers remain in Canada is so they can continue extracting Stabilization payments and maintain the dairy and auto sweetheart arrangements with Ontario.

The moment those deals disappear, they are gone. Quebec’s loyalty to Canada has always been transactional, it lasts only as long as the benefits do. I think even they could begrudgingly admit that too.

[John Nelson @WIgeopolitical]

@Pascal_Laurent_ The Russians are less than 5km away from Kramatorsk. It might be 20km according to the Ukrainian government Deep State maps.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 HOLY SMOKES. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's team is absolutely livid and now threatening to file a legal complaint to the Alaska Division of Elections and Law Department, simply because James O'Keefe's team EXPOSED election vulnerabilities

They were gonna let O'Keefe vote as Murkowski's BROTHER, and one of his team members vote as Murkowski's State Director 🤯

The workers confirmed it: You don't need ID, just promise us you are who you say you are...

NEITHER of them actually went through with voting or signing forms.

Worth noting that Murkowski, who is now worried about "voter fraud," IS BLOCKING THE SAVE AMERICA ACT

MURKOWSKI STATE DIRECTOR: "I will happily include it in my complaint to the Division of Elections and the Department of Law." 🤡

You are doing America a service, @JamesOKeefeIII 👏🏻

[jeska 🇨🇦🦅🇺🇸 @jezscacuzz]

The Dairy Caftel is shaking in it's boots.

[John Nelson @WIgeopolitical]

@Kagan_M_Dunlap Well the Russians have already captured Vovchansk and will likely capture the area they are complaining about to begin with.

[MAGA Voice @MAGAVoice]

HOLY SH*T: James O’Keefe just exposed how easy it is to CHEAT in Lisa Murkowski’s Alaska…

STOP THE STEAL

[WikiLeaks @WikiQLeaks]

🚨🚨REMINDER‼️
PFIZER was FORCED to publish the adverse effects of its vaccine—they wanted to hide it for 75 years 🤨

🇺🇸 After a U.S. Judge Forced the FDA to DECLASSIFY the PFIZER vaccine data; 9 pages with 1291 ADVERSE EFFECTS were revealed, in Confidential Documents

Share!

[John Nelson @WIgeopolitical]

It’s what I call the beginning of negotiations. Once the trade deal is done, this can rapidly change depending on how they feel about Carney.

The real tell will be the results of the bi-elections on August 31st. If the PC wins an electoral mandate, things can change quickly in this environment. Especially if protests break out.

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

Future Senator from Texas Ken Paxton with his daughter wearing xx-xy shirts supporting real women in women sports!

He gets my vote!

[John Nelson @WIgeopolitical]

@Concern70732755 No, what a duplicitous politician. His smug arrogance as netted him nothing.

[John Nelson @WIgeopolitical]

@wealthmoose Wab will always be a smug arrogant person. He brings nothing to the table anyone wants.

[MAGA Voice @MAGAVoice]

🔥 BREAKING: Nick Shirley is asking every Patriot to be at the Capitol in Sacramento on August 26th

KEEP EXPOSING ALL THE FRAUD NICK

WE HAVE YOUR BACK

[John Nelson @WIgeopolitical]

🇮🇱🇨🇦 Large pro-Israeli march in Toronto yesterday

[John Nelson @WIgeopolitical]

@FoxNews Almost like a classic sit in just like the civil rights movement.

Same culprits- A Democrat business owner who does like equal rights to have peaceful discussion and decency.

[Fox News @FoxNews]

An Idaho coffee shop owner is standing by his decision to turn away a pro-life meeting after a heated exchange explodes online.

Video shows Wydaho Roasters owner Jim Sheehan telling Students for Life members they're not welcome to hold the meeting before comparing the group to the KKK.

Sheehan later says the analogy was a mistake, but stands by his decision. Now, he says he and his wife are receiving "nonstop death threats."

[John Nelson @WIgeopolitical]

🇨🇦CBC trade expert Barry Appleton on Canada-US talks: Extended LeBlanc-Greer meeting overall was positive for certainty amid tariffs.

Calls it a US “extractive exercise.”

“If we paid for three days, I want to get some value for it.”

Canada lacks Mexico-style standstill/snapback provisions; lack of transparency leaves public reliant on Trump tweets.

“[It’s] The end of free market access… There’s gonna be a tariff on basically on everything… the end of CUSMA.”

Softwood industry & premiers are critical of the arrangement as any deal is temporary with “surge pricing.”

[Rapid Report @RapidReport2025]

WATCH: Moment plane crashes into police helicopter at Carlisle Airport, Pennsylvania; 1 killed, 2 injured

[Military Summary @MilitarySummary]

The Latvian Ministry of Defense announced that the recently downed drone that entered Latvian airspace was Ukrainian.

"We have determined that the drone shot down by NATO fighters on August 14 near Rugai, Balvi District, was a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle. It entered Latvian airspace from Belarus, most likely under the influence of Russian electronic warfare systems.

To avoid affecting the planned defense activities and capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, we will not provide further details about the drone model.

We continue to monitor Latvian airspace and, together with our NATO allies, are ready to immediately respond to any potential threats."