2.30 a.m.: The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has commented on X’s tariffs on X. “Today I met with the prime ministers and our cabinet and will soon speak to the Mexican President Sheinbaum. We didn’t want this, but Canada is prepared for it. I will contact the Canadians in the course of the evening,” he announced to.
2.15 a.m.: After the defeat in the presidential election in November, the US Democrats chose a new chairman. Ken Martin, previously party leader in the US state of Minnesota, replaces Jaime Harrison. According to his own statements, the 51-year-old has set himself the task of folding the Republican US President Donald Trump into account that his own party and for working families.
2.10 a.m.: The Prime Minister of British Colombia, David Eby, has called Trump’s tariffs a “complete betrayal of the historical connection between our countries”. Before reporters said Eby that he was also concerned about fentanyl, but “that’s not the right way” to tackle the problem. EBY announced that he had ordered the spirits transactions in BC to immediately cease the purchase of American alcohol from the Vonm Republicans, and that he instructed the government and its state companies, including the health authorities, to cease the purchase of American goods immediately .
1.15 a.m.: The billionaire and Tesla boss Elon Musk and his team for the newly created department of government efficiency of the White House have received access to the US Ministry of Finance. This is reported by the “New York Times”. The system sends payments worth more than 6 trillion dollars on behalf of the federal authorities annually and has the personal data of millions of Americans who receive social security payments, tax repayments and other funds from the government.
The democratic US senator Ron Wyden announced on the Bluesky online platform that according to his information, the newly appointed US Finance Minister Scott Bessent Musk’s department granted full access to the payment system.