Pete Hegseth is going to war — but not with the Venezuelans.
No, the Secretary of War is locked in a battle with Canadian publisher Kids Can Press. Over a meme.
On Sunday, Hegseth posted a fake book cover showing Franklin, a cartoon turtle, shooting rocket-propelled grenades at narco-terrorists from the landing skid of a military helicopter.
&#8220;For your Christmas wish list,&#8221; Hegseth wrote along with the book, titled &#8220;Franklin Targets Narco Terrorists,&#8221; which is billed as &#8220;A Classic Franklin Story.&#8221; The cover image features Franklin seated in the open bay door of a helicopter, aiming an RPG launcher at narco-terrorists in their boats in the water below.
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Less than 24 hours later, Kids Can Press issued a statement in response, condemning Hegseth&#8217;s use of the &#8220;beloved&#8221; character.
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&#8220;Franklin the Turtle is a beloved Canadian icon who has inspired generations of children and stands for kindness, empathy, and inclusivity,&#8221; the post read. &#8220;We strongly condemn any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin&#8217;s name or image, which directly contradicts these values.&#8221;
The statement marks the first time Kids Can Press has posted on X since a mid-January announcement declaring a shift to posting more on other platforms like Bluesky.
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The most recent thing in the publisher&#8217;s timeline was a <a href="https://x.com/FoldKids/status/1975253649220903410">repost</a> advertising a workshop for kids called &#8220;An Indigenous History Lesson on Fascism&#8221; and featuring Gord Hill, the author of &#8220;The Revised &amp; Expanded ANTIFA Comic Book.&#8221;
In addition to triggering Kids Can Press, Hegseth also got a rise out of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
&#8220;I have never seen someone so unserious, so childish, and so obviously insecure serving as Secretary of Defense as Pete Hegseth. The man is a national embarrassment,&#8221; the senator <a href="https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1995632033843085429">posted</a>.
Former &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; host <a href="https://x.com/chucktodd/status/1995563637126418845">Chuck Todd</a> was also clearly upset by the meme, saying Hegseth was &#8220;literally mocking the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. Congress and humiliating and embarrassing America worldwide with this childish tantrum.&#8221;

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Recently, the Illinois legislature approved a bill that would legalize so-called physician-assisted suicide in the state. The bill now rests on Governor JB Pritzker’s desk, and he has until November 30 to decide whether to sign it into law.
He shouldn&#8217;t. In fact, he should veto it.
No matter how much advocates attempt to paint euthanasia as “compassionate,” the truth stands: Euthanasia, no matter what form it takes, creates a culture of death, jeopardizing — not protecting — the most vulnerable in society.
Look at Illinois’s bill, for example. If passed, it would allow physician-assisted suicides for individuals who are suffering from a terminal illness and have been given less than six months to live. As a result, advocates have painted it as a way for the already dying — and only the already dying — to secure “death with dignity.” 
Yet the bill limits do nothing to make it more ethical than legislation that allows for euthanasia of anyone at any time.  
Every human life has value, no matter how much time that life has left. Ending a life, no matter what stage that life is at, does not give it dignity — it devalues it, treating it as worthless and disposable. 
Even if that weren’t true, allowing assisted suicide in any circumstances lays the first stone in creating a “culture of death” that spreads throughout society. 
Look at Canada. While their assisted suicide program allegedly began to help people in extreme circumstances secure death with dignity, it’s now expanded so much that it allows for same-day suicide for a broad range of conditions, including mental illness. As a result, rates of suicide have grown exponentially, increasing 13-fold between 2016 and 2022 and totaling a <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/health-system-services/annual-report-medical-assistance-dying-2023.html">shocking 15,343 in 2023</a>.  
Physician-assisted suicide has reached such a point in the U.K. that (former) Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn9dn42xqg4o">said last year</a> that he “worried people would feel compelled to ask to die if they felt like a burden.” 
Any legalization of assisted dying “opens the way to it broadening out,” Welby said, causing people who aren’t terminally ill to ask for it or feel “pressured to ask for it.” 
That hurts the entire society — but it’s especially harmful to the most vulnerable, including those, like my daughter, with disabilities. In a society that treats life as meaningless and treats imposing a burden on someone else as a reason to die, those with disabilities and mental illnesses are sure to fall prey. 
In Canada, they already are — a fact highlighted in stories like that of Alan Nichols, a 61-year-old who was involuntarily committed and then euthanized within a month. Such stories paint a grim picture of a society that treats patients not as people, but as objects to be discarded; the second caring for them would require effort.  
Those with disabilities should know they don’t have to throw their life away simply because of the challenges their disability poses. Their lives have value. 
Ending a human life, any life, is wrong — regardless of whether that life belongs to someone close to death, to someone with a disability or mental illness, or to someone who simply feels isolated or lonely. Governor Pritzker should veto Illinois’ dangerous legislation and reaffirm the American principle that every human — no matter who they are — has a right to life.
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Well, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history is finally over, and many of you are asking questions like, “Why would Sydney Sweeney make a movie where she plays a fat boxer? What was she thinking?” Also, “Why do women play with their hair when they like a guy?” And here’s another one: “You know how the screen just went dark in the last episode of &#8216;The Sopranos&#8217;? What the hell was that about? I mean, they’re paying the screenwriter good money. Shouldn’t he be able to come up with some kind of ending? And don’t even get me started on &#8216;How I Met Your Mother.'&#8221;
And okay, some of you may have questions about the government shutdown and, holy moly, I can’t even imagine what your lives must be like. But hey, here at the Daily Wire, it’s not our place to mock you for being pathetic, so as part of our mission to give you an in-depth understanding of the news, we’re pleased to provide you with this handy Q&amp;A about the government shutdown.
Q: Why did the government shut down in the first place?
A: The government shut down because Chuck Schumer is the Senate leader of the Democrats, and he&#8217;s a demon.
Q: Wait, really?
A: Yeah! Look at him. With those dead eyes, and the widow’s peak you could cut your wrists with. The guy’s a hell dweller. Probably crawled out of a crevice in the earth somewhere.
Q: But weren’t there, like, political considerations?
A: I dunno. I’m still trying to figure out how Sydney Sweeney looked in the mirror and thought: “Oh good, I’m a super-hot white girl! For the next ten years, I can literally have anything I want. I know! I’ll make a movie where I’m a fat palooka. People will flock to the theaters to see that!” I mean, who knows why people do things?
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Q: Could we get back to the shutdown? 
A: Sure, you obviously have nothing better to do.
Q: What were the results of the shutdown?
A: During the shutdown, the government couldn’t perform its very important functions like — I don’t know — making speeches and putting up signs and whatnot.
Q: That’s it? They couldn’t make speeches and signs?
A: Signs are actually very important. Otherwise, they tow your car and you’re like, “What did I even do?”
Q: Well, what about healthcare?
A: Right. Democrats want to gradually lure the United States into a government healthcare system like they have in England and Canada, where more and more of your money goes into increasingly outdated medical treatments until finally they have to legalize medically assisted suicide so they can kill patients off in order to keep treatment expenses down. So then, you’re, like, twelve years old and you go to the doctor with a splinter, and he’s like, “Wouldn’t you rather just kill yourself?” The Republicans didn’t want to fund that, so Chuck Schumer closed the government.
Q: Wait, Chuck Schumer wants to suicide 12-year-olds, but that’s demonic… O-o-o-oh, I get what you’re saying.
A: This is why we provide these helpful Q and A’s.
Q: Well, what happens to stuff like taxes during a shutdown?
A: You still have to pay taxes during a shutdown so Congress can get paid.
Q: Get paid for doing what?
A: Well, the government’s shut down, so they’re not doing anything.
Q: So Congress doesn’t do anything, and we still have to give them our money?
A: Correct, and that continues even during the shutdown.
Q: So why exactly did the shutdown end?
A: The shutdown ended because the money for welfare payments ran out, so pretty soon, welfare recipients would’ve had to find jobs. Then to keep their jobs, they’d’ve had to improve their behavior, which would’ve helped them find spouses and start families and increase their sense of self-worth, until they wouldn’t even need Democrats. So basically, the Democrats needed to reopen or they’d become irrelevant.
Q: Well, frankly, I’m glad. I need to get home for Thanksgiving, and when I saw all the delays piling up at airports, I wanted to kill myself.
A: Unfortunately, if you want to kill yourself legally, you’ll just have to wait till the Democrats are back in power.
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Advocates for assisted suicide in Canada, where it&#8217;s been legal for just under a decade, are pushing to expand the practice to children.
Canada’s euthanasia program, known as MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying), started back in 2016 for people whose natural death was “reasonably foreseeable” and wanted to end their lives. It&#8217;s already been expanded — both expanding the pool of adults who are eligible and how it can be administered, leading to an explosion of suicides in recent years. 
Now, groups are calling for minors as young as 12 years old to be included in the government-funded suicide program. One advocacy group, called “Dying With Dignity Canada,&#8221; recommends minors as young as 12 be included in the program, and goes as far as to suggest 16 and 17-year-olds shouldn&#8217;t even need parental consent to be killed by a doctor if they fit broad criteria. 
The group calls for assessing age eligibility based on &#8220;maturity&#8221; rather than &#8220;chronological age.&#8221;
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Experts say the advocacy shows there was merit to the &#8220;slippery slope&#8221; argument made against the law from the outset.
“There is a kind of gruesome, relentless logic at work here, and this is why the logical ‘slippery slope’ argument is a valid argument,&#8221; Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, a psychiatrist and director at Ethics and Public Policy Center, told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Once you cross the line of allowing doctors to kill patients, once you cross the line of accepting the basic premise of the euthanasia movement &#8212; which is that some lives are not worth living and therefore these people should be killed by the medical profession, then it&#8217;s very hard to argue that there should be any limitations.&#8221; 
The MAiD program started back in 2016, with only people whose natural death was “reasonably foreseeable” eligible. In 99% of cases, a medical professional administers a substance that causes a person’s death, which is technically euthanasia. In the other cases, a person will be provided a substance to self-administer to cause their own death, which is defined as assisted suicide. 
There&#8217;s only been an expansion of these procedures since the creation of MAiD, with massive growth in 2021, when chronic illness and disability were included as sole reasons for someone to be euthanized. 
With an increasing number of people being euthanized every year, 2023 data shows more than 15,000 people were killed via MAiD. That accounts for 4.7% of all deaths in Canada. Put another way, about <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j1z14p57po">1 in 20</a> Canadians who die every year are being euthanized. 
Advocates for including so-called &#8220;mature&#8221; minors in the MAiD program argue that children need more autonomy over their health care, and note that minors can already consent or refuse certain medical treatments, so including them, they argue, would be consistent. They say it&#8217;s about compassion. 
The &#8220;slippery slope&#8221; argument, Kheriaty said, is playing out in real time in Canada. &#8220;Your basic premise, your basic argument is people should be able to do this on the basis of one of two things: autonomy and choice on the one hand, or pain and suffering on the other hand. And people can always invoke pain and suffering,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Who&#8217;s to say that they&#8217;re not suffering more than someone who qualified under the law, right?&#8221;
Kheriaty said that just a few years ago, he may have viewed the movement to euthanize minors as fringe. He doesn&#8217;t view it that way anymore.
“A few years ago, I would&#8217;ve said, &#8216;No, I don&#8217;t think the Canadian regime is going to go that far to have so-called &#8216;mature minors,&#8217; adolescents avail themselves of euthanasia,'&#8221; he said. &#8220;But now, I’m sad to say I wouldn&#8217;t put it past them.&#8221;
In addition to the movement to include minors in the MAiD program, there&#8217;s a strong push to include people who suffer solely from mental health issues, like depression. That’s set to take effect in 2027. But Kheriaty says it&#8217;s already happening in Canada. 
 “There have been at least a few cases described and reported widely in the last couple of years in Canada,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I remember one case of, I believe it was a 27-year-old female, a woman in her twenties <a href="https://calgary.citynews.ca/2024/06/04/calgary-maid-appeal-case-advocacy-groups-intervene/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">whose sole diagnosis was autism and ADHD</a>, neither of which are terminal conditions.&#8221;
&#8220;So even if it&#8217;s not officially legalized in Canada yet, that psychiatric conditions can be used as the sole criteria for euthanasia,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There have been reported cases in the literature where clearly that&#8217;s been happening already.”
Kheriaty believes opposition must come from the medical community. 
&#8220;Most people who avail themselves of this have a deep-seated fear that they&#8217;re going to be a burden on others,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;They&#8217;re gonna be a burden on society. They&#8217;re gonna be a burden on the medical community that&#8217;s not gonna want to care for them.&#8221;
&#8220;And we have to respond, rather than abandoning the patient by saying, &#8216;Yes, here&#8217;s the poison pill,&#8217; or, &#8216;I&#8217;ll administer the poison injection to you.&#8217; We have to respond by saying, &#8216;No, it&#8217;s a privilege to care for you.&#8217; It&#8217;s a privilege to walk with you through what might be the final stage of your life — in the cases where someone has been diagnosed with the terminal illness. Or, it&#8217;s a privilege to care for you if you&#8217;ve been diagnosed with a mental illness and maybe it&#8217;s been difficult to treat. Let&#8217;s continue to work to find ways to treat this.&#8221;
A failure to do so would hurt society&#8217;s most vulnerable.
&#8220;Assisted suicide is both dangerous and inhumane, and I would say all the more so true of euthanasia, because it abandons vulnerable patients who need help, treatment efforts at healing, or when healing or cure is not possible, they need support and care.&#8221;

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President Donald Trump ends his Asia tour with a much-anticipated sit-down with China’s Xi Jinping, a scathing report on Joe Biden’s presidency casts doubt on key executive actions, and Canada&#8217;s government is pressured to include minors in its euthanasia program.
It’s Thursday, October 30, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-251030-member-exclusive">the video version can be seen on The Daily Wire</a>:
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Trump V. Xi In South Korea</h2>
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Topline: The eyes of the world turned to South Korea, as President Trump sat down with China’s Xi Jinping for a high-stakes meeting.
Trump v. Xi: President Donald Trump cut tariffs on China overnight after President Xi Jinping promised to purchase large amounts of farm products from the United States and crack down on fentanyl trafficking. 
Trump said the tariff rate on China would be reduced from 57% to 47% after a high-stakes meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in South Korea. In return, he said China promised to purchase American soybeans, sorghum, and other farm products and stop the flow of fentanyl into the United States.
“I had a truly great meeting with President Xi of China. There is enormous respect between our two Countries, and that will only be enhanced with what just took place,” Trump posted on Truth Social after the meeting. “We agreed on many things, with others, even of high importance, being very close to resolved.”
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Trump added that China had agreed to “continue the flow” of rare earth minerals used in products ranging from cell phones to fighter jets. China had been looking to implement strict export controls on the minerals.
The meeting began late Wednesday night by United States time. 
Just minutes before the meeting began, President Trump issued a stunning social media <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115460423936412555">post</a>, saying, “Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.”
The U.S. has not tested any nuclear weapons for the last 33 years. The timing of that message is no accident. In the last week alone, Vladimir Putin announced that Russia had successfully tested nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable cruise missiles, along with a nuclear-capable torpedo. 
North Korea also claims to have conducted missile tests of its own. But this appears to be directed at Xi, who has overseen a historic nuclear buildup in China, growing its arsenal at an alarming pace. Despite that apparent warning, once Trump and Xi met just a few moments later, the two were all smiles, with Trump cracking a joke as they shook hands.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Biden Autopen Questions Grow</h2>
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Topline: The House Oversight Committee has recommended that the Justice Department investigate the Biden White House’s use of an autopen to sign official presidential actions. In a 100-page <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/oversight-committee-releases-report-on-the-biden-autopen-presidency/">report</a> released this week, Republicans charged Biden staffers with covering up for an increasingly senile president and taking action without his knowledge.
Republicans want the DOJ to take a deep look at former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen because many of the actions Biden took – or appeared to take – may not have been valid. Committee Chairman James Comer asked Attorney General Pam Bondi for a “comprehensive review of all executive actions taken during the Biden presidency.”
Comer also asked for special attention to be paid to White House doctor Kevin O’Connor, deputy chief of staff Annie Tomasini, and senior adviser to the first lady Anthony Bernal. They all pleaded the Fifth during the House investigation.
Comer v. O’Connor: Comer sent a letter to the D.C. Board of Medicine asking for a review of O&#8217;Connor’s work as the chief White House doctor. The report says testimony indicates that O’Connor “may have succumbed to political pressure” and hid Biden’s health decline from the American people.
Comer said the medical board should consider whether O’Connor “issu[ed] misleading medical reports, misrepresent[ed] treatments, or [failed] to conform to standards of practice” in violation of D.C. law. If any violations are found, the D.C. Board of Medicine could discipline O’Connor or even <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/10/28/us-news/biden-white-house-doctor-kevin-oconnor-referred-for-investigation-of-ex-prez-health-cover-up-could-lose-license/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_source=twitter">revoke</a> his medical license.
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Canada&#8217;s Growing Euthanasia Movement</h2>
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Topline: Canada’s euthanasia program is rapidly expanding, with some groups calling for minors as young as 12 years old to be included in the government-funded program. 
MAiD, or Medical Assistance in Dying, is effectively an euthanasia program funded by the Canadian government. It began in 2016 for people whose natural death was “reasonably foreseeable” and who wanted to end their lives. The program has only expanded since, particularly in 2021, when chronic illness and disability became included as reasons for someone to be euthanized. 
Since its inception, more people have undergone these procedures. Thousands of Canadians now do this annually.
Efforts to expand MAiD: Advocates want children 12 years and older to have access to MAiD. Current rules state that one must be 18 years old to be considered for this procedure.
The general argument is that children need more autonomy in health care, and the MAiD program is supposedly about “compassion.” Advocates also noted that minors can already consent or refuse certain treatments, so permitting this would be consistent. Finally, advocates will point to the Netherlands, where assisted dying for “mature minors” has been legal since 2002.
As for consent, one advocacy group called “Dying With Dignity Canada” recommends that minors between 12 and 15 years old have parental permission to be euthanized. It does not recommend that as a requirement for minors aged 16 and 17, however.
Morning Wire spoke to Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, a psychiatrist, author, and a director at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, about the euthanasia movement.
“Once you cross the line of allowing doctors to kill patients, once you cross the line of accepting the basic premise of the euthanasia movement, which is that some lives are not worth living and therefore these people should be killed by the medical profession, then it&#8217;s very hard to argue that there should be any limitations to that,” said Kheriaty.
In addition to advocating for minors to be permitted in the program, there is a strong push to include people who suffer solely from mental health issues. That section is set to take effect in 2027. 
Euthanasia is not legal in the U.S.; however, several states do permit assisted suicide. This is a domestic movement that is worth watching closely and has undoubtedly been influenced by our neighbors up north.

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was increasing tariffs on Canada by an additional 10% &#8220;above what they&#8217;re paying now,&#8221; as he reacted again to an ad by Canada&#8217;s Ontario province, a day after it was aired during the World Series broadcast.
Trump on Thursday ended trade talks with Ottawa over the tariff-related ad, which Trump said was misleading.
Trump announced the higher tariffs in a Truth Social post on Saturday referencing the ad, which features a video of former President Ronald Reagan, a Republican icon, saying that tariffs cause trade wars and economic disaster. The ad had already been running for some days before Trump first reacted to it on Thursday night.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Friday that after discussions with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Ontario would pause the U.S. ad campaign on Monday so that trade talks could resume.
The advertisement aired Friday during the broadcast for Game 1 of Major League Baseball&#8217;s World Series, in which the Toronto Blue Jays are facing off against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
“Their Advertisement was to be taken down, IMMEDIATELY, but they let it run last night during the World Series, knowing that it was a FRAUD,” Trump posted.
“Because of their serious misrepresentation of the facts, and hostile act, I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they are paying now,” he wrote.
Trump posted the message while he was aboard Air Force One on his way to Malaysia, the first stop on a trip through East Asia that will largely focus on trade issues.
The U.S. Commerce Department, the White House and the office of the Canadian prime minister did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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It was not clear what goods would be affected by Trump&#8217;s newly announced tariffs. The majority of Canadian exports to the U.S. are exempt from tariffs because of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that was signed during Trump&#8217;s first term.
The Trump administration in August imposed a 35% tariff on Canadian goods not covered by the USMCA. But Canada&#8217;s economy has suffered from sector tariffs of 50% imposed this year by Trump on steel and aluminum from all countries.
Carney said on Friday that Canada stood ready to resume trade talks with the United States. Trump and Carney will both be at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Malaysia, but he told reporters on Air Force One he has no plans to meet with the Canadian leader.
The Canadian prime minister had removed most of Canada&#8217;s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports imposed by his predecessor, but White House adviser Kevin Hassett said on Friday that Trump was frustrated with Canada and trade talks have not been going well.
The ad by the Ontario government has a voiceover of Reagan criticizing tariffs on foreign goods while saying they cause job losses and trade wars. The video uses five complete sentences from the five-minute weekly address, spliced together out of sequence.
The ad does not mention that Reagan was using the address to explain that tariffs imposed on Japan by his administration should be seen as a sadly unavoidable exception to his basic belief in free trade as the key to prosperity.
(Reporting by Jasper Ward, Valerie Volcovici and Caroline Stauffer; Editing by Leslie Adler and Sergio Non)

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The liberal Canadian premier who launched a $75 million anti-tariff ad campaign in the United States featuring former President Ronald Reagan will yank the effort after pressure from President Donald Trump.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday afternoon that he would pause the ad campaign put out by his administration targeting Americans starting on Monday. That announcement came after Trump on Thursday said he had ended all trade talks with Canada over the ad, calling it an effort to influence American politics.
“Our intention was always to initiate a conversation about the kind of economy that Americans want to build and the impact of tariffs on workers and businesses,” Ford posted on X. “We&#8217;ve achieved our goal, having reached U.S. audiences at the highest levels. I&#8217;ve directed my team to keep putting our message in front of Americans over the weekend so that we can air our commercial during the first two World Series games.”
Ford said he would “pause [the] U.S. advertising campaign effective Monday so that trade talks can resume” after speaking with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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Our intention was always to initiate a conversation about the kind of economy that Americans want to build and the impact of tariffs on workers and businesses. We&#8217;ve achieved our goal, having reached U.S. audiences at the highest levels. I&#8217;ve directed my team to keep putting our…
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Ontario’s ad featured clips from an April 25, 1987, radio address Reagan gave on free and fair trade. The ad campaign aired in the United States during a playoff baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners. Game 1 of the World Series takes place Friday night, featuring the Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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It’s official: Ontario’s new advertising campaign in the U.S. has launched.
Using every tool we have, we’ll never stop making the case against American tariffs on Canada. The way to prosperity is by working together.
Watch our new ad. <a href="https://t.co/SgIVC1cqMJ">pic.twitter.com/SgIVC1cqMJ</a>
— Doug Ford (@fordnation) <a href="https://twitter.com/fordnation/status/1978779503213052337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trump on Thursday said that the ad manipulated Reagan’s words.
“The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “The ad was for $75,000,000. They only did this to interfere with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, and other courts. TARIFFS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY, AND ECONOMY, OF THE U.S.A. Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.”
Trump’s post followed a statement from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute saying that it was pursuing potential legal options over Ontario’s use of the audio. The foundation encouraged people to watch Reagan’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t5QK03KXPc&amp;t=181s">full remarks</a> on its YouTube channel.

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President Donald Trump ended “all trade negotiations” with Canada on Thursday after Ontario’s government recently launched a $75 million anti-tariff ad campaign targeting Americans and featuring former President Ronald Reagan.
The ad campaign aired in the United States during a playoff baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners. Game 1 of the World Series takes place Friday night, featuring the Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
It is set to air on major networks across the United States and was developed by Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his provincial administration. Trump responded to the campaign by accusing Canada of trying to interfere with American politics and abruptly ending trade talks. 
“The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “The ad was for $75,000,000. They only did this to interfere with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, and other courts. TARIFFS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY, AND ECONOMY, OF THE U.S.A. Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.”
Trump’s post followed a statement from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute saying that it was pursuing potential legal options over Ontario’s use of the audio. 
“The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address, and the Government of Ontario did not seek or receive permission to use and edit the remarks,” the foundation said. “We encourage you to watch President Reagan’s unedited video on our YouTube channel.” 
The audio used for the ad came from an April 25, 1987, radio address Reagan gave on free and fair trade. The foundation posted a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t5QK03KXPc&amp;t=181s">link</a> to the full speech on its YouTube channel. Ford’s <a href="https://x.com/fordnation/status/1978779503213052337">ad</a> pulls audio from the speech. 
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It’s official: Ontario’s new advertising campaign in the U.S. has launched.
Using every tool we have, we’ll never stop making the case against American tariffs on Canada. The way to prosperity is by working together.
Watch our new ad. <a href="https://t.co/SgIVC1cqMJ">pic.twitter.com/SgIVC1cqMJ</a>
— Doug Ford (@fordnation) <a href="https://twitter.com/fordnation/status/1978779503213052337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;When someone says let&#8217;s impose tariffs on foreign imports, it looks like they&#8217;re doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products and jobs,&#8221; Reagan said in the ad. “High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars. Then the worst happens. Markets shrink and collapse, businesses and industry shut down, and millions of people lose their jobs.”
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A Ford spokesman <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-trade-negotiations-tariffs-ontario-ad-9.6951469" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the audio was pulled from the public domain.  
&#8220;Reagan knew and spoke directly to Americans that tariffs hurt the U.S. economy, workers and families. He was a strong supporter of free and fair trade between Canada and America,&#8221; the spokesman said. 
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Trump’s tariffs on November 5. Trump on Friday again praised his tariffs, saying that they were making the country prosperous. 
“THE UNITED STATES IS WEALTHY, POWERFUL, AND NATIONALLY SECURE AGAIN, ALL BECAUSE OF TARIFFS! THE MOST IMPORTANT CASE EVER IS IN THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT,” he wrote on Truth Social.
On Friday, Ford said Ontario would pause its ad campaign effective Monday &#8220;so that trade talks can resume.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ve directed my team to keep putting our message in front of Americans over the weekend so that we can air our commercial during the first two World Series games,&#8221; he said.

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Airports in Pennsylvania and Canada were hacked on Tuesday with pro-Hamas messages that attacked President Donald Trump, forcing passengers on at least one plane to deboard over security concerns. 
Hackers took control of the public address system and screens at Harrisburg International Airport and three Canadian airports to broadcast profane messages targeting Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The hacks are under investigation by law enforcement in both the United States and Canada.
“F**k Netanyahu and Trump. Turkish hacker, cyber-Islam is here&#8230; Free, free Palestine,” a message <a href="https://www.pennlive.com/news/2025/10/harrisburg-international-airports-pa-system-hacked-by-political-message.html">blasted</a> over the PA system at Harrisburg International Airport said.
Similar messages were played in Canada at the Victoria International Airport, the Kelowna International Airport in British Columbia, and the Windsor International Airport in Ontario.
In Harrisburg, the TSA ordered passengers off a boarded plane for an additional security check.
&#8220;As the safety and security of our customers and employees comes before all else, Delta followed the direction of TSA to return to the gate and complete a security check of the aircraft. We appreciate our customers&#8217; patience and cooperation,&#8221; Delta <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/travel/hacker-hijacks-airport-speakers-blasts-anti-trump-other-political-messages">told</a> Fox News. 
In a statement, the Harrisburg International Airport said that an &#8220;unauthorized user” gained access to its PA system to play a recorded message. “The message was political in nature and did not contain any threats against the airport, our tenants, airlines, or passengers. The PA system was temporarily shut down, and the message was removed,” the airport said. 
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said that the Federal Aviation Administration was working with the airport to figure out what happened. 
“This is absolutely unacceptable and understandably scared travelers,” Duffy <a href="https://x.com/SecDuffy/status/1978644738161996218">said</a>. “The [FAA] and I are coordinating with [Harrisburg International] to help get to the bottom of this hack.”
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Kelowna International Airport <a href="https://ylw.kelowna.ca/passengers/passenger-updates">said</a> it was able to remove the unauthorized messages within minutes and that the hack was limited to a cloud-based third-party software. Transport Canada, the country&#8217;s government transportation body, and Canadian police determined that the messages did not pose “a direct threat towards the travelling public,” the airport said. 
One passenger <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/us/airport-cyber-breach-pennsylvania-canada-hnk">told</a> CNN that airport staff used megaphones to relay information after the PA system was shut down at Kelowna International Airport. 
“The airport staff was about as in the dark as we were,” the passenger said. “They even had to resort to using megaphones to give people boarding information because the intercom was down.”

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Stellantis, one of the “Big Three” American automakers, announced on Tuesday that it is changing course on plans to manufacture a Jeep model in Ontario, Canada, as the company focuses on expanding production in the United States.
Stellantis previously planned to produce its Jeep Compass at the Brampton Assembly Plant in Ontario, but its new focus on U.S. investment will move production to the United States, as the company plans to reopen a plant in Belvidere, Illinois, CBC <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/stellantis-jeep-compass-canada-9.6938834">reported</a>. The Michigan-based company aims to “invest $13 billion over the next four years to grow its business in the critical United States market and to increase its domestic manufacturing footprint.”
“The investment is the largest in the company’s 100-year U.S. history and will support the introduction of five new vehicles across the brand portfolio in key segments; production of the all-new four-cylinder engine; and the addition of more than 5,000 jobs at plants in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana,” Stellantis <a href="https://www.stellantis.com/en/news/press-releases/2025/october/stellantis-to-invest-13-billion-to-grow-in-the-united-states">said</a>.
The move comes as President Donald Trump’s tariffs continue to punish American automakers that manufacture vehicles and parts abroad to sell in the American market. Canadian leaders voiced their frustration with Stellantis’ decision, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney <a href="https://x.com/MarkJCarney/status/1978278995637551208">saying</a> the move is a “direct consequence of current U.S. tariffs and potential future U.S. trade actions.”
Trump met with Carney at the White House last week, and the two leaders discussed trade and tariff policies. After his visit, Carney’s office touted his nation’s trade relationship with the United States, <a href="https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2025/10/08/prime-minister-carney-concludes-visit-washington-dc">saying</a>, “Canada currently has the best trade agreement of any U.S. trading partner, with 85% of Canada-U.S. trade now tariff-free, and our cooperation is further improving border security.”
The Brampton, Ontario, plant has been shut down since 2024 to focus on repurposing the factory to manufacture the next-generation electrified Jeep Compass. After Trump imposed his auto tariffs, the company paused its retooling effort at the Brampton plant.
Unifor, the trade union that represents many Canadian auto workers, argued that auto jobs in Canada “are being sacrificed on the Trump altar.”
“Stellantis cannot be allowed to renege on its commitments to Canadian workers, and governments cannot stand by while our jobs are shifted to the United States,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who has strongly criticized President Trump over the tariffs, said in a Wednesday morning X <a href="https://x.com/fordnation/status/1978416009871605906">post</a> that he talked to Stellantis “to stress my disappointment with their decision to prioritize investment into the U.S.” He added, “This decision is especially painful for those workers who have been out of jobs for months.”
Earlier this year, as part of Trump’s wide-ranging trade policy, the Trump administration <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-adjusts-imports-of-automobiles-and-automobile-parts-into-the-united-states/">imposed</a> a 25% tariff “on imports of automobiles and certain automobile parts,” arguing that the move was necessary to address “a critical threat to U.S. national security.” Multiple American and foreign automakers responded to the tariff policy by announcing plans to increase production in the United States.
In May, General Motors <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/general-motors-to-cut-back-on-manufacturing-at-canada-plant-over-trump-tariff">said</a> it would cut back production at a truck plant in Oshawa, Ontario, due to Trump’s tariffs taking effect. GM said a month earlier that it planned to ramp up production of light-duty trucks at its assembly plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was allegedly spotted locked in a passionate embrace and appearing to kiss pop singer Katy Perry on a yacht, seemingly confirming the rumors that the two are romantically involved.
“[Perry] pulled up her boat next to a small public whale-watching boat, then they started making out,” a witness reportedly <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15183675/Eye-popping-pictures-Katy-Perry-Justin-Trudeau-kisses-roaming-hands.html">told</a> The Daily Mail about the encounter.
“I didn’t realize who she was with until I saw the tattoo on the guy’s arm, and I immediately realized it was Justin Trudeau.”
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The images were captured last month off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, but just recently went viral. The photos follow their sighting dining together in July at the restaurant Le Violon in Montreal.
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Trudeau, 53, attended a concert stop on Perry’s “Lifetimes” tour the following night with his teen daughter, per reports. Videos from the event show Trudeau smiling and singing along enthusiastically to “Firework,” “Roar,” and “Dark Horse,” as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/justin-trudeau-spotted-at-katy-perry-concert-as-dating-rumors-fly">reported</a>.
In July, Perry, 40, announced she was splitting from her fiancé of six years, Orlando Bloom. The two share a four-year-old daughter. 
“Due to the abundance of recent interest and conversation surrounding Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry’s relationship, representatives have confirmed that Orlando and Katy have been shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on co-parenting,” the <a href="https://people.com/katy-perry-orlando-bloom-breakup-confirmed-reps-11766659">statement</a> said at the time. 
“They will continue to be seen together as a family, as their shared priority is — and always will be — raising their daughter [Daisy Dove] with love, stability, and mutual respect.”
Trudeau split from his wife of 18 years in 2023.
Both Trudeau and Perry have experienced negative publicity in recent years. Trudeau resigned from office earlier this year, amidst dissatisfaction from voters over multiple issues such as immigration and cost of living.
Meanwhile, Perry was mercilessly mocked in April for joining the much-hyped all-female Blue Origin space flight. She was also blasted for her “Lifetimes Tour,” which got terrible reviews. The Grammy Award-winning singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/katy-perry-addresses-critics-calls-them-unhinged-and-unhealed?author=Amanda+Harding&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Katy+Perry+Addresses+Critics%2C+Calls+Them+%E2%80%98Unhinged+And+Unhealed%E2%80%99">called</a> her critics “unhinged and unhealed.”

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No progress as the government shutdown continues, New York state issued commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants but didn’t require a first name, and Canada launches a new gun buyback program.
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Topline: Tensions in Washington remain high as the government shutdown enters its second day after Senate Democrats once again blocked a Republican funding measure on Wednesday. 
Roughly 750,000 non-essential federal workers have been furloughed, with tens of thousands more expected in the coming days. Essential law enforcement and military personnel, along with air traffic controllers, medical providers, and power grid workers, continue to work.
Trump: Unlike previous shutdowns, Trump is stepping in to ensure that federal workers focused on his core policy agenda are deemed essential. For example, the vast majority of immigration enforcement operations will continue as usual, while trade officials working in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will maintain 60% of its staff to continue hammering out tariff deals.
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On Capitol Hill, Senate Republicans once again proposed a short-term stopgap that would turn the lights back on until November, allowing time for a broader deal. However, Democrats once again voted it down, 55-45. The Senate is not expected to convene again until Friday, so it’s almost certain to drag on at least until the weekend.
Cuts coming: Office of Management and Budget head Ross Vought instructed federal agencies last week, before the shutdown, to begin making plans for mass layoffs. On Wednesday, Vought told House Republicans that the administration would start terminating employees within the next day or two. 
Essentially, they argue that if your job is considered non-essential, why are taxpayers employing you to begin with? It’s unclear just how many federal workers would be laid off under that plan, but if nothing else, it could incentivize Democrat leaders to reach a deal and avoid mass government layoffs.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">More On Des Moines Superintendent</h2>
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Topline: The Daily Wire delves into the background of Ian Roberts, who previously served as superintendent of the Des Moines Public Schools before being arrested for allegedly being in the United States without authorization. He has since resigned from his post, and some alarming information about his immigration history has surfaced.
Sources within the federal government recently shared with The Daily Wire that on a previous immigration application, Roberts declared that he had six children with five different women and that three of those kids were born within a year of each other. That application for immigration status was subsequently rejected.
Additionally, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services shared more information about his hiring for the superintendent role, telling The Daily Wire that Roberts hasn&#8217;t been checked through the federal E-Verify employment eligibility system for more than a decade. They also stated that the school district hasn&#8217;t utilized the program.
If it had, district officials would have known that Roberts lied about being a citizen on his I-9 employment verification form.
Feds take a look: The Department of Justice has launched a civil rights investigation into the school district&#8217;s DEI hiring practices, as Roberts is black and a native of Guyana.
The DOJ says it is looking into whether the school district engaged &#8220;in employment practices that discriminate based on race, color, and national origin.&#8221;
According to its website, the district requires that its teaching and learning staff match the student population in terms of “demographics and cultural responsivity.” It also set specific quotas for “increas[ing] the number of teachers of color” in an affirmative action plan. Its staff retention strategy prioritizes “lift[ing] up voices of our People of Color” and “creat[ing] a safer environment for People of Color.” The school district also operates the “3D Coalition” project, a recruitment and hiring program for “aspiring minority teachers.”
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Canada Gun Buyback Program</h2>
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Topline: The Canadian federal government has started the rollout of its controversial gun buyback program following sweeping bans of what it describes as “assault style weapons”. 
In 2020, after a Nova Scotia man went on a deadly shooting spree, then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used executive authority to add more than 1,500 firearm models to the nation’s prohibited list, effectively banning the sale and ownership of entire classifications of firearms that were previously allowed.
Parliament passed firearm reform laws decades ago. Those laws essentially gave the prime minister’s cabinet authority to decide which specific firearms are banned. Because of the prime minister’s power to hire and fire his cabinet at will, he has broad authority and ability to enact sweeping gun bans almost unilaterally.
Iffy enforcement: A large-scale ban like this poses a logistical nightmare for enforcement. Not only does it ban the sale of many firearms, but it also makes possibly hundreds of thousands of currently owned firearms illegal.
The government offered an amnesty period of two years in which gun owners could surrender their firearms, but that period was repeatedly extended due to a lack of compliance. In the meantime, the Canadian government put a freeze on the sale of all handguns. Now that the amnesty period is coming to a close, the government is showing no intention of any further extensions and is beginning to crack down in full force. 
The buyback program: A pilot program has been rolled out in Nova Scotia, where owners of the now-illegal firearms can turn them in to the police for a reimbursement of $400-$700, depending on the model. The plan is to expand the program nationwide soon.
Government officials insist on referring to the program as a “voluntary buy-back” program. In reality, the only choice Canadian gun owners are offered is to turn in their guns, destroy them, or be in violation of the law and theoretically have their weapons confiscated in the future and possibly face criminal charges.
It’s not a complete ban, but it’s about as far as the prime minister could go. The laws surrounding the prime minister’s authority still contain language intended to protect sportsmen. Theoretically, guns commonly used for hunting should be protected, but the language is vague. The ban is said to focus on “assault style weapons,” a term that is not clearly defined either in Canadian law or in the firearm industry. It’s typically used in the context of semi-automatic firearms such as AR-15 or AK-style rifles, but these bans go far beyond those. The order bans carbines that fire pistol rounds, 22-caliber semi-autos, and many guns that aren’t semi-automatic at all, including large caliber bolt action rifles and many pump action shotguns.

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