Trump belittles Trudeau and Canada; Musk joins Mar-a-Lago meeting with Hungary’s Orbán: Live updates
Posted on 12/10/2024
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Donald Trump mocked Justin Trudeau in a late-night post on Truth Social, referring to the Canadian prime minister as a “governor” and the country as a “state”.
This follows reporting from their dinner together that the president-elect joked Canada could avoid his suggested tariffs by becoming the 51st state.
On Monday, Trudeau said Americans “are beginning to wake up to the reality that tariffs on everything from Canada would make life a lot more expensive”.
The president-elect has also met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban who visited him at Mar-a-Lago on Monday. They were joined by incoming national security adviser Mike Waltz and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, set to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Trump has meanwhile backed a candidate to succeed his daughter-in-law Lara Trump as co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and named Harmeet Dhillon to lead the civil rights division of the Justice Department and Mark Paoletta as general counsel of the Office of Management & Budget.
He also has caused fresh disquiet after suggesting in an interview with NBC that members of the January 6 committee “should go to jail” for investigating the attempted insurrection at the US Capitol by his supporters.
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Oliver O'Connell10 December 2024 15:15
Giuliani could face ‘imprisonment’ after attacking election workers again
Rudy Giuliani could face hefty fines “as well as imprisonment” if he is held in contempt for repeatedly falsely accusing a pair of election workers of manipulating election results in 2020, a federal judge cautioned Donald Trump’s former attorney on Monday.
A mother-daughter pair of election workers last month accused the former New York City mayor of violating a court order that blocks him from repeating anything that resembles his defamatory remarks about them.
The women asked the judge overseeing a defamation case in Washington, DC to consider holding him in contempt in their last-ditch effort to stop him from attacking them while they try to collect the nearly $150 million judgment against him.
Alex Woodward reports.
Judge warns Giuliani he could face ‘imprisonment’ after attacking election workers
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Oliver O'Connell10 December 2024 15:00
Full story: Trump pokes fun at ‘Governor’ Justin Trudeau again after floating possibility of Canada as the 51st state
President-elect Donald Trump yet again poked fun at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after jokingly suggesting that his country become the 51st state of the United States.
“It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday night. “I look forward to seeing the Governor again soon so that we may continue our in-depth talks on Tariffs and Trade, the results of which will be truly spectacular for all!”
Gustaf Kilander has the story.
Trump pokes fun at ‘Governor’ Justin Trudeau after floating Canada as the 51st state
The president-election and Canadian Prime Minister have vastly different views on potential US tariffs
Oliver O'Connell10 December 2024 14:40
Trump ally Nigel Farage makes sixth US trip as UK MP to be headliner at MAGA gala
Nigel Farage will be in the USA on Sunday for an astonishing sixth time since he was elected as the MP for on 4 July after he was unveiled as one of the headline acts at the biggest MAGA gala since Donald Trump won the US presidential election.
The Reform UK leader, who has been dubbed “the MP for MAGA”, by some political opponents in Westminster and comes amid questions over how much time he is spending in his Clacton constituency.
David Maddox reports.
Farage’s sixth US trip as MP to be headliner at MAGA gala which snubbed Tory ‘losers’
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Gaetz set to become anchor on pro-Trump network
Matt Gaetz, the former Florida congressman who was briefly in contention to be Donald Trump’s next attorney general, is now reportedly set to join the conservative channel One America News Network (OANN) as an anchor.
CNN national correspondent Kristen Holmes first reported the development on Monday citing an unnamed source, which appeared to explain a cryptic post by Gaetz’s wife Ginger on X on Sunday that read simply: “Big news coming next week!”
Joe Sommerlad has the details.
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Can Trump actually end birthright citizenship?
President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to end birthright citizenship, which would undo 150 years of how the U.S. has handled the issue.
Trump made the comments during NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday. He was asked if he still plans to end birthright citizenship, to which he said, “Yeah, absolutely.”
Birthright citizenship means that anyone born in the country automatically becomes a citizen. This includes children of undocumented immigrants and tourists, and students in the U.S. on short-term visas.
Gustaf Kilander looks at the prospect of Trump ending this right.
Can Trump actually end birthright citizenship?
Move would require changing the Constitution by two-thirds majority in both chambers of Congress, and an amendment must be ratified by three-fourths of all state legislatures
Oliver O'Connell10 December 2024 13:40
Trump and Musk meet with Orbán at Mar-a-Lago
Balázs Orbán, political director of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has hailed a meeting between his boss, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Michael Waltz, national security adviser to the president-elect.
He wrote on X: “Great leaders and an even brighter future ahead! @realDonaldTrump, @elonmusk, and @michaelgwaltz welcomed @PM_ViktorOrban to Mar-a-Lago to discuss common goals and values. National #conservatives are making a strong comeback!”
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‘We will not be intimidated'
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Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing to examine the potential consequences of President-elect Donald Trump's mass deportation plan.
Oliver O'Connell10 December 2024 13:00
Trump belittles Trudeau as ‘governor’ and Canada as ‘state’
In a late-night post on Truth Social, Donald Trump appeared to belittle Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada as a governor and the country as a state.
A week ago, the president-elect joked that Canada could avoid tariffs he plans to impost by becoming the 51st US state, according to a report.
On Monday, Trudeau said Americans “are beginning to wake up to the reality that tariffs on everything from Canada would make life a lot more expensive”.
Speaking at an event put on by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, the prime minister also said dealing with Donald Trump on trade will be “a little more challenging” than the last time.
Trudeau said that’s because Trump’s team is coming in with a much clearer set of ideas of what they want to do right away than after his first election win in 2016.
The Republican president-elect has threatened to impose a 25% tax on all products entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico unless they stem the flow of migrants and drugs.
Trudeau says Americans are realizing that Trump's tariffs on Canada make life a lot more expensive
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Americans “are beginning to wake up to the reality that tariffs on everything from Canada would make life a lot more expensive.”
Oliver O'Connell10 December 2024 12:40
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Donald Trump mocked Justin Trudeau in a late-night post on Truth Social, referring to the Canadian prime minister as a “governor” and the country as a “state”.
This follows reporting from their dinner together that the president-elect joked Canada could avoid his suggested tariffs by becoming the 51st state.
On Monday, Trudeau said Americans “are beginning to wake up to the reality that tariffs on everything from Canada would make life a lot more expensive”.
The president-elect has also met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban who visited him at Mar-a-Lago on Monday. They were joined by incoming national security adviser Mike Waltz and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, set to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Trump has meanwhile backed a candidate to succeed his daughter-in-law Lara Trump as co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and named Harmeet Dhillon to lead the civil rights division of the Justice Department and Mark Paoletta as general counsel of the Office of Management & Budget.
He also has caused fresh disquiet after suggesting in an interview with NBC that members of the January 6 committee “should go to jail” for investigating the attempted insurrection at the US Capitol by his supporters.
Watch LIVE: Senate committee hearing on effects of mass deportations
Oliver O'Connell10 December 2024 15:15
Giuliani could face ‘imprisonment’ after attacking election workers again
Rudy Giuliani could face hefty fines “as well as imprisonment” if he is held in contempt for repeatedly falsely accusing a pair of election workers of manipulating election results in 2020, a federal judge cautioned Donald Trump’s former attorney on Monday.
A mother-daughter pair of election workers last month accused the former New York City mayor of violating a court order that blocks him from repeating anything that resembles his defamatory remarks about them.
The women asked the judge overseeing a defamation case in Washington, DC to consider holding him in contempt in their last-ditch effort to stop him from attacking them while they try to collect the nearly $150 million judgment against him.
Alex Woodward reports.
Judge warns Giuliani he could face ‘imprisonment’ after attacking election workers
The former New York City mayor could be hit with an ‘arsenal of sanctions’ for his statements
Oliver O'Connell10 December 2024 15:00
Full story: Trump pokes fun at ‘Governor’ Justin Trudeau again after floating possibility of Canada as the 51st state
President-elect Donald Trump yet again poked fun at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after jokingly suggesting that his country become the 51st state of the United States.
“It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday night. “I look forward to seeing the Governor again soon so that we may continue our in-depth talks on Tariffs and Trade, the results of which will be truly spectacular for all!”
Gustaf Kilander has the story.
Trump pokes fun at ‘Governor’ Justin Trudeau after floating Canada as the 51st state
The president-election and Canadian Prime Minister have vastly different views on potential US tariffs
Oliver O'Connell10 December 2024 14:40
Trump ally Nigel Farage makes sixth US trip as UK MP to be headliner at MAGA gala
Nigel Farage will be in the USA on Sunday for an astonishing sixth time since he was elected as the MP for on 4 July after he was unveiled as one of the headline acts at the biggest MAGA gala since Donald Trump won the US presidential election.
The Reform UK leader, who has been dubbed “the MP for MAGA”, by some political opponents in Westminster and comes amid questions over how much time he is spending in his Clacton constituency.
David Maddox reports.
Farage’s sixth US trip as MP to be headliner at MAGA gala which snubbed Tory ‘losers’
Exclusive: Nigel Farage has been unveiled as a headline speaker at a MAGA gala just a week after Kemi Badenoch met up with vice president elect J. D. Vance as Reform UK and the Tories vie for support from Team Trump
Oliver O'Connell10 December 2024 14:20
Gaetz set to become anchor on pro-Trump network
Matt Gaetz, the former Florida congressman who was briefly in contention to be Donald Trump’s next attorney general, is now reportedly set to join the conservative channel One America News Network (OANN) as an anchor.
CNN national correspondent Kristen Holmes first reported the development on Monday citing an unnamed source, which appeared to explain a cryptic post by Gaetz’s wife Ginger on X on Sunday that read simply: “Big news coming next week!”
Joe Sommerlad has the details.
Matt Gaetz set to become anchor on pro-Trump network OANN after failed AG nod
Ex-Florida congressman pivots to TV after past scandals sank his bid to lead Justice Department
Oliver O'Connell10 December 2024 14:00
Can Trump actually end birthright citizenship?
President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to end birthright citizenship, which would undo 150 years of how the U.S. has handled the issue.
Trump made the comments during NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday. He was asked if he still plans to end birthright citizenship, to which he said, “Yeah, absolutely.”
Birthright citizenship means that anyone born in the country automatically becomes a citizen. This includes children of undocumented immigrants and tourists, and students in the U.S. on short-term visas.
Gustaf Kilander looks at the prospect of Trump ending this right.
Can Trump actually end birthright citizenship?
Move would require changing the Constitution by two-thirds majority in both chambers of Congress, and an amendment must be ratified by three-fourths of all state legislatures
Oliver O'Connell10 December 2024 13:40
Trump and Musk meet with Orbán at Mar-a-Lago
Balázs Orbán, political director of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has hailed a meeting between his boss, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Michael Waltz, national security adviser to the president-elect.
He wrote on X: “Great leaders and an even brighter future ahead! @realDonaldTrump, @elonmusk, and @michaelgwaltz welcomed @PM_ViktorOrban to Mar-a-Lago to discuss common goals and values. National #conservatives are making a strong comeback!”
Oliver O'Connell10 December 2024 13:20
‘We will not be intimidated'
Oliver O'Connell10 December 2024 13:17
Coming up today: Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Trump’s mass deportation plan
Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing to examine the potential consequences of President-elect Donald Trump's mass deportation plan.
Oliver O'Connell10 December 2024 13:00
Trump belittles Trudeau as ‘governor’ and Canada as ‘state’
In a late-night post on Truth Social, Donald Trump appeared to belittle Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada as a governor and the country as a state.
A week ago, the president-elect joked that Canada could avoid tariffs he plans to impost by becoming the 51st US state, according to a report.
On Monday, Trudeau said Americans “are beginning to wake up to the reality that tariffs on everything from Canada would make life a lot more expensive”.
Speaking at an event put on by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, the prime minister also said dealing with Donald Trump on trade will be “a little more challenging” than the last time.
Trudeau said that’s because Trump’s team is coming in with a much clearer set of ideas of what they want to do right away than after his first election win in 2016.
The Republican president-elect has threatened to impose a 25% tax on all products entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico unless they stem the flow of migrants and drugs.
Trudeau says Americans are realizing that Trump's tariffs on Canada make life a lot more expensive
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Americans “are beginning to wake up to the reality that tariffs on everything from Canada would make life a lot more expensive.”
Oliver O'Connell10 December 2024 12:40
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