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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.
“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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Armed forces target illegal mines in Northern Ecuador with bombing raids
Ecuador’s Armed Forces carried out an operation on Monday — including airstrikes — against illegal mining in the town of Buenos Aires, in the country’s north, Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo reported.
The mountainous, gold-rich area has been a hotspot for illegal mining since 2017, located in the Andean province of Imbabura.
In 2019, former president Lenín Moreno deployed around 2,400 soldiers to the region in an attempt to curb the illegal activity. “The operation began with mortar fire, followed by gunfire and bombing runs by Supertucano aircraft,” Loffredo said in a video released by the Defense Ministry.
He added that the operation would continue on Tuesday with patrols across the area to locate possible members of “irregular armed groups that may have crossed from the Colombian border.”
The Armed Forces stated on X that the intervention focused on the “complete elimination of multiple illegal mining tunnels” in the areas known as Mina Nueva and Mina Vieja.
The operation coincided with the deployment of a military and police convoy into Imbabura, which has been the epicenter of protests against President Daniel Noboa since September 22, following his decision to scrap the diesel subsidy.
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Caracas shuts embassy in Oslo without explanation following Machado’s Nobel win
Venezuela has announced the closure of its embassy in Norway, just days after opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Venezuelan diplomatic mission provided no explanation for its decision on Monday.
“It is regrettable,” a ministry spokesperson said. “Despite our differences on several issues, Norway wishes to keep the dialogue with Venezuela open and will continue to work in that direction.” The ministry also emphasized that the Nobel Committee operates entirely independently from the Norwegian government.
In its announcement, the Nobel Committee stated that Machado met the criteria established by Alfred Nobel, “embodying the hope for a different future, where the fundamental rights of Venezuelans are heard.”
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Sheinbaum: Urgent to restore access to towns cut off by heavy rains
Thousands of military personnel and civilians in Mexico worked tirelessly on Tuesday to clear roads blocked by the torrential rains of recent days, which have left more than 300 communities cut off across central and eastern regions of the country. Authorities also launched mass fumigation efforts in several affected areas to prevent the spread of dengue fever.
The official death toll remains at 64, though dozens of people are still missing. President Claudia Sheinbaumacknowledged that the government does not yet know the full situation in many of the isolated villages, which range in population from 500 to 1,000 inhabitants.
“The reopening of roads is one of the greatest urgencies,” Sheinbaum said. “It’s essential to guarantee air bridges, food supplies, clean water, and a proper census of the isolated communities so we can determine the condition of every person living there.”
Private construction companies are also assisting the effort with heavy machinery and technical support to help reopen highways and reconnect rural areas.
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