From the Daily Caller News Foundation

By Owen Klinsky

Canada’s ambassador to the United States said Monday the country is prepared to purchase more U.S. goods following President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats.

Trump has repeatedly lamented the trade deficit between the U.S. and its neighbor to the north, threatening to levy a 25% tariff against the country or even annex Canada and make it “the 51st state.” His remarks appear to have already impacted trade relations, with Canada’s Ambassador Kirsten Hillman saying the country is ready to buy more from the United States in order to appease the incoming president, according to an interview she gave to The Associated Press Monday.

“He has a negotiating style which involves positioning himself in the best way he can for discussions,” Hillman told the AP. “We are happy to source what we can from the United States.”

Hillman identified military procurements as a potential category where Canada could increase its consumption of U.S. products, including Canada’s next fleet of submarines: “We have some big military procurements coming up for example, replacing our entire submarine fleet. Maybe those are some purchases that can happen from the U.S.”

The U.S. had a nearly $68 billion trade deficit with Canada in 2023, a decrease of $12.2 billion from 2022, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The overall U.S. trade deficit sat at over $770 billion in 2023 — the highest of any country globally.

The ambassador also gave Trump credit for the creation of Canada’s $1 billion-plus border security and immigration plan: “We have moved really quickly, I’ll be honest, because President Trump focused the mind to put together a full package of improvements.”

Border patrol agents apprehended almost 24,000 individuals along the northern border in fiscal year 2024, representing a 140% increase from the year prior, data from the U.S. Customs And Border Protection shows.

“President Trump has promised tariff policies that protect working Americans from the unfair practices of foreign companies and foreign markets,” Trump-Vance Transition Spokesman Brian Hughes told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “As he did in his first term, he will implement economic and trade policies to make life affordable and more prosperous for our nation, while simultaneously leveling the playing field for American manufacturers.”

The Canadian embassy did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

From LifeSiteNews

By Stephen Kokx

Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump will address this year’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, just days after being sworn in, the event’s organizers announced today. 

Describing Trump’s scheduled virtual appearance as a “very special moment,” WEF CEO Børge Brende remarked that “there is a lot of interest … to decipher and to understand the policies of the new administration.” 

Trump spoke at the event twice previously, once in 2018 and again in 2020. During his remarks, Trump hit on nationalist themes. “I will always put America first, just like the leaders of other countries should put their country first also,” he announced in 2018. 

The theme of this year’s gathering is “Collaboration for the Intelligent Age” and will be held from January 20, which is Inauguration Day in the U.S., until January 25. Trump will appear via video on January 23 for a virtual discussion. 

Last year, Heritage Foundation president Kevin Robert notably slammed the group’s globalist ideology when he spoke during a panel discussion. “The agenda that every single member of the administration needs to have is to compile a list of everything that’s ever been proposed at the World Economic Forum and object [to] all of them, wholesale,” he said. 

Other world leaders scheduled to attend this year’s meeting include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Argentina President Javier Milei, and China’s vice premier Ding Xuexiang, among others. More than 1,200 business and world political leaders are expected to attend as well. In 2023, Elon Musk said the WEF is “increasingly becoming an unelected world government that the people never asked for and don’t want.” 

Trump’s speech is sure to raise eyebrows on both sides of the political aisle, but especially among populists and nationalists on the political right, as his recent remarks about acquiring Greenland and annexing Canada have prompted speculation on social media that he is covertly pushing a globalist agenda.

The WEF was founded in 1971. Its annual meetings routinely feature an array of liberal politicians and global elites who push climate alarmism, censorship, artificial intelligence, LGBT ideology, and an array of other anti-Christian programs aimed at ushering in a one world government under the guise of defending democracy.