Tuesday, 25 August 2026

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Good morning, all! Well, well, I see the FORD AND TRUMPO THE CLOWN ACT is not over yet. Yet. Although I don't trust PIRATE FORD, I'll bet on him. Only because, even though he is a weasel, it's true, he has more brains in his little toe than Trump has in his head, or what's left of it, and all of his Dunce Cadets wouldn't make up Ford's "baby toe," as he put it 👍

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Trump considering renaming Lake Ontario as relations with province sour

WATCH: Ford, Trump trade insults as Canada-U.S. trade war escalates

President Donald Trump says the United States is giving “serious consideration” to renaming one of the Great Lakes as relations with Canada’s most populated province sour. Trump posted on Truth Social Tuesday morning that he’s thinking of changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America.”

“The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to do much business with Ontario any longer,” he wrote. A change would be similar to the Republican president’s executive order last year renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.

The Great Lakes — Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior — are a chain of five freshwater lakes that hold roughly one-fifth of the world’s surface fresh water. Michigan is the only lake that doesn’t border Canada.

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Stick to the Facts:

I don’t respond to a dictator like President Trump, a bully like President Trump. I’m not going to take any advice off a guy that’s the king of bankruptcies,” Ford said during a news conference

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Posted August 25, 2026 - 7:52 am

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What Carney's said ending the trade deal, his own words:

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Question: Some terminology Carney came out with about Trump and the US

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stated that trade talks with the U.S. became untenable because Washington "[a]sked too much and offered too little" and that *Canada was "at war when you get attacked".*

How can you trust a viper snake, especially if you are both at the bottom of the same hole? Now, if you move fast enough, you might get out before the viper bites.

Question: How did Carney say in his own words,

America could not be trusted anymore?

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He stated, "We cannot accept what they've offered, and we will not give what they've asked. "

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Key Reasons for Walking Away

• Sovereignty and Demands: Carney stated that the U.S. introduced late, unacceptable demands that asked too much and offered too little.

• Specific Flashpoints: The final breakdown involved American pushback against Canadian rules protecting French-language content on streaming platforms like Netflix and requirements for bilingual product labeling.

• Sector Threats: The U.S. pushed demands that would hurt Canada's auto sector and restrict Canada's independence to pursue trade deals with other nations.

• Retaliation: Following the collapse of talks and active 50% U.S. tariffs on nearly $30 billion of Canadian goods, Carney announced Canada would match duties dollar-for-dollar on targeted U.S. sectors.

That sums up the saga of Ford's little toe versus Trumpo the Typo's Dunce Cadets of Shmukarica regime for the day. Thank you for visiting The Tree House News. WOW! This should be better than watching a Bugs Bunny cartoon, "GET THE POPCORN AND COKE OUT, MA!" Maybe we should call in Captain Canada 🦸‍♂️🍁 on this too, elbows up 💪 !

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FULL SPEECH | Carney explains why Canada suspended trade talks with U.S.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-WgOxbWUHk

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BREAKING NEWS:

Trump’s theory of global power faces a reckoning in Iran and Canada

Donald Trump’s presidency rests on the premise that he and the United States are so powerful that allies and enemies alike must submit to his will.

His break with decades of US foreign policy doctrine is laced through his speeches and national security strategies. It was best explained in January by top aide Stephen Miller, who told CNN’s Jake Tapper that “iron laws” dictate a real world that is “governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power.”

But the philosophy faces its most serious tests in deepening showdowns with Iran and Canada. Iran has defied the might of the US military for six months in a war Trump started but has been unable to end.

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney, who shut down trade talks with Washington, has meanwhile argued more forcefully than any other Western leader that the US under Trump “has changed.” He told his country Saturday that Trump was using “economic integration as a weapon.”...

* Will Trump stay the course?:*

What Trump could achieve by strangling Iran’s economy:
Canada sees a showdown that goes beyond a trade dispute:

“We will not allow any nation to dictate our future,” Carney said Saturday.

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PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2026, 12:01 AM ET - 9 hr ago

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Hakeem Jeffries needs a plan for power. He won’t get it from Jared Kushner.

Democrats must show voters how they will connect accountability to action if they regain control of the House.

Hakeem Jeffries needs a plan, and he’s not going to find it talking to Jared Kushner.

The House Democratic leader recently met privately with Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, in New York City. According to The New York Times, which first reported the meeting, the topics of discussion included housing, immigration, the cost of living and possible areas of common ground between Democrats and the Trump administration. Jeffries, who acknowledged the meeting in an Instagram video Monday, said in an initial statement after the story broke that Democrats would meet Republican extremism with “forceful opposition” and deliver “bold change.”

I understand why people are inclined to defend Jeffries over this meeting.

Defending Jeffries from a double standard does not require defending this meeting.:
Most voters understand the signal sent by the party’s House leader privately discussing “common ground” with Trump’s unelected son-in-law.:

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Aug. 25, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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CANADIAN NEWS:

How Canadian content on streaming platforms became a trade issue with the U.S.

Streaming giants like Netflix and Disney have long opposed efforts to promote Cancon

The fight between Canada and the United States on trade isn’t just about dairy, car parts and natural resources. It’s also about what appears on your Netflix homepage.

The Globe and Mail, citing a senior government source, reported Sunday that U.S. negotiators demanded Canada drop requirements for American streaming companies to promote Canadian content, including French-language content.

The federal Liberal government refused. We were not prepared to compromise on our sovereignty, the protection of the French language, and our culture,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a speech on Saturday after trade talks collapsed...

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CBC News · Posted: Aug 25, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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Supreme Court rejects challenge to Trump order on mail-in ballots, but more legal battles are expected

Election officials worry about changes that would be impractical, potentially chaotic ahead of Nov. 3 vote

The U.S. Supreme Court's preliminary approval of President Donald Trump's restrictions on mail-in voting has already thrown into uncertainty the method that nearly one-third of the country uses to vote — even if it may not lead to a single procedural change during the November midterms. The high court's majority said Monday in an unsigned order that it hasn't determined whether Trump's order is constitutional, but that states that sued did not have the legal right to challenge it.

But even the prospect of such a potential sweeping overhaul led to a dissent from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who warned the decision "needlessly injects chaos and uncertainty" into the midterms. Trump’s executive order, signed in March, calls on his administration to create lists of eligible voters and orders the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail ballots only to people on those lists...

*'I just don't see it'*

WATCH | Trump speech slammed by critics: