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Trump trolls Trudeau again by calling him “governor of the great state of Canada”

The US president-elect, Donald Trump, once again made a chance of the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, whom he called this Tuesday in a message on the social network Truth “Governor Justin Trudeau of the great state of Canada.”

Trump has continued to repeat that joke since it became known that at his dinner in Mar-a-Lago, on November 29, the president-elect told him that if the Canadian economy would collapse with the 25% tariffs he proposes to end the Canadian trade surplus, the best thing that could happen is that Canada become the 51st state of the United States.

Trump’s joke to Trudeau doesn’t stop

“It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the great state of Canada. I am waiting to meet again soon with the governor and thus continue our detailed conversations on Tariffs and Trade, whose results will be spectacular for everyone,” Trump wrote in a post on the social network Truth signed with his initials.

According to sources present at the Mar-a-Lago meeting, Trudeau was concerned when he heard Trump’s suggestion to turn Canada into another state if the US trade deficit, which is around 75 billion dollars a year, is not addressed, as requested by the president-elect.

The same sources indicated that when they told Trump that it might not be a good idea to incorporate Canada because it would be a liberal state within the country, the Republican leader suggested dividing it into two: a liberal state and a conservative one.

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“We are subsidizing Canada with around 100 billion dollars a year. We are subsidizing Mexico with almost 300 billion dollars. We shouldn’t do it. Why do we do it? If we are going to subsidize them, let’s let them become states,” Trump argued in an interview broadcast on Sunday on NBC News.

Tariffs and immigration

Most of the deficit with Canada is due to imports of hydrocarbons, whose prices have been rising, and which the United States would hardly tax with new tariffs. Trump has promised to encourage national production.

Another issue that has led Trump to threaten his two American neighbors with tariffs is his demand to control and end the flow of undocumented immigrants.

Trump’s trolling comes shortly after Trudeau declared on Monday that the tariffs suggested by the Republican would also harm US consumers and that Canada would impose customs duties on strategically chosen products to politically “impact” the Republicans.

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Two killed in shooting at restaurant near Frankfurt Airport

Two people were shot dead early Tuesday at a restaurant in Raunheim, near Frankfurt Airport, according to local police.

Preliminary findings indicate that an armed individual entered the establishment at around 03:45 local time (02:45 GMT) and opened fire on the victims, who died at the scene from their injuries.

The suspect fled and remains at large, while the motive behind the shooting is still unclear, German media reported. Authorities have launched a large-scale search operation.

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U.S. counterterrorism chief resigns over opposition to war in Iran

Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced Tuesday that he has resigned from his post, citing his opposition to the ongoing war in Iran.

In a post on X, Kent said he could not, “in good conscience,” support the conflict, arguing that Iran did not pose an imminent threat to the United States. He also claimed that the war was driven by pressure from Israel and its lobbying influence in Washington.

In a resignation letter addressed to Donald Trump, Kent alleged that at the start of the current administration, senior Israeli officials and influential figures in U.S. media carried out a disinformation campaign that undermined the “America First” platform and fostered pro-war sentiment aimed at triggering a conflict with Iran.

Kent further stated that he could not support sending a new generation of Americans to “fight and die in a war that provides no benefit to the American people and does not justify the cost in American lives.”

Since the United States and Israel launched attacks against Iran on February 28, at least 13 U.S. service members have been killed, while 10 others have been seriously wounded and around 200 have sustained minor injuries, according to a report published by The Wall Street Journal.

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German president warns Iran war could spread and disrupt Strait of Hormuz

The president of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, warned Monday that the war involving Iran could expand and further disrupt shipping through the strategic Strait of Hormuz. He urged a swift end to hostilities between Iran, United States and Israel.

Speaking in Panama City during a joint appearance with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino, Steinmeier said available information suggests Iran has significant capacity to disrupt maritime traffic through the key oil route.

“Iran has considerable potential to interfere with shipping through the Strait of Hormuz,” Steinmeier said through an interpreter. “We should therefore reach an end to the hostilities as soon as possible and call on all parties involved to make that happen.”

The remarks came during Steinmeier’s visit to Panama, the first by a German president to the Central American nation.

The German leader described the possibility of the conflict spreading as “very dangerous,” saying recent developments indicate that such a scenario cannot be ruled out.

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Over the weekend, U.S. President Donald Trump urged allied nations to help ensure safe passage for ships through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran moved to block the waterway in response to U.S. strikes. However, several allies—particularly in Europe—have shown little support for the proposal.

“Some are very enthusiastic, others are not, and some are countries we have helped for many years,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “We have protected them from terrible external threats, and they’re not that enthusiastic. And the level of enthusiasm is important to me.”

Meanwhile, Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s top diplomat, said the Strait of Hormuz falls “outside NATO’s scope” and stressed that “the war involving Iran is not Europe’s war.”