USTR Jamieson Greer and Canadian Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc Give Remarks on Potential Trade Deal

August 19, 2026 | sundance |

Earlier today following a meeting in Washington, D.C., between Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, both representatives delivered remarks to reporters. There are no details provided, however, within his remarks,Greer says he is confident that a deal has been reached as they work to finalize the details.

USTR Greer notes the significant trade barriers between the U.S. and Canada appear to have been resolved.However, the devil is going to be in the details. Greer noted they are putting together the documentation that will allow him to brief President Trump and congress on the proposals. “While we certainly have eliminated some of the irritants we have had over the past several years,we are also taking a strong foot forward,” Greer remarked. WATCH:

Dominic LeBlanc and Jamieson Greer discuss Canada-U.S. trade talks – August 19, 2026

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Coming out of a meeting in Washington, D.C., Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer speak with reporters about the state of trade negotiations between their two countries. In his remarks, Greer says he is confident that a deal has been reached as they work to finalize negotiations.

https://youtu.be/QLxCq4uZtT4

Given the antagonistic nature of Canada and their dependency on retaining an assembly economy with access to the U.S. market,it will be interesting to see what non-tariff barrier positions the Canadian government is willing to put forth.

There is a lot of optimism in media surrounding the tariff pause and the remarks that have followed;but I would caution interested parties to be aware of the scale of the divide between the two sides.

President Trump’s remarks from today about the Canada-U.S. trade position are below.

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(Canada cannot F’ this up, if so it will end up very bad for them! Have Canadian anon discuss this on the board. If so respond what they say!)

Trump says he will meet Kim Jong-un this year (VIDEO)

The Pentagon earlier scaled back joint military drills with South Korea after the US president called them “hostile” to Pyongyang

Published 19 Aug, 2026 21:08 |

US President Donald Trump has said he expects to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un later this year, days after ordering joint military drills with South Korea scaled back over what he called their ‘hostile’ signal to Pyongyang.

During his first presidency, Trump and Kim sought to improve relations between the two countries, meeting three times, including at the Demilitarized Zone in 2019. The diplomatic thaw eventually stalled without a deal on North Korea’s nuclear program.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Trump said he knows Kim Jong-un “very well” and the two “get along.”

“The fact that I get along with him – that’s a good thing,” the US president said, adding that North Korea possesses “57 very powerful nuclear weapons.”

Asked whether he planned to meet with Kim later this year, Trump replied: “Yeah, I will be.”

Also on Wednesday, NBC News quoted a White House official as saying Trump was open to meeting Kim at the “appropriate time,” although no date has been set.

Meanwhile, South Korea’s National Defense Ministry said that the annual joint military drills with the US, codenamed Ulchi Freedom Shield, were being cut short at Washington’s request.

A US Department of War official said the drills, which began on Monday, would end on August 21 rather than August 27, with some live-training events canceled or converted to simulations.

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun told parliament on Wednesday that the Trump administration had not notified Seoul of the move in advance.

North Korea has denounced the joint US-South Korean drills and vowed to respond with a “new level of deterrent.” Kim’s sister, Kim Yo-jong, a high-ranking official in the Workers’ Party, said on Wednesday that the reduction in the scale and duration of the drills did not change their “hostile and confrontational nature.” She described the personal relationship between Trump and her brother as “excellent.” However, she denied that there is any communication between the two leaders, according to AP.

The drills were scaled back after Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday that he was “not happy” that the US had agreed to participate. He said the drills were costly and “send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile” to North Korea. “It is too late to cancel,” Trump wrote, adding that he had instructed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to “substantially reduce” the exercises.

Trump pointed out that South Korea has refused to back the US in its military campaign against Iran.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, he said he “was not happy when South Korea said – no, they are not interested in helping us with the Hormuz Strait.”

(He’s showing how Europe etc used NKorea as the enemy which they do to destroy whoever and what kind of country doesn’t want to bend to the NWO. I bet Trump learned a lot from that meeting. It’s all a farce for war!

https://www.rt.com/news/644420-trump-teases-in-person-meeting-kim-jong-un/

>>24953866. KEK again and again

Michael Cohen, Trump's fixer-turned-nemesis, says he'll interview former boss

By August 19, 2026 / 3:49 PM EDT

Michael Cohen's long and winding relationship with his former boss,President Trump, is poised to take another unexpected turn Thursday when the man he testified against in two separate trials calls into his radio show.

Cohen told CBS News that he is set to interview the president on his program, confirming a report from MS NOW.

"This is the first public conversation between the president and myself in eight years," said Cohen. "You know, there have been private conversations that have, of course, been reported. But this is the first public conversation."

Cohen spent more than a decade as Mr. Trump's "fixer," his right-hand man, intimately involved in the Trump Organization's dealmaking and Mr. Trump's private matters.

"I was a permanent fixture in his office, most specifically the far-right red velvet chair," Cohen said Wednesday. But the relationship fell apart during Mr. Trump's first years in the White House, as scrutiny mounted over a $130,000 payment Cohen made on Mr. Trump's behalf to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.

Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018 to financial and campaign finance crimes and lying to Congress, and spent more than a year in prison.He later built a podcast and book career devoted to harsh criticism of Mr. Trump.

"I truly f**king hope that this man ends up in prison," Cohen said at one point. "You better believe I want this man to go down and rot inside for what he did to my family."

Cohen testified against Mr. Trump in his civil and criminal trials in New York, helping to get Mr. Trump convicted of 34 felony counts of falsification of business records tied to the Daniels matter.

But Cohen appears to have had a change of heart this year, writing in his Substack newsletterin January that he "felt pressured and coerced" by prosecutors to testify against Mr. Trump.

The rift between them may be on the mend.

"I reached out to the White House, reached out to the president, and he kindly agreed," Cohen said, referring to his radio invitation.

Cohen said the call is beingrecorded Thursday morning, and will air in parts on that evening and Sunday on his radio show "When You Know, You Know… with Michael Cohen" on New York's 770am WABC station.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-cohen-trump-interview/

Susan Kokinda Outlines Distinctions in U.S-Canada Trade Relationship

August 19, 2026 | sundance | 15 Comments

This video from the Promethean Action PAC wraps in a few background details that most readers and followers of the U.S-Canada trade relationship will likely find interesting.

Susan Kokinda argues the dispute is larger than USMCA negotiations, portraying Canada as an “outlaw” that enables transshipment “smuggling,” fails to enforce forced-labor bans, and facilitates “snow-washing” through weak corporate transparency and money laundering documented in British Columbia’s Cullen Commission.

She contrasts U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s pro-development case for oil and gas as civilizational progress with Canadian Minister Mélanie Joly’s Chatham House speech promoting “geo-industrialization” and a Mark Carney-aligned “middle powers” strategy against U.S. and China “hegemons.” Kokinda highlights a House of Commons petition led by Green Party leader Elizabeth May to declare U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra persona non grata, and notes Joly’s outreach to U.S. lawmakers and cities during the trade fight. WATCH:

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Susan Kokinda Outlines Distinctions in U.S-Canada Trade Relationship

August 19, 2026 | sundance |

This video from the Promethean Action PACwraps in a few background details that most readers and followers of the U.S-Canada trade relationship will likely find interesting.

Susan Kokinda argues the dispute is larger than USMCA negotiations, portraying Canada as an “outlaw” that enables transshipment “smuggling,” fails to enforce forced-labor bans, and facilitates “snow-washing” through weak corporate transparency and money laundering documented in British Columbia’s Cullen Commission.

She contrasts U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s pro-developmentcase for oil and gas as civilizational progress with Canadian Minister Mélanie Joly’s Chatham House speech promoting “geo-industrialization” and a Mark Carney-aligned “middle powers” strategy against U.S. and China “hegemons.”

Kokinda highlights a House of Commons petition led by Green Party leader Elizabeth May to declare U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra persona non grata, and notes Joly’s outreach to U.S. lawmakers and cities during the trade fight. WATCH:

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https://youtu.be/lJgphnjdx6Q

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