Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sees Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney as a “yapping” Dachshund who needs to learn his place.
Mr. Bessent said at an event in Washington this week that Canada’s leader is flailing about as he seeks to work his way out of a burgeoning trade war with the U.S.
“The prime minister needs to stop campaigning and start governing. He knew this was coming,” the Treasury chief said.
Mr. Bessent drew a comparison to canines, saying he once had a 110-pound German Shepherd that he would take to a dog park, only to be pestered by an 8-pound Dachshund.
“He had enough of the yapping, and it’s about the same,” he quipped.
Mr. Carney has slapped a 50% tariff on some U.S. products in retaliation for President Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods. Mr. Trump said his tariffs will pressure Canada into a more conciliatory trade posture.
Mr. Bessent suggested Canada’s retaliation shouldn’t be a major worry for the U.S.
“The Texas economy is bigger than Canada,” he said.
Universities condemn Charlie Kirk look-alike contests
Several major universities are condemning Charlie Kirk look-alike contests among their students on the one-year mark of his assassination.
The University of South Carolina said it had no knowledge of any such contests and confirmed they don’t have the school’s backing.
“We have no record of any registered student organization planning such an event. No university resources will be used to support this,” reads an X post from the University of South Carolina read.
Georgetown University likewise denounced the contests, after Fox News reported that the idea for the competition had been floated on the social media platform Fizz.
“We have seen no activity on campus related to these posts and Georgetown is not aware of any student organization hosting or planning such an event. We take these anonymous posts seriously and condemn their language as deeply inconsistent with our values,” its GU statement reads.
Kirk was assassinated on a Utah university campus last year on Sept. 10. His killing ignited a debate over free speech on campuses, with some who celebrated his death facing repercussions.
Trump loved meeting Queen Elizabeth
Some of President Trump’s top moments were his meetings with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, according to daughter-in-law Lara Trump.
She recounted Mr. Trump’s respect for the queen this week on her podcast, “The Right View,” tying it to his Scottish heritage on his mother’s side.
“He really, really found that visit — when our family got to go over to London and meet the Royal Family and meet the queen — to be one of the more incredible moments of his whole life, and I think a lot of that came from his mom,” Ms. Trump said.
Ms. Trump said her grandmother-in-law, Mary Anne Trump (born Mary Anne MacLeod), admired and talked frequently about the queen and “kind of modeled herself after” the woman who became Britain’s longest-reigning monarch.
Mr. Trump met Queen Elizabeth twice during his first term, once in 2018 and again in 2019.
Elizabeth died in 2022 at age 96.
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