President Trump Explains Trade Deficits: “If we buy 2 billion dollars worth of Bananas from Brazil, we’re actually losing 2 billion dollars. So if we stop eating bananas, we actually save 2 billion dollars”. It’s just simple Economics.

As Canada makes tangible progress on increased cooperation with the EU, specifically negotiations centered on becoming an associate member (a first), U.S. President Donald J. Trump has told reporters that that should Canada follow through with the move, he may cut off trade with Europe. The president also said he was mulling levying increased tariffs on European nations as well.

Another 8-year extension coming in on the last possible day Ryan Leonard & Washington 8 x $10.5M Capitals locking up their young sensation

Howard Lutnick on Canada: "You can't insult President Trump and get away with it. So what's going to happen is they're going to have to make the right deal with America. And they're going to have to stop treating us with disrespect."

Skip US beer. Canada does it better. 🇨🇦🍺 Driftwood (Victoria, BC) Big Rock (Calgary, AB) Great Western (Saskatoon, SK) Half Pints (Winnipeg, MB) Creemore Springs (Creemore, ON) Bellwoods Brewery (Toronto, ON) Dieu du Ciel! (Montreal, QC) Moosehead (Saint John, NB) Gahan (Charlottetown, PEI) Alexander Keith's (Halifax, NS) Propeller (Halifax, NS) Quidi Vidi (St. John's, NL) What's your favourite Canadian beer? 🇨🇦

It was a mind blowing honor to be asked to represent the toughest of the tough and the greatest of the great. The true pinnacle of a badass. What I learned was that a DI in the Marine Corps is the actual keeper of the Marines culture. They mold boys and girls into war ready men and women. I did not take any of it lightly. It was an honor of a lifetime to learn about the Corps and tried my best to do these super human's justice. RAH. Kill. Slay. #BreakChains 🫡

Sean Duffy: "You know the stop/start button on your car? I hate that thing. Thank you Lee Zeldin! He's gotten rid of it and the first cars without the stop/start button are rolling off the line."

Statement from Connor Hellebuyck:

Re ranking the 2022 nhl draft class nytimes.com/athletic/7475633…

I have been completely impressed by how Carney has operated. He's got critics but I'm not one of them. I look at this and I say to myself, the richest country on earth per capita is Canada but it's all in the ground. Unfortunately, for the last decade, bad policy took it to the bottom of the G20 by every measurement. Carney is gonna change all that and he's got the population behind him. Right now this tiff with the United States makes no sense long term. The largest consumer market on earth is the United States. The largest gathering of wealth that is going to be consumed by that consumer market is sitting in the ground, or in the water, or in the energy, or in the gas, in the oil, the uranium, in the potash of what Canada has. These two countries are going to get together 100%.

This is Corey Pronman's final 2025 Top 32. I've added each player's ranking on his 2025 redraft in brackets. There are some wild fluctuations here. Many of the players who dropped significantly are coming off good years, which makes me ask...why were they rated so high to start?

Doing an AMA at noon ET reddit.com/r/hockey/comments…

New post @TheAthleticNHL: Ranking the best NHL players and prospects under the age of 23 nytimes.com/athletic/7466457…

Carney: "The U.S. introduced in the last hours, efforts to restrict our ability to have other trade deals. We're the partner of choice in many respects for countries around the world, and the Americans wanted to restrict that. Unacceptable."

Conservatives are disappointed that the United States has chosen to impose further unjustified tariffs on Canada. They threaten the jobs and livelihoods of families right across our country. Canadians must stand united to defend our country against these unfair attacks on our jobs and businesses. Canada cannot accept one-sided tariffs that will deindustrialize our country. Nor can we accept a bad deal. Instead, we must continue the fight for tariff-free trade. Later today, I will seek a call with the Prime Minister to discuss what we can do to fight for our workers, businesses, and economy. Conservatives will always put our country first. Conservatives support action to protect Canadians and our industries targeted by these unfair U.S. tariffs. We also need urgent economic reforms to restore growth, protect jobs and save our industry. That must include ending the industrial carbon tax, repealing anti-development laws, green lighting the 500 economic projects awaiting federal approval and major tax reforms to return investment to our country, reward work, and recharge our economy. All Canadians must stand united for our workers, our businesses and our country.

This is a solemn moment for hundreds of thousands families across Canada. In homes on every corner of this nation, working people are having tough conversations about what their future looks like and how they will provide for their families. Make no mistake. Since the beginning, in their public communications, Liberal politicians like Mark Carney and Doug Ford have put their political self-interests ahead of Canadian workers. As leaders, I believe it's incumbent on us to be servants for the people who elected us, and the families who are relying on us to bring home the dignity that comes with a paycheque. I'm not giving up. I will continue fighting for hardworking people in my community and across Canada. I know what it means to have real questions about putting food on the table and for working people to endure hardships. Canadians should know that Conservatives are in your corner. And I want to thank Pierre Poilievre for encouraging me to continue fighting for this country's working people. In your service, Jamil

Zion I love you 🤗

Joey Votto's explanation of how difficult it is to pull the ball in the air is exceptional. Fly balls and line drives to the pull side have a .584 batting average and 1.313 OPS this year, so more and more players are being encouraged and taught to do it. But it's not easy.