{"id":1193,"date":"2025-04-29T10:35:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T10:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2025-04-29T10:35:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T10:35:31","slug":"trump-looms-over-carney-poilievre-face-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=1193","title":{"rendered":"Trump Looms Over Carney, Poilievre Face-Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Welcome back to World Brief, where we\u2019re looking at <strong>Canada<\/strong> going to the polls, a deadly <strong>U.S.<\/strong> airstrike in <strong>Yemen<\/strong>, and a devastating explosion at an <strong>Iranian<\/strong> port.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3>Canada Votes<\/h3>\n<p>As millions of Canadians headed to the polls on Monday to elect the country\u2019s next leader, U.S. President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/1916834251925836260\">wished them luck<\/a>, then once again touted the idea of Canada becoming the \u201ccherished\u201d 51st American state.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Welcome back to World Brief, where we\u2019re looking at <strong>Canada<\/strong> going to the polls, a deadly <strong>U.S.<\/strong> airstrike in <strong>Yemen<\/strong>, and a devastating explosion at an <strong>Iranian<\/strong> port.<\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode-fallback\">\n<h2 class=\"dek-heading\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/category\/world-brief\/\">Sign up<\/a>  to receive World Brief in your inbox every weekday.            <\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-shortcode-newsletter=\"world_brief\" class=\"newsletter-unit-signup newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode email-capture--step-1 newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode-world_brief\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-world_brief newsletter-shortcode-world_brief\">\n<div class=\"show-on-email-capture--signed-up hide-from-newsletter-subscriber newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode--container\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-unit newsletters-page newsletter-row\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-world_brief\">\n<h2 class=\"dek-heading\">Sign up to receive World Brief in your inbox every weekday.<\/h2>\n<p>\n                        <button class=\"button\">Sign Up<\/button>\n                    <\/p>\n<div class=\"grid--flex newsletter-world_brief newsletter-signup-container\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"World Brief sign up form\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"buttons\">\n<div class=\"hide-from-newsletter-subscriber privacy-policy-container\">\n<div class=\"privacy-policy-acknowledge\">\n<p><small>By submitting your email, you agree to the <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/termsofuse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Use<\/a> and to receive email correspondence from us. 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Look how beautiful this land mass would be,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/1916834251925836260\">declared<\/a> in a post on Truth Social. \u201cFree access with NO BORDER. ALL POSITIVES WITH NO NEGATIVES. IT WAS MEANT TO BE!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s remarks, the latest in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/07\/world\/canada\/trump-trudeau-canada-51st-state.html\">long line of threats<\/a> toward America\u2019s northern neighbor, underscore just how dramatically Washington and Ottawa\u2019s relationship has changed in just a matter of months since Trump took office for his second term. Those tensions, sparked not only by Trump\u2019s talk of annexing Canada but also by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/us-tariffs-mexico-canada-unaffected-by-90-day-pause-white-house-official-says-2025-04-09\/\">steep tariffs<\/a> he has imposed on the country, have seeped into the public, as Canadians retaliate with their own boycotts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c0el8ed21w9o\">American goods<\/a> and rethink <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/28\/world\/canada\/canada-us-trump-tariffs-reactions.html\">travel<\/a> to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an unmistakable rupture that looms over Monday\u2019s snap election in Canada, as both front-runners\u2014the Liberal Party\u2019s Mark Carney and the Conservative Party\u2019s Pierre Poilievre\u2014capitalize on Trump\u2019s aggressive stance to rally supporters to the ballot box.<\/p>\n<p>Carney stepped into his position as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/04\/28\/americas\/canada-election-carney-poilievre-vote-latam-intl\/index.html\">interim prime minister<\/a> after his Liberal Party predecessor, Justin Trudeau, resigned earlier this year after a nine-year run due to his plunging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/01\/06\/nx-s1-5249766\/justin-trudeau-resignation-canada\">popularity<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/04\/28\/nx-s1-5371658\/canada-election-carney-trump-tariffs\">former governor<\/a> of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, Carney has framed himself as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/26\/world\/canada\/mark-carney-canada-election-trump.html\">centrist politician<\/a> in contrast with Trudeau\u2019s more liberal stance. In the face of Trump\u2019s threats, Carney has positioned himself as a protector of Canadian sovereignty and has vowed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-04-26\/trump-is-aiming-for-big-concessions-on-trade-carney-warns-canada-voters?sref=gAQr8Hwd\">deepen Canada\u2019s alliances<\/a> around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump wants to break us so America can own us. It is our strength that the Americans want,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/26\/world\/canada\/mark-carney-canada-election-trump.html\">declared<\/a> at a rally. \u201cThey want our resources, they want our water, they want our land, they want our country. They can\u2019t have it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carney\u2019s primary challenger is the Conservative Party\u2019s Pierre Poilievre, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/28\/world\/canada\/canada-election-issues-voters.html\">career politician<\/a> who has advocated for deregulation, small government, and policies to boost Canada\u2019s fossil fuel industry. Like Carney, Poilievre has vowed a tough response to Trump. Both men have advocated for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/28\/business\/dealbook\/canada-elections-mark-carney-pierre-poilievre-trump-tariffs.html\">retaliatory tariffs<\/a> and to boost the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/28\/world\/canada\/canada-election-issues-voters.html\">Canadian military<\/a>\u2014although Carney has been more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/28\/world\/canada\/canada-election-issues-voters.html\">outspoken<\/a> in confronting the U.S. leader.<\/p>\n<p>While Poilievre was once seen as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/04\/28\/world\/canada-election\">favorite to win<\/a>, pre-election polls suggest that Carney\u2019s Liberal Party may now have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c78jv246n91o\">slight upper hand<\/a>. Trump\u2019s threats may have something to do with that. While the public has grown increasingly frustrated by economic and social issues like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/28\/world\/canada\/canada-election-issues-voters.html\">higher costs of living<\/a> and unemployment\u2014issues that ultimately contributed to Trudeau\u2019s resignation\u2014the U.S. leader has only complicated voters\u2019 calculus. And for some, Poilievre\u2019s blustery rhetoric and ideological views might be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/04\/28\/world\/canada-election\">too similar<\/a> to those of the U.S. leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately for Poilievre, many voters perceive him as too much like Trump,\u201d the journalist Justin Ling wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/04\/17\/poilievre-canada-conservatives-election-carney-trump-tariffs\/\">profile of Poilievre<\/a> earlier this month. \u201cSixty percent of Canadians have an unfavorable view of Poilievre\u2014and according to pollster Angus Reid, less than 30 percent think that Poilievre is the better choice for prime minister.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary results are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c3evxx79q5yo\">expected<\/a> to be released Monday night or early on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Monday, April 28, to Tuesday, April 29: <\/strong>BRICS foreign ministers meet in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n<p>Poland hosts the Three Seas Initiative Summit.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, April 30: <\/strong>French President Emmanuel Macron hosts outgoing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for talks in Paris.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, May 3: <\/strong>Australia holds federal elections.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. and Iranian officials hold a fourth round of nuclear talks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, May 4: <\/strong>Romania holds a re-run of its presidential election.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Mending ties. <\/strong>Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met on the sidelines of Pope Francis\u2019s funeral on Saturday, marking the two leaders\u2019 first meeting since Trump and U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/02\/28\/trump-zelensky-meeting-transcript-full-text-video-oval-office\/\">berated<\/a> Zelensky in the Oval Office in February.<\/p>\n<p>This round of talks appeared to be more productive. In a post on X, Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1916089502088524203\">hailed the conversation<\/a> as a \u201cvery symbolic meeting that has potential to become historic, if we achieve joint results.\u201d It comes as Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s continued bombing of Ukraine, going as far as writing \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/04\/24\/europe\/russia-strikes-kyiv-trump-zelensky-crimea-intl-hnk\/index.html\">Vladimir, STOP!<\/a>\u201d in a post on Truth Social last week following a particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/04\/24\/russia-ukraine-kyiv-attack-crimea-trump-putin\/\">deadly Russian strike on Kyiv<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After meeting with Zelensky, Trump continued to voice his irritation with the Russian leader, citing recent Russian strikes in <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2025\/04\/1162551\">civilian areas<\/a>. \u201cIt makes me think that maybe he doesn\u2019t want to stop the war, he\u2019s just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently,\u201d Trump said in a Truth Social <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/trump_repost\/status\/1916124186013274575\">post<\/a>. \u201cToo many people are dying!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Putin on Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/28\/world\/europe\/putin-ukraine-ceasefire.html\">ordered<\/a> a three-day unilateral cease-fire in Ukraine next month to coincide with Russia\u2019s commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russia-says-signal-start-direct-peace-talks-should-come-ukraine-2025-04-28\/\">victory<\/a> in World War II. But the announcement did little to appease Trump, who \u201cwants to see a permanent cease-fire,\u201d White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2025\/04\/28\/russia-ceasefire-victory-day-ukraine\/\">said<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadly airstrike in Yemen.<\/strong> The United States was behind a deadly airstrike that hit a Yemeni <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/yemens-houthi-tv-say-30-bodies-were-recovered-after-us-strike-sadaa-2025-04-28\/\">detention center<\/a> holding African migrants, killing at least 68 people and injuring 47 more, according to Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels. Since the center was being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/apr\/28\/yemen-houthi-rebels-say-scores-killed-in-us-airstrike-on-prison\">supervised<\/a> by the International Organization for Migration and the Red Cross, the strike \u201cconstitutes a full-fledged war crime,\u201d the Houthis said. The U.S. military has not <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/yemen-houthis-rebels-us-airstrikes-israel-hamas-gaza-287d8e969bc33fbe34d33bba32f4ad80\">publicly commented<\/a> on the strike.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military said on Sunday that it had hit more than 800 targets in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/27\/us\/politics\/military-targets-houthis-yemen.html\">past six weeks<\/a>, part of the Trump administration\u2019s campaign to deter the group and restore freedom of navigation in the Red Sea, where <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2023\/12\/21\/red-sea-houthi-attacks-shipping-trade-energy-economy\/\">more than a year<\/a> of Houthi attacks have upended global shipping. But Washington\u2019s more than $1 billion blitz isn\u2019t going well, \u201cunderscoring just how hard it is for U.S. President Donald Trump to turn muscular rhetoric into real-world results,\u201d FP\u2019s Keith Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/04\/22\/trump-houthis-failure-navy-red-sea-signal-hegseth\/\">writes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iran\u2019s port tragedy. <\/strong>Iran is reeling from a massive explosion that rocked the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/27\/world\/middleeast\/iran-port-explosion.html\">biggest shipping port<\/a> on Saturday, killing at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2025\/04\/26\/iran-port-explosion\/\">least 40 people<\/a> and injuring more than 900 others, according to state media. In the aftermath of the explosion, officials declared a public health emergency in the province as a result of toxic airborne pollutants, and urged locals to stay inside.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the explosion remains unclear, although some officials have pointed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2025\/04\/26\/iran-port-explosion\/\">improperly stored<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/04\/27\/middleeast\/iran-tightlipped-port-explosion-intl\/index.html\">containers of chemicals<\/a> as a potential source. \u201cSafety precautions and passive defenses were not implemented or taken seriously at the port,\u201d Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni said on Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/04\/27\/middleeast\/iran-tightlipped-port-explosion-intl\/index.html\">according<\/a> to Tasnim News Agency. Officials \u201chave been made aware of some shortcomings at the port,\u201d Momeni said.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>It\u2019s not yet climbing season at Japan\u2019s Mount Fuji, but one 27-year-old man didn\u2019t let that stop him. After scaling the mountain, an unnamed Chinese university student needed to be rescued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cn0w7xx0kk5o\">twice in four days<\/a>\u2014the second time because he went back to retrieve his cellphone. Authorities continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cn0w7xx0kk5o\">warn<\/a> against climbing in the offseason.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/04\/28\/canada-election-trump-carney-poilievre\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to World Brief, where we\u2019re looking at Canada going to the polls, a deadly U.S. airstrike in Yemen, and a devastating explosion at an Iranian port. 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