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U.S. officials ‘closely watching’ for Canadian interference in midterm elections, Hoekstra says theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…

Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, is warning Canadian politicians to stay out of American politics, saying officials are monitoring potential “political interference in the U.S. midterms.” 🔗ctvnews.ca/politics/article/…

Alex Ovechkin, the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer, confirmed that the 2026-27 season will be his last in the league after 22 years — all of which he’s spent with the Washington Capitals. wapo.st/4rS4iv4

CNN published a deeply misleading story and headline suggesting that my diplomatic work in the Middle East somehow benefited investments in Israeli defense companies. But CNN’s own reporting says otherwise. Buried behind a paywall, it acknowledges: “CNN found no indication that Kushner’s actions as a diplomat directly affected the investments reviewed.” Phoenix is not a defense company. It is one of Israel’s largest publicly traded financial institutions, highly regulated and managing approximately $220 billion across thousands of investments. Think of Phoenix as the Israeli equivalent of Vanguard or Fidelity. It manages the retirement savings of millions of Israelis. The savers don’t choose the individual investments, and neither do I. I have no role in deciding what Phoenix buys or sells. It has performed very well for Affinity and our investors, up more than five times since our initial investment. Affinity is an SEC-registered investment firm. Our investment in Phoenix is public and dates to before President Trump was re-elected and before I returned to public service. Affinity does not own the defense companies highlighted in CNN’s story. Those facts make for a less provocative headline, but a much more accurate story. Misleading stories will not distract me from the work President Trump asked me to do: help end wars, bring people together and pursue peace. That work is too important.

The Trump administration appears to have changed its AI chatbot so that it no longer debunks Trump lies. Yesterday: It said Biden won the 2020 election and there's no indication of widespread fraud. Today: Says it can't answer such questions.

President Trump said tech executives agreed to set voluntary AI standards to keep the technology under human control and backed the rapid expansion of data centers. Steve Holland explains reut.rs/4zrrymf

How a Canadian is born… 🏒🍁

An immigration invasion to move Canada’s population to 100 (!) million is the Liberal plan by PM Mark Carney. I have a hunch many Canadians secretly agree with Trump’s warning on this one.

"You completely botched Canada's relationship with Washington." Let's check the calendar @JasminLaine : Jan 7, 2025. Before taking office, Trump is asked if he'd use military force to take Canada. His answer: "economic force." He also calls the border an "artificially drawn line." Feb 1, 2025. Executive order: 25% tariffs on Canadian goods, justified by fentanyl. Canada accounts for a marginal share of the fentanyl entering the US. Feb 9. Trump confirms he's serious about Canada becoming the 51st state. Feb 10. 25% on steel and aluminum. Raised to 50% in June. Mar 26. 25% on autos. May 6. In the Oval Office, sitting next to Carney, on annexation: "never say never." May 27. Golden Dome: $61 billion for Canada, or free if it becomes the 51st state. Jun 27. Trump ends trade talks over the Digital Services Tax. Canada scraps the tax two days later. Jul 10. Letter to Carney announcing 35% tariffs. Oct 23. Talks ended again, this time over an Ontario TV ad quoting Ronald Reagan. Two days later, another 10%. Jan 22, 2026. Davos: "Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark." Jan 24. Threat of 100% tariffs on all Canadian goods over a deal with China. A week earlier, Trump had called that same deal a good thing. Feb 20. The US Supreme Court strikes down his emergency tariffs. He announces new ones the same day. Jul 20. 50% tariffs on a list of Canadian products under Section 338, a 1930 law no president had ever used. Aug 22. Talks collapse. Washington says Canada made last-minute demands. Ottawa says the US changed the terms on trucks hours before the deadline. Trump's reaction: "Canada wants the benefits of being a State, without being one!!!" Sep 16. Canadian products removed from US federal procurement. Same day, Trump threatens Europe with tariffs for offering Canada a closer partnership. Did Canada respond? Yes. Counter-tariffs, provincial liquor bans, Buy Canadian. Every one of them came after the tariffs and the annexation talk. Canada even dropped most counter-tariffs in September 2025 as a goodwill gesture. The US tariffs stayed. So who started it? Who kept escalating? Who is now threatening a third party for being friendly with Canada? Sources: Blakes, US–Canada tariff timeline: blakes.com/insights/us-canad… NPR, Aug 22, 2026: npr.org/2026/08/22/nx-s1-594… CBC, how the talks fell apart: cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-… CP24, procurement ban and EU threat: cp24.com/news/canada/2026/09… Federal Register, Executive Order 14193 (Feb 1, 2025)

Canada’s oldest living person just celebrated her birthday. Here's how old she turned ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/c…

After quietly answering questions about his support for Putin’s agenda in a press conference, Alex Ovechkin said, “Let’s do hockey questions.” I spoke with him after and asked Russia questions until he ended the interview. “I wanted to know more about the process of filming the ad. When did you shoot it?” AO: “I think three weeks ago.” “Did you tell the team you were doing it?” AO: “No.” “Were you surprised by the backlash?” AO: “I'm surprised, but it is nothing you can change right now. I'm Russian, I'm gonna live there when I'm done. My kids gonna be there. My family's gonna be there, you know, I support my country. That's it.” “I think the reason for the backlash being bigger this time is because of what Lavrov says about countries bringing “the sword” to Russia. When I talk to experts about that, it mimics messaging Russians get that says Ukraine is responsible for being invaded by Russia. So you standing behind him, as he says that, feels to people like a pro war stance.” AO: “Well, I don't think it's a pro war. I think it's just support what's happening in Russia. I want the peace and love for everybody. It doesn't matter who you are, American, Russian, or Ukrainian. Like, I have lots of friends who are Ukrainians, and I hope everything's gonna be good, and everything's gonna be done soon.” “It'll be done soon if Putin stops the invasion. Like, that's how it ends.” AO: “Well, I'm not in politics. I can’t say who's right and who's wrong.” “In that larger group, there were about 30 people with you, One of the people is Maria Lvova Belova. She's got an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for abducting Ukrainian children.” AO: “I don't know who that is.” “Okay. Can you understand why a congressperson says the NHL shouldn't allow you to participate because you support this regime, and this country is spending billions of dollars helping fight Russia? What's your reaction to that?” AO: “Well, everybody have their own opinion, right? I'm not a politician, I'm an athlete, and, how I said, I'm gonna live there when I'm done playing. I support my country. Like, I'm Russian.” “You would support it no matter what?” AO: “Well, I'm gonna live there, yeah.” “So if they're responsible for a genocide, you would support the genocide?” AO: “What do you mean, genocide?” [Media relations official translates ‘genocide’.] AO: [Groans.] “Oh. I would say, like, I'm, I hope it's not gonna, it's not gonna be like that.” [Ovechkin walks away] espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/4996…

They're not settlers. It is their land. If anything they are re-settlers on land that was ethnically cleansed of Jews by Mohammedan Arabs.