Donald Trump Ruins Lula's Celebration Over Record Trade Surplus with Iran by Imposing 25% Tariffs, Forcing Brazil to Choose Between Tehran or the United States (Videos)

https://gatewayhispanic.com/2026/01/donald-trump-ruins-lulas-celebration-record-trade-surplus/

President Donald Trump has triggered an unexpected shift in Brazil's trade policy by announcing that any country conducting business with the dictatorial regime in Iran will face a 25% tariff.

This measure has put the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a difficult position: deciding whether to prioritize its record trade surplus with Iran , which reached $2.9 billion last year, or to protect access to the US market, one of the most important in the world. The decision carries direct implications for the country's economy, employment, and political stability.

The surplus with Iran , concentrated mainly in agricultural products such as corn and soybeans, represents an interesting niche for Brazil, but compared to trade with the United States, its relative importance is limited.

Trump's policy seeks to isolate the Iranian regime and pressure countries that maintain ties with it, sending a clear message about the priority the United States places on international security and the defense of its reliable allies. Continue…

Dirty Turncoat Mike Pence Says He Hates Many of Trump’s Policies — Urges Supreme Court to Strike Down Tariffs (VIDEO)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/turncoat-mike-pence-says-he-hates-many-trumps/

Former Vice President Mike Pence has admitted he does not like many of President Trump’s policies and is urging the Supreme Court to strike down his use of tariffs.

Pence, who notoriously betrayed Trump and the MAGA movement by refusing to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election, has spent much of the last five years working to undermine his former boss. Continue…

Foreign Nationals Account for 79% of Theft Arrests and 40% of Violent Crime Suspects on British Trains, Official Figures Reveal

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/foreign-nationals-account-79-theft-arrests-40-violent/

Britain’s long-assumed immunity to the migrant crime patterns witnessed across Western Europe for over a decade now is, unfortunately, rapidly evaporating.

Newly released arrest data from the British Transport Police has revealed that the country’s train network—once a symbol of everyday order—has become a frontline in a widening public-safety crisis.

According to figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request by the Centre for Migration Control, foreign nationals now account for an overwhelming share of arrests on Britain’s trains, with 40% of violent crime suspects being non-British.

The figures are stark—and deeply unsettling for a nation that has been told for years by a globalist elite, openly hostile to the interests of English, Welsh, Scots, and Northern Irish, that unrelenting mass migration from culturally alien countries carries no social cost. Continue…

DID WE LEARN NOTHING? NIH Funds Wuhan-Style Bat Lab at Colorado State University

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/did-we-learn-nothing-colorado-greenlights-wuhan-style/

It has been four years since the world was brought to its knees by a virus that many evidence-based reports now indicate leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan, China. You would think the federal government and the “experts” in the public health establishment would have learned their lesson.

You would be wrong.

Colorado State University (CSU) is moving full steam ahead with a massive, taxpayer-funded “Bat Resource Center.”

This new facility, which is bankrolled by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the very same agency that funded dangerous research in Wuhan, will import and breed exotic bats to experiment on them with deadly pathogens.

The facility is being touted by the university as a “critical resource” to study how bats carry viruses like Ebola, Nipah, and SARS-CoV-2 without getting sick.

According to documents uncovered by the watchdog group White Coat Waste Project, this isn’t just a simple animal shelter. It is a vivarium designed to house huge colonies of bats, the very same animals identified as the reservoir for the COVID-19 virus.

White Coat Project wrote on its website: Continue…

Canada’s Globalist PM Carney Bows to Beijing, Praises Xi, and Hails a “New World Order” While Pushing Away America

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/canadas-globalist-pm-carney-bows-beijing-praises-xi/

Canada’s globalist Prime Minister Mark Carney’s long-anticipated trip to Beijing appears to be marked by a striking pivot away from Canada’s traditional alliances and toward deeper engagement with Communist China.

Claimed by Carney as a necessary adjustment to a “new world order,” the visit instead underscored Ottawa’s growing willingness to accommodate Beijing—and push away the United States—at a moment of geopolitical upheaval.

The prime minister of America’s neighbor to the north gushed over Chinese President Xi Jinping, praising his “leadership” during public remarks—language that raised eyebrows both at home and abroad.

For a North American leader—and the head of state of a 5 Eyes country—to laud the head of a one-party authoritarian state was seen as slightly more than mere diplomatic courtesy. It looked like deference.

The visit was the first by a Canadian prime minister to China in eight years and comes amid deeply strained relations with America.

Rather than attempting to mend ties with Canada’s closest ally and largest trading partner, Carney seemed eager to showcase Beijing as a strategic alternative—a move that looks like the application of globalist pressure on the Trump administration.

Speaking alongside Chinese officials in a press conference, Carney celebrated what he called “rapid progress” in Canada-China relations. He pointed to cooperation across energy, agriculture, finance, and so-called people-to-people exchanges, hinting at a broad re-alignment of Canadian economic priorities. Continue…

Trump Appoints Rubio, Witkoff, Kushner, And Blair To Gaza 'Board Of Peace'

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-appoints-rubio-witkoff-kushner-and-blair-gaza-board-peace

The White House announced on Jan. 16 the names of members appointed to the Gaza Board of Peace, which President Donald Trump created as part of phase two of a U.S.-backed plan to end the war in Gaza.

Among the “founding executive board” members are U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, presidential special envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The board also includes private equity executive Marc Rowan, World Bank President Ajay Banga, and U.S. national security adviser Robert Gabriel, according to a White House statement.

The board, to be chaired by Trump, will oversee the Palestinian technocratic committee—also known as the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG)—which will be led by former Palestinian Authority official Ali Abdel Hamid Shaath.

The White House said each of the members will be tasked with managing Gaza’s “governance capacity-building, regional relations, reconstruction, investment attraction, large-scale funding, and capital mobilization,” which it said are vital to the enclave’s stability and long-term success.

The administration also named Aryeh Lightstone and Josh Gruenbaum as senior advisers to manage the board’s daily strategy and operations, and appointed Nickolay Mladenov, a Bulgarian diplomat and former United Nations envoy to the Middle East, as the high representative for Gaza.

Trump also tapped Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers to lead the International Stabilization Force, which will oversee security operations and the safe delivery of humanitarian aid and reconstruction materials to Gaza.

The administration also announced a separate 11-member executive board, comprising some of the founding members, which will support both the technocratic committee and Mladenov’s office.

The executive board includes Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Qatari diplomat Ali Al-Thawadi, Major General Hassan Rashad - head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service, UAE minister for international cooperation Reem Al-Hashimy, Israeli-Cypriot billionaire Yakir Gabay, and Dutch diplomat and U.N. envoy Sigrid Kaag.

The White House said more members of both boards will be announced in the coming weeks. Continue…

CIA Releases New Video To Encourage Chinese To Divulge 'Truth About China'

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/cia-releases-new-video-encourage-chinese-divulge-truth-about-china

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has released a new video for Chinese citizens outlining nine step-by-step methods for establishing secure contact with the agency, according to a Jan. 16 post on X.

此视频提供安全联系中央情报局的全套步骤。以下有几个在进行安全联系之前及在过程中务必考量的事项。中情局想知道中国的真相，我们正在寻找知道并能告知真相的人。 pic.twitter.com/LlLLdfA2Q4

— CIA (@CIA) January 15, 2026

In the video, the CIA says it is seeking individuals inside China who have access to information about the country’s political system and are willing to share it safely.

“The CIA wants to know the truth about China,” the agency wrote in Chinese in the post.

“We are looking for people who know the truth and can share it.”

The latest post marks the CIA’s third video specifically targeting audiences in China.

It follows two Chinese-language videos released in May, which openly encouraged Chinese Communist Party officials to provide intelligence to the United States—an unprecedented move that drew widespread attention.

The new video focuses on operational security and offers nine practical steps for Chinese informants to minimize digital surveillance risks when contacting the agency.

According to the CIA, the first step is to purchase a new or secondhand communication device with cash or gift cards, without providing personal identification. Continue…

Yoon Becomes First Sitting S.Korean President To Be Arrested, Convicted & Sentenced

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/yoon-becomes-first-skorean-sitting-president-be-arrested-convicted-sentenced

Once a sitting head of state, and now a convicted felon - and potentially much worse still to come: former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, after his dramatic fall from power and attempt to stay in office by declaring martial law in December 2024 - a move that plunged one of Asia’s most stable democracies into a brief period of chaos - is going to serve hard time.

He could actually still face the death penalty (with several more charges pending related to treason), according to South Korean law as it pertains to 'rebellion' and treasonous activity, but he has been sentenced Friday to five years in prison after being found guilty on multiple initial charges.

The ruling was handed down Friday by the Seoul Central District Court in televised proceedings, capping what has become one of the most explosive political trials in South Korea's modern history - though over the decades there's been plenty of competition and examples of ex-presidents being arrested and facing trial. Continue…

Trump Taps Former British PM Tony Blair for Key Role in Gaza

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/01/17/trump-taps-former-british-pm-tony-blair-for-key-role-in-gaza/

US President Donald Trump on Friday gave a key role in post-war Gaza to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and appointed a US officer to lead a nascent security force.

Trump named members of a board to help supervise Gaza that was dominated by Americans, as he promotes a controversial vision of economic development in a territory that lies in rubble after two-plus years of relentless Israeli bombardment.

The step came after a Palestinian committee of technocrats meant to govern Gaza held its first meeting in Cairo which was attended by Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law who plays a key role on the Middle East.

Trump has already declared himself the chair of a “Board of Peace” and on Friday announced its full membership that will include Blair as well as senior Americans — Kushner, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, Trump’s business partner turned globe-trotting negotiator.

Blair is a controversial figure in the Middle East because of his role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Trump himself said last year that he wanted to make sure Blair was an “acceptable choice to everybody.”

Blair spent years focused on the Israeli-Palestinian issue as representative of the “Middle East Quartet” — the United Nations, European Union, United States and Russia — after leaving Downing Street in 2007. Continue…

China Celebrates ‘New Starting Point’ with Canada, Welcoming Old Friend PM Mark Carney

https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2026/01/16/china-celebrates-new-starting-point-with-canada-welcoming-old-friend-pm-mark-carney/

Chinese Premier Li Qiang embraced Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to Beijing on Thursday, telling the Canadian leader that his visit represented a “new starting point” for the previously strained relations between their countries.

“Standing at a new starting point, China is willing to work with Canada to uphold the strategic partnership, strengthen dialogue and communication, enhance political mutual trust, respect each other’s core interests, seek common ground while shelving differences, and continuously expand pragmatic cooperation to add more impetus to the development of both countries,” Li said.

Li said the “turnaround” in relations was the result of work from both sides, and China was now ready to seek “stable growth in bilateral trade” in areas like digital technology and agriculture.

“China is ready to enhance cooperation with Canada within frameworks such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, G20, and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, jointly uphold multilateralism and free trade, improve global governance, and make the international order more just and equitable,” Li said. Continue…

China ‘more predictable’ than US – Canadian PM

https://www.rt.com/news/631082-canada-china-us-trump/

Donald Trump has said he is “OK” with the rapprochement between Ottawa and Beijing

It is easier for Canada to deal with China these days than with its neighbor and main trading partner, the US, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said.

While running for office in April 2025, Carney labeled Beijing the main security threat to Ottawa. However, he appeared to have reversed his stance after US President Donald Trump repeatedly suggested that America’s northern neighbor could become the 51st state and slapped hefty tariffs on the country last year.

On Friday, Carney held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, becoming the first Canadian leader to visit the Asian nation in eight years. Relations between the two countries had been tense for a long time.

When asked by journalists afterwards to weigh in on the current state of Ottawa’s ties with both Washington and Beijing, the Canadian Prime Minister noted that “with the US, our relationship, this is no insight, is much more multifaceted, much deeper, much broader, than it is with China.”

“But yes, in terms of the way that our relationship has progressed in recent months with China, it is more predictable and you see results coming from that,” he said. Continue…

Jan 17 - Our Impossible Choice: Communist or Fascist Tyranny

https://henrymakow.com/2026/01/jan-16—our-impossible-choice.html

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Mark Carney to accept role on Trump's Gaza 'Board of Peace'

Trump will serve as chairman of the board, which includes U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former U.K. prime minister Tony Blair

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/breaking-carney-accepts-role-on-trumps-gaza-board-of-peace

The Canadian official did not say what Carney's responsibility on the board will be. Carney is a Communist who recognized Palestine.

More evidence of conclusion.

Watch: Canadian PM Carney Grovels to CCP Leaders, Says He Looks Forward to 'New World Order'

https://www.infowars.com/posts/watch-canadian-pm-carney-grovels-to-ccp-leaders-says-he-looks-forward-to-new-world-order

"Mine is the first visit of a Canadian Prime Minister to China in nearly a decade. The world has changed much since that last visit," Carney told Communist Chinese Party leaders, including President Xi Jinping. "And I believe the progress that we have made and the partnership sets us up well for the New World Order."

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The Federal Court of Appeal has delivered a major blow to the Trudeau government.

https://www.westernstandard.news/news/breaking-appeal-court-upholds-ruling-that-emergencies-act-use-for-freedom-convoy-protest-was-unreasonable/70420

In a unanimous decision released Friday morning, the court upheld a 2024 ruling that found the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act during the Freedom Convoy protests was unreasonable, unlawful, and unnecessary.

The appeal court agreed the Liberals failed to meet the legal threshold required to declare a public order emergency – and confirmed the government's actions violated Charter rights, including freedom of expression and protections against unreasonable search and seizure.

This decision reopens serious questions about federal overreach, civil liberties, and accountability for the unprecedented freezing of Canadians' bank accounts.

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Pro-life MP slams Liberal for saying ‘MAGA religious extremism’ justifies ‘hate speech’ bill

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-life-mp-slams-liberal-for-saying-maga-religious-extremism-justifies-hate-speech-bill/

Conservative MP Andrew Lawton said in response to Liberal MP John Paul Danko that Canadians shouldn't be charged for quoting certain verses of the Bible or Torah.

A Canadian Conservative MP criticized a Liberal MP for allegedly implying that those who bring into Canada so-called “MAGA religious extremism” confirms there is justification for enacting a federal law that, if passed, could ban quoting certain parts of the Bible in public.

Conservative MP Andrew Lawton, as reported by LifeSiteNews, stated on January 13 in a video posted on X that Canadians “need to stop the Liberal attack on religious freedom.”

Lawton was referring to Liberal Bill C-9, or the Combating Hate Act, which, if passed, could potentially criminalize parts of the Bible about homosexuality. Conservative MPs have warned that Bill C-9 is a direct “attack” on religious freedom and would allow the “prosecution” of those who simply read certain passages of scripture in “good faith.”

In reply to his X video post, Liberal MP John Paul Danko wrote, “Importing MAGA religious extremism to Canada, and complete alignment with @realDonaldTrump Anger, division and weird conspiracy theories – this is @PierrePoilievre‘s @CPC_HQ.”

In reply, Lawton wrote on X that Danko “says it’s ‘MAGA religious extremism’ to think Canadians shouldn’t be charged for quoting certain verses of the Bible or Torah, as his colleague Marc Miller says should happen.”

“You should come out to one of our town halls, JP. You might learn something,” he added. Continue…

This was Freeland when she found out the court said they violated the charter of rights and freedoms when they invoked the Emergencies Act

https://breaking-news.ca/this-was-freeland-when-she-found-out-the-court-said-they-violated-the-charter-of-rights-and-freedoms-when-they-invoked-the-emergencies-act/

Her along with Trudeau felt it was wise to waste even more time and money so they filed an appeal. They lost again in Court today.

Now what?

If the Government can get away with violating the Charter with zero consequences what is the point of it?

Tesla warns Ottawa as cabinet suspends electric vehicle quotas

https://www.westernstandard.news/news/tesla-warns-ottawa-as-cabinet-suspends-electric-vehicle-quotas/70347

Tesla Motors Canada has told MPs that Ottawa is dismantling key parts of its climate strategy, raising questions about whether the government remains committed to electric vehicles after suspending 2026 sales quotas.

“The Government of Canada has begun dismantling its environmental policies, citing the need to respond to the economic impacts imposed by an evolving geopolitical and economic landscape,” Tesla said in a submission to the Commons environment committee.

“Maintaining a strong Electric Vehicle Availability Standard will be especially important for Canada in achieving its commitment considering other environmental step backs by this government.”

Blacklock's Reporter said the automaker emphasized that a robust electric vehicle quota is crucial for reducing air pollution and meeting climate goals, though it did not indicate whether Canada’s policy changes would affect its own Canadian operations.

Cabinet suspended enforcement last September of the 2026 Availability Standard, which had required a minimum 20% electric car quota on new vehicle sales. Continue…

PEI police anticipate rise in crime reports after 'Hate Crime Community Engagement Session'

https://www.westernstandard.news/news/pei-police-anticipate-rise-in-crime-reports-after-hate-crime-community-engagement-session/70345

Charlottetown is expecting hate crime reports to increase — if a new program to educate their community on hate crimes is successful.

Charlottetown is expecting hate crime reports to increase — if a new program to educate their community on hate crimes is successful.

In Charlottetown, PEI, the Charlottetown Police Service (CPS) said they often see cases like these go unreported — and, as CBC reports, they are "looking to learn from communities that can be impacted by this kind of crime and educate people on how to recognize it and report it."

CPS held the event Monday for its community members as part of an "Immersive Hate Crime training program," with the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) conducting the program

According to the CRRF website, it is "a federal Crown corporation mandated to raise public awareness of the causes and manifestations of racism in Canada." Continue…

Nearly $7M in Suspected Heroin Seized at Ontario’s Peace Bridge

https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/nearly-7m-in-suspected-heroin-seized-at-ontarios-peace-bridge-5972113?ea_src=ca-frontpage&ea_med=more-top-news-0

Authorities confiscated nearly $7 million of suspected heroin from a tractor trailer trying to cross from the United States into Ontario at the Peace Bridge in the province’s Niagara Region.

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) members assigned to the multi-agency Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST), which includes the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), launched an investigation last month into suspected drug trafficking activities and alleged importation of heroin from the United States into Canada. Continue…

Canadian rocket startup launches, aimed at space sovereignty amid global turmoil

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-rocket-startup-launches-aimed-at-space-sovereignty-amid-global-turmoil

The Canadian market alone is expected to be worth about $1-billion between 2033 and 2040, Kolias said

A new rocket startup to be launched Friday says it plans to soon become the first Canadian company to have the capacity to launch medium-payload satellites in space, filling in a potentially important niche in Canada’s defence.

Canada Rocket Company says the turbulence in global politics is likely to increase Canada’s need for a sovereign rocket company that can take domestically-controlled satellites to space.

The Toronto-based company has already raised $6.2-million from the Business Development Bank of Canada, a Crown corporation, and a range of private investors including Toronto-based Garage Capital. Canada Rocket Company says the capital that it has raised is the largest round of all-Canadian seed funding ever for a space and defence startup. Continue…

Canadian PM Carney Warns Trump To Keep off Greenland, Hints at Military Confrontation With US To Defend Denmark

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/canadian-pm-carney-warns-trump-keep-greenland-hints/

Canada flexing their ‘military muscles’ sounds like a dangerous proposition – for them.

And so, we’ve come to the point where Liberal Canada is showing its true colors, and its Prime Minister went to China to find a ‘reliable’ partner away from the US – good luck with that! <insert palm face emoji>

But what has been hidden away from the headlines was a much graver statement by Mark Carney: the suggestion that Canadians ‘are ready’ to defend Greenland against the US. Continue…

John Carpay: Emergencies Act ruling 'a really important accountability check'

https://www.rebelnews.com/john_carpay_emergencies_act_ruling_a_really_important_accountability_check

Carpay also explained possible next steps, including the possibility of the federal government attempting to take their challenge to the Supreme Court — a possibility which he deemed unlikely. Continue…

'There just wasn't evidence': Mark Joseph breaks down Emergencies Act ruling

https://www.rebelnews.com/_there_just_wasn_t_evidence_mark_joseph_breaks_down_emergencies_act_ruling

It was an inherently political decision to invoke the Emergencies Act,' said Joseph. 'There just wasn’t evidence… of serious use or threat of violence.' Continue…