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Musk joins the fight between Trump and Trudeau and insults the Canadian prime minister
Businessman Elon Musk described Justin Trudeau as “stupid unbearable” on Wednesday after the Canadian prime minister delivered a speech in which he linked Donald Trump to the decline in women’s rights.
In the same message on his social network X, Musk also anticipated that Trudeau “will not be in power for a long time.”
Musk posted his message in response to another publication by a Canadian conservative academic who described Trudeau as “grotesque” as a comment on a video of the speech delivered this Wednesday by the Canadian leader.
The fight between Trudeau and Trump
On Wednesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau linked Donald Trump’s electoral victory to the decline of women’s rights, after the Republican mocked the Canadian leader by calling him “governor” of a state of the United States.
It all started when Trudeau traveled to Florida at the end of October to meet with the president-elect where he tried to convince him not to punish Canada with tariffs of 25%, he said today at an event in Ottawa that there are politicians and “reactionary forces” who want to reverse women’s rights.
“We were supposed to be in a constant, albeit difficult, march towards progress. And even so, a few weeks ago, the United States voted for the second time not to elect its first female president,” the prime minister continued.
“In all ways, women’s rights and women’s progress are under attack, openly or subtly. I want you to know that I am and will always be a proud feminist. They will always have an ally in me and in my Government,” he added before a mostly feminist audience.
Plans on Trudeau’s agenda: border security and tariffs
In addition, Trudeau plans to meet this Wednesday with the heads of government of the country’s 11 provinces to inform them of the plan to invest 1 billion Canadian dollars (710 million US dollars or 670 million euros) to strengthen border security.
Trump has stated that he will apply tariffs of 25% to Canada and Mexico until the flow of drugs and undocumented immigrants from those two countries stops.
After the threat, Trudeau had dinner with the president-elect at his residence in Mar-a-Lago. During that dinner, Trump joked that the solution to the large tariffs he wants to impose is for Canada to integrate into the United States as one more state.
This week, in a continuation of his joke, Trump called Trudeau the “governor” of the “great state of Canada.”
The Canadian prime minister also faces negative opinion polls in Canada that place the opposition Conservative Party (PC) 20 points ahead in voting intention.
The conservatives have tabled three motions of censure in recent weeks to try to bring forward the general elections scheduled for October 20, 2025, but they have not managed to overthrow the Liberal Party government.
Trudeau’s confrontation with Trump and the possibility of Canadian conservatives winning the elections with a political agenda similar to that of the Republican on issues of women’s rights and other minorities could improve the prime minister’s political prospects.
International
Police investigate deaths of Rob Reiner and wife as apparent homicide
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is investigating the deaths of Hollywood actor and filmmaker Rob Reinerand his wife as an “apparent homicide,” amid a wave of tributes to the director of classics such as When Harry Met Sally.
According to U.S. media reports on Sunday, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner were found dead at their Los Angeles mansion with what appeared to be stab wounds.
Several political figures shared messages of condolence following the reported deaths of the director of A Few Good Menand his wife.
While the LAPD did not officially confirm the identities of the victims, it stated that homicide detectives were dispatched to the Reiner residence.
“At this time, no additional details are available and the investigation into an apparent homicide is ongoing,” the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement posted on social media.
LAPD Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton told reporters that no arrests have been made and that no individuals are currently being questioned as suspects.
“I’m not going to confirm whether anyone is being questioned at this moment or not. We are going to try to speak with as many family members as we can,” Hamilton said.
CNN reported that a family spokesperson confirmed the deaths of Reiner and his wife.
California Governor Gavin Newsom, former U.S. President Barack Obama, and former Vice President Kamala Harrisissued statements expressing their condolences.
International
U.S. and Mexico Reach Deal to Address Water Deficit Under 1944 Treaty
The United States and Mexico have reached an agreement to comply with current water obligations affecting U.S. farmers and ranchers and for Mexico to cover its water deficit to Texas under the 1944 Water Treaty, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a statement.
The department уточified that the agreement applies to both the current cycle and the water deficit from the previous cycle.
On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump accused Mexico of failing to comply with the water-sharing treaty between the two countries, which requires the United States to deliver 1.85 billion cubic meters of water from the Colorado River, while Mexico must supply 432 million cubic meters from the Rio Grande.
Mexico is behind on its commitments. According to Washington, the country has accumulated a deficit of more than one billion cubic meters of water over the past five years.
“This violation is severely harming our beautiful crops and our livestock in Texas,” Trump wrote on Monday.
The Department of Agriculture said on Friday that Mexico had agreed to supply 250 million cubic meters of water starting next week and to work toward closing the shortfall.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, quoted in the statement, said Mexico delivered more water in a single year than it had over the previous four years combined.
Trump has said that if Mexico continues to fall short of its obligations, the United States reserves the right to impose 5% tariffs on imported Mexican products.
Mexico’s Deputy Foreign Minister for North America, Roberto Velasco, said that a severe drought in 2022 and 2023prevented the country from meeting its commitments.
International
Several people shot in attack on Brown University campus
Several people were shot on Saturday in an attack on the campus of Brown University, in the northeastern United States, local police reported.
“Shelter in place and avoid the area until further notice,” the Providence Police Department urged in a post on X. Brown University is located in Providence, the capital of the state of Rhode Island.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social that he had been briefed on the situation and that the FBI was on the scene.
At 5:52 p.m. local time (11:52 p.m. GMT), Brown University said the situation was still “ongoing” and instructed students to remain sheltered until further notice.
After initially stating that the suspect had been taken into custody, Trump later posted a second message clarifying that local police had walked back that information. “The suspect has NOT been apprehended,” the U.S. president said.
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