Trump says he’s serious about Canada
The president has repeatedly floated the idea of annexing the United States’ northern neighbor
US President Donald Trump has reaffirmed that he is serious about Canada being annexed by the United States.
His statement comes amid an escalating trade war between the two neighbors, and follows a spate of comments from Trump claiming that Canada would be better off as the 51st state of the US.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Friday, Trump reiterated his prior claims that the US subsidizes its northern neighbor by hundreds of billions of dollars a year, claiming a massive bilateral trade imbalance between them.
“It costs us $200 billion a year in subsidy to keep Canada afloat,” he said, adding that the US does not need Canadian exports such as cars, lumber, and energy.
“When I say they should be a state, I mean that. I really mean that.”
New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who replaced Justin Trudeau last week, has categorically denied that Canada will ever become part of the US.
“We will never, ever, in any way, shape, or form, be part of the United States,” Carney stated after being sworn in last week. Both Canada’s national identity and “the economics” make Trump’s idea untenable, he said.
The former central banker has vowed to win the trade war with the US, stressing that Canada will need to strengthen its economy and seek alternative trade partners.
Last week, Ottawa imposed 25% tariffs on nearly $30 billion in US imports in response to 25% levies announced by Trump. The US president pulled back on imposing 50% tariffs last week after Canada walked back plans to increase them on American energy imports by a quarter.
Ottawa is ready to sit down and discuss the trade war with Washington, “when Canada is shown respect as a sovereign nation,” Carney stressed in a statement on Thursday.
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A new drama is unfolding between Kanye West and his ex-wife Kim Kardashian. Kanye released a song titled "Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine" featuring their 11-year-old daughter North West and rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, despite Kim reportedly trying to block the track’s release.
The song, which was dropped on X (formerly Twitter) on March 15 and quickly deleted, stirred up controversy. Kanye claimed that Kim sent him a message, saying she “sent paperwork over so she wouldn’t be in the Diddy song to protect her.”
According to reports, Kim issued a cease and desist letter to Kanye, and even an emergency hearing was held. Kanye, who has been vocal about his parenting struggles, posted on X, demanding more involvement in raising his children: “I don’t want to just 'see' my kids. I need to raise them.”
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Ukraine attacks Russian gas pipeline – reports
Kiev’s forces have targeted a metering station in the Kursk Region,
Ukrainian troops have attacked a key gas pipeline in western Russia that was previously used to deliver gas to the EU, Telegram news channels have claimed.
According to the news channels Mash and Baza, Kiev’s forces damaged the Sudzha gas metering station in the Kursk Region overnight on Friday.
Videos circulating online show a large fire at the facility. It is unclear whether the station was hit by a kamikaze drone or artillery. The authorities have not commented on the reported incident.
Ukraine invaded parts of the Kursk Region in early August, capturing the town of Sudzha and dozens of villages. The Russian troops liberated Sudzha and its surroundings earlier this month.
Some Russian military bloggers suggested that the Ukrainians may have rigged the gas equipment with explosives before retreating.
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Trump wants US ownership of Ukraine’s energy facilities – White House
The president has told Vladimir Zelensky it would be the best way to protect the country’s power plants
US President Donald Trump proposed an American takeover of Ukraine’s power plants during a phone call with Vladimir Zelensky, suggesting it would be the best way to protect the infrastructure, the White House has said.
The Ukrainian leader later insisted that he only spoke about the Russian-held Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) with Trump – not the whole Ukrainian power generating industry.
The US president held a phone conversation with Zelensky on Wednesday, describing it as a “very good” discussion.
Shortly after the call, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz issued a statement, saying that “President Trump also discussed Ukraine’s electrical supply and nuclear power plants. He said that the US could be very helpful in running those plants with its electricity and utility expertise.”
“American ownership of those plants would be the best protection for that infrastructure and support for Ukrainian energy infrastructure,” it read.
During a video-conference with journalists later in the day, Zelensky contradicted the US statement, stating that he and Trump “talked exclusively about one station, which is under temporary occupation by Russia.”
According to the Ukrainian leader, Trump asked him if Kiev would consider American investment in the Zaporozhye nuclear plant. “I answered ‘yes’ – if there is an opportunity to modernize it, invest money and so on – we are ready to discuss this with you,” he said.
The power plant, which is the largest in Europe, has been under Russian control since March 2022. In the fall of 2022, Zaporozhye Region officially joined Russia together with Kherson Region and the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.
Throughout the conflict, Moscow and Kiev have repeatedly accused each other of shelling the facility, and the Russian Defense Ministry has said that several attempts by Ukrainian assault units to retake it have been repelled.
The Trump-Zelensky phone call comes a day after the US president held a conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. They discussed the Ukraine crisis, with Trump floating the idea for Moscow and Kiev to halt long-range strikes on energy infrastructure.
Putin backed the proposal and ordered a halt to such strikes immediately. The Russian military said it had to shoot down seven kamikaze drones en route to Ukrainian energy facilities when the order was issued.
Ukraine’s leader has publicly backed the idea as well, albeit expressing concerns about how exactly the truce would be implemented and monitored. Following the phone talk with Trump, Zelensky appeared to offer a broader definition of targets that should be avoided during the period, including unspecified “civilian infrastructure.”
“One of the first steps toward fully ending the war could be ending strikes on energy and other civilian infrastructure. I supported this step, and Ukraine confirmed that we are ready to implement it,” Zelensky said in a statement.
Overnight, Kiev attacked an oil pumping facility in Russia’s south with three fixed-wing drones. The strike sparked a massive blaze at the site, the Russian military said. The attack was “yet another provocation deliberately staged by the Kiev regime to derail the peace initiatives coming from the US president,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.
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