Quote:"Always, we’re going to let go of people we don’t like, or people we don’t think can do the job, or people who may have loyalties to somebody else," Trump said on Air Force One while on his way to a Saudi Arabia-backed golf tournament.

(04-01-2025, 05:26 PM)Dartz Wrote: I expect it's a comment on the average American's ability to spell more than anything.

Quote:According to the [Washington] Post, since Donald Trump returned to office, dozens of government-owned webpages have “softened descriptions of some of the most shameful moments of the nation’s past,” including erasing or editing references to slavery and Jim Crow-era segregation.

Quote:The new advisory comes after the state of Ohio passed the Higher Education Act, which includes provisions negatively impacting Chinese-American academic exchanges. The Ministry urges Chinese nationals to carefully assess safety risks and increase their awareness of potential challenges when selecting U.S. states, particularly those affected by the new restrictions.

The ministry's alert, issued on Wednesday, highlights concerns over the worsening China-U.S. economic and trade relations, as well as the domestic security situation in the U.S. It advises Chinese tourists to carefully evaluate the risks of traveling to the U.S. and exercise caution.

Quote:The updated travel guidance by China comes as Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Germany, France and the U.K. have all issued new travel guidance for those wishing to travel to the U.S. in response to President Trump's crackdown on immigration and trans rights.

Quote:U.S. government bonds underwent a big sell-off early Wednesday, signalling investors were dumping the usually safe assets as tariff turmoil continues to rock the world.

Quote:They're typically seen as the safest bonds in the world because the chances that the U.S. government would default on the loan is virtually inconceivable.

In times of uncertainty, like when the stock market makes wild swings as it has been the past few days, investors usually reach for U.S. government bonds because they're safe. But today, investors were selling them as the U.S. continued to create unease with broad tariffs.

"The U.S. government is the source of instability … nobody trusts that the White House knows what it's doing," said Moshe Lander, a professor of economics at Concordia University in Montreal. "People are racing away from the source of instability."

Quote:Following the chaos in the bond market, [Canadian] Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne and his Japanese counterpart, Katsunobu Kato, shared concerns about the U.S.'s slate of tariffs in a phone conference, according to the ministry.

Canada is the current chair of the G7. The ministry says Canada is working with Japan and the European Union to maintain global stability in financial markets and the financial system.

Quote:Meyers’ firing was the latest in a series of terminations of senior military leaders, including several female leaders.

The Trump administration has previously fired Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti, U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan and U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, the only woman on NATO’s military committee.

(04-11-2025, 11:10 AM)robkelk Wrote: Head of US Space Force base in Greenland is fired after Vance visit

Quote:Meyers’ firing was the latest in a series of terminations of senior military leaders, including several female leaders.

The Trump administration has previously fired Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti, U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan and U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, the only woman on NATO’s military committee.

It appears to this Canadian that failing to have a Y chromosome is sufficient to be considered disloyal in the USA.

(04-11-2025, 10:21 AM)robkelk Wrote: As a reaction to His Orangeness' tariff war, two-score craft breweries across Canada are brewing the same beer using the same recipe.

Glorious and Free IPA