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We, too, are devastated by the scourge that is fentanyl,
Trudeau said at a press conference Sunday
Canada’s military is not NATO’s largest, but it has regularly made significant contributions, such as holding down Kandahar, one of the toughest places in Afghanistan, with little help until Obama’s surge. It is playing a significant role as the leader of the NATO effort in Latvia,
said Stephen Saideman, the Paterson Chair in International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa and director of the Canadian Defence and Security Network
If (hypothetically) Canadian oil were not available, many US refineries would struggle to find heavy crude elsewhere, and they might even stop operating in such a scenario. Historically, Venezuela had been a large producer of heavy crude, but Venezuela’s oil industry is a shadow of its former self,
said Pavel Molchanov, an energy expert who is an investment strategy analyst at Raymond JamesThe fentanyl coming through Canada is massive. The fentanyl coming through Mexico is massive.”
The day after his inauguration in January, for example, he saidThey’ve allowed — both of them, Canada very much so — they’ve allowed millions and millions of people to come into our country that shouldn’t be here. They could have stopped them, and they didn’t.”
At the same event the day after his inauguration, he saidThey don’t, essentially, have a military. They have a very small military.”
Trump also said in early JanuaryDespite spending less than 2%, Canada is still one of the biggest spenders on military stuff — its economy is larger than most NATO members, so in absolute terms, it buys and spends a lot,
he saidIf we don’t work together and share information, the only ones who are going to benefit from that are drug cartels,
he said
Generic manufacturers simply can't absorb new costs,
Murphy said on Sunday
This is about fentanyl, ... We’ve had a mass invasion of our country. We’ve been taking mass casualties. We lose almost 300 people a day to overdose deaths."
Burgum said on "Fox & Friends."
Now is the time to choose products made right here in Canada, ... Check the labels. Let’s do our part. Wherever we can, choose Canada."
Trudeau wrote on XIt was a very friendly conversation wherein she agreed to immediately supply 10,000 Mexican Soldiers on the Border separating Mexico and the United States,
Trump posted on his Truth SocialPresident Trump wants to end this."
Burgum addedMexico not only does not want fentanyl to reach the United States, but anywhere,
the statement readCanada doesn’t even allow U.S. Banks to open or do business there,
Trump posted on his Truth Social MondayWe further agreed to immediately pause the anticipated tariffs for a one month period during which we will have negotiations headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and high-level Representatives of Mexico,
Trump wroteCanada has been very abusive of the United States for many years. They don't allow our banks,
Trump saidObtaining support from Beijing to stop the flow of illicit fentanyl and its precursor chemicals is an important first step in addressing the supply problem,
Liu wrote
We are nowhere close to robust indictments, robust prosecutions in either the money laundering sector or smuggling of precursors to the Mexican cartels,
she said in a podcast
The global fentanyl supply chain, which ends with the deaths of Americans, often starts with chemical companies in China,
the then US attorney general Merrick Garland said last year