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Trump ends Canada trade talks over Reagan anti-tariff ad. President Trump announced on Truth Social Thursday night that he was halting all trade negotiations with Canada, the US’ second-largest trading partner, because of an ad criticizing the high tariffs he imposed on the country’s goods. Trump called the ad, which was released by the province of Ontario, “FAKE,” and said it was meant to interfere with the US Supreme Court case over the legality of the tariffs. The ad features real audio from parts of a speech given by former President Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs (though Reagan was defending his own decision to place tariffs on Japan). Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said yesterday his country is ready to resume trade talks “when the Americans are ready,” and Ontario plans to pause the ads—though it is still slated to run during the World Series.
US sends aircraft carrier to the Caribbean in latest escalation. In the latest sign that the Trump administration is taking the phrase “war on drugs” literally, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford, which had been deployed in the Mediterranean, to the Caribbean, bringing with it dozens of fighter and surveillance aircraft, as well as other Navy warships to accompany it. The decision to send additional military firepower to the region comes after the administration recently conducted several fatal airstrikes on boats it accused of smuggling drugs, treating the people on them as combat enemies rather than criminals. It represents a major escalation of the US campaign against drug smuggling and Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro.
Good luck finding a KPop Demon Hunters costume. The members of HUNTR/X are among the season’s most searched for Halloween costumes on Google, but it’s not the golden opportunity you might expect for Netflix, which had to scramble to get licensed merch out in time. As parents of kids who have a very particular idea of how they want to look while trick-or-treating already know, the movie’s success took Netflix by surprise, and before it hit the big time, the company couldn’t get retailers interested in deals, the Wall Street Journal reports. But by next Halloween, the singing teens will likely be everywhere: Netflix recently signed an unprecedented licensing deal with rival toymakers Hasbro and Mattel to bring out official KPop Demon Hunters products.—AR
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