It didn’t take long for U.S. President Donald Trump to let slip that the 25-per-cent tariffs he imposed on Canada to demand action against fentanyl and migrants weren’t really about that.
On Saturday, he signed an executive order stating tariffs were needed to respond to a border emergency. On Sunday, he posted a blast on social media falsely claiming the U.S. is subsidizing Canada by hundreds of billions of dollars and it should become the 51st state.
Mexican drug cartels are ordering their members to attack US Border Patrol agents with kamikaze drones and other explosives in a desperate bid to thwart the crackdown at the border, according to an internal memo obtained by The Post.
The alert, which cites social media posts and other sources, cautions federal agents “to remain cognizant of their surroundings at all times” in the face of the new threat.
Some Canadian politicians previously suggested tossing Mexico from a three-nation trade agreement with the United States.
Canada found itself in a precarious position on Monday morning after Mexico cut a deal with President Trump to postpone tariffs in exchange for a major deployment of forces along the border between the two countries.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada spoke to President Trump on Monday morning but no such compromise was reached between the two. A senior Canadian government official with knowledge of the call said the situation was still in flux ahead of a second phone call between the two leaders scheduled for 3 p.m. Eastern, but did not express optimism that a compromise could be reached.
Canada and the United States appear to have avoided a costly tariff war for now after leaders of both countries found some common ground during a call on Monday.
The tariffs have been delayed for 30 days, according to a post on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s X account.
I just had a good call with President Trump. Canada is implementing our $1.3 billion border plan — reinforcing the border with new choppers, technology and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American partners, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl. Nearly…
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) February 3, 2025
BREAKING: Canada caves just like Mexico, promises to send nearly 10,000 frontline personnel to protect the border.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has released a very similar post on X as Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum.
Trudeau says he is now appointing a Fentanyl Czar and… pic.twitter.com/9JybnrXagq
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 3, 2025
RICHMOND, B.C. — Vancouver-based birth tourism operator Liga Lin says her phone has been buzzing with inquiries from expectant mothers since U.S. President Donald Trump moved to end American birthright citizenship.
Lin’s business, New Joy Postpartum Care, arranges accommodation and services for non-resident women — mostly from mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong — who want to give birth in Canada, granting their children automatic citizenship rights.
The industry also exists in the U.S., but Trump’s executive order seeking to end the right to citizenship at birth on American soil has thrown it into disarray, even as the measure was blocked by a U.S. district court judge who called it “blatantly unconstitutional.”
We are a doormat nation thanks to Trudeau.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte agreed with US President Donald Trump regarding Greenland, particularly on the issue of defense, Bild reports.
“When it comes to defense in the Arctic, Trump is right. What I think is very good is that the Prime Minister of Denmark immediately began negotiations with President Trump. Essentially, it was about the high relevance of defense in the far north,” he said.
H/T Mauser
Like most Canadians, I was very disappointed with U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to place tariffs on all Canadian goods. This decision will harm both Canadian and American consumers, workers and businesses alike, and strain the historic and important friendship between our two nations.
Although the U.S. president has valid concerns regarding the need to address the fentanyl crisis and illegal migration, we, in Canada, share those same concerns and have been working hard since his election to partner with the Americans to crack down on those illegal activities.
WASHINGTON, Feb 3 – President Donald Trump is set to test the limits of his immigration crackdown by invoking a wartime law to deport immigrants alleged to be gang members without court hearings, a broad authority that could supercharge his mass deportation push and potentially sweep in people not charged with crimes.
After taking office, Trump ordered military and immigration officials to be ready by Feb. 3 to implement the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, last used to justify internment camps for people of Japanese, German and Italian descent during World War Two. The move – which would almost certainly face legal challenges – could allow him to bypass due process rights and rapidly remove migrants.
54 percent of Americans back mass deportation of immigrants: Poll
This will definitely change Tom Homan’s mind about deportations… ♂️ pic.twitter.com/b2Z5ELyloe
— Clown World ™ (@ClownWorld_) February 2, 2025
Foreign aid to Ukraine has become a heated debate with Democrats — and a surprising number of Republicans — insisting that it’s essential for bolstering Ukraine’s defenses against Russia. Joe Biden even went so far as to suggest that Republican resistance to additional aid played a role in the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Now that Trump is in office and the charade is over, Zelensky admits he did not receive over $100 billion of our tax dollars.
He says he “does not know where all the money is”.
Meaning Ukraine was a massive money laundering operation, and the Biden regime never actually cared… pic.twitter.com/V57yeyegiq
— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) February 2, 2025
All forever wars morph into slush funds with billions siphoned.
… Whatever a “postnational state” is, it was neither Canada pre-2015 nor is it Canada today. Trudeau’s words were a harbinger of a corrosive agenda to upend western societies and supplant local issues with raucous foreign grievances. Canada is hardly alone; Britons were brazenly insulted recently when a radical ideologue suggested iconic Remembrance Day poppies become Poppies for Palestine.
338 Canada | CPC 220 (-15), LPC 63 (+19), BQ 44 (+2), NDP 15 (-6), GPC 1
A small gain for the Libs and a big dip for the NDP. Wait till the Libs elect a “puppet” to see where public opinion falls.
The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has said the US and Mexico have agreed to “pause” tariffs threatened by Donald Trump for one month after the two leaders held “a good conversation”.
Mexico had agreed to send 10,000 members of its national guard “to prevent drug trafficking from Mexico to the US, in particular of fentanyl”. In return, the US had agreed to work to prevent high-powered weapons crossing the border into Mexico. The tariffs would be paused for one month as a result, Sheinbaum added.
NEW: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum folds, says she agreed to send 10,000 troops to the U.S. border after a “good” call with President Trump.
Remarkable.
Sheinbaum released the following post on X (translated):
“We had a good conversation with President Trump with great… pic.twitter.com/ZPFWCoyYS8
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 3, 2025
h/t XC
Doug Ford says his provincial party will terminate Ontario’s contract with Starlink due to its connection to Elon Musk, saying his government won’t do business with people “hellbent on destroying our economy.”
Ford issued a statement regarding Ontario’s move to ban American companies from provincial contracts, including the $100 million Starlink deal.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump early Monday morning about the forthcoming trade war that has the potential to inflict economic pain on workers and businesses on both sides of the border — and they are expected to speak again later today.
Looks like that went about as well as you’d expect. h/t XC
BREAKING: Trump says the US is cutting aid, launching a probe over land seizures against farmers (white) in South Africa pic.twitter.com/JlImWo3fOh
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 3, 2025
Why are Canadian tax dollars given to a racist “middle income” country?
South Africa is an upper middle income country. In 2022-2023, Canada provided $88.6 million in international assistance to South Africa, with approximately $5.0 million of this amount channelled to Canada’s dedicated bilateral assistance program focused on two Feminist International Assistance Policy action areas: inclusive governance and empowerment of women and girls.
h/t XC
Liberal leadership contender Chrystia Freeland says everything should be on the table when it comes to Canada’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, while insisting she can get provinces united on that response.
“We have to be prepared to use every single tool in the toolbox,” Freeland told CTV Question Period host Vassy Kapelos in an interview Sunday, when asked whether she, as prime minister, would block energy exports to the U.S. or add an export tax to them.
