Sunday, January 19, 2025

Canada to hold an unusual inauguration day party in Washington

Trump in front of crowd in blue light

Donald Trump is threatening the harshest trade penalties on the North American continent in 95 years. He's the first major U.S. politician in 114 years to muse even semi-seriously about annexing Canada. Throw in weather cancellations, and it all makes for an atypical inauguration party at the Canadian Embassy.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canada-trump-inauguration-analysis-1.7435765?cmp=rss

'We won': Trump takes victory lap, lays out goals at rally on eve of inauguration

A person gestures with their arms open as they walk onstage.

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump used one last rally on the eve of his inauguration to again celebrate his election victory, declaring Sunday, "We won" to a crowd celebrating his return to the White House and projecting defiant optimism despite deep national political divisions.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-rally-inauguration-1.7435731?cmp=rss

As Trump takes office, Ukrainians are skeptical he can quickly end the war. Some wish he would

The family members of a Ukrainian solider killed in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine attend his funeral in Kyiv on Jan. 19.

Donald Trump, who will be sworn into office on Monday, has vowed to quickly end the war in Ukraine. But Ukrainians are facing uncertainty and a mix of feelings about the new U.S. president.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-russia-war-trump-1.7435581?cmp=rss