Trump Keeps Options Open on Recession While New Canadian PM Mark Carney Pledges to Win Trade War: Live Updates

This might have been the new Prime Minister’s standout remark of the evening.

The former Bank of England governor successfully ran to succeed Justin Trudeau as Canada’s premier and leader of the Liberal Party on Sunday, swiftly committing to challenge Trump and rallying the nation in a resolute acceptance address.

Carney, who will soon be affirmed as Trudeau’s successor, was elected amidst heightened tensions with the U.S. surrounding tariffs.

After overcoming competition from former finance minister Chrystia Freeland with a staggering 85.9 percent of the votes from 150,000 Liberal Party members, Carney criticized Trump for “attacking Canadian families” and aiming to “destroy the Canadian way of life.”

Here’s a complete report from Alexander Butler.

The president stated on Sunday that he could not dismiss the chance of a recession being set off by uncertainty tied to his tariff disputes with the U.S.’s primary trading partners such as Canada and Mexico.

“I hate to predict scenarios like that,” Trump mentioned to Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures when asked about the possibility.

“We are undergoing a transition phase.”

Encouraging Americans to adopt a long-term perspective of his initiatives to reshape U.S. trade policy, Trump highlighted the alleged “100-year outlook” of the economic and political strategists in China.

“Tariffs may increase as time progresses, and they are likely to rise,” he added.

These comments followed a turbulent week filled with erratic tariff announcements, where Trump initially enforced a 25 percent tariff on Canadian and Mexican imports before postponing the implementation by one month and simultaneously announcing a doubling of the existing 10 percent tariffs on China, inciting inevitable backlash and unsettling the markets.

Here’s more from John Bowden.

The leading diplomat of the Trump administration joined DOGE founder Elon Musk in a confrontation with Poland’s foreign minister on Sunday as the three engaged in disputes regarding Musk’s Starlink system and its applications in Ukraine.

This incident is the latest example of American foreign relations devolving into a blame game, with Marco Rubio reiterating the White House’s stance that Europe has not shown sufficient appreciation and gratitude after three years of U.S. support for Ukraine’s defense.

John Bowden reports from Washington, D.C.

“Our nation stands on the cusp of a resurgence the likes of which the world has never seen, and perhaps will never see again.”

From The Independent’s editorial team:

With Russia regaining territory in Kursk, it is imperative for Keir Starmer and other European leaders to take swift action.

Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a recently graduated leader of the Palestine solidarity protests at Columbia University on Saturday, according to his attorney and fellow student activists, raising alarms of a long-anticipated federal crackdown on campus activists.

Mahmoud Khalil, who identifies as Palestinian, had just entered the lobby of his university-affiliated apartment building near the New York campus when agents approached him and his wife, who is eight months pregnant, asking for his identification and informing him he was under arrest due to the State Department revoking his student visa.

Josh Marcus provides the details.

Per the Wall Street Journal, the Justice Department sent communications to egg companies directing them to retain documentation regarding their pricing interactions with customers and rivals, alongside conversations with Expana, formerly Urner Barry, a U.S. publisher that monitors an egg price index.

The department has suggested that federal investigators intend to examine company discussions concerning egg production and bird flu outbreaks.

Michelle Del Rey has the complete report.

The Trump administration has classified the headquarters of numerous cabinet departments and federal courthouses nationwide as surplus properties eligible for sale.

A webpage managed by the General Services Administration—the agency in charge of overseeing government office spaces—now lists “buildings and facilities that aren’t central to government operations,” which includes the headquarters of the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the federal courthouse in Los Angeles, the second-largest city in America.

Andrew Feinberg has the details.

The golf facility in South Ayrshire, owned by the president, was targeted overnight on Friday, with activists spray-painting “Gaza Is Not 4 Sale” in letters almost 10 feet tall across the lawn and damaging the greens, including the course’s most renowned hole, which has hosted Open Championships.

Red spray paint was utilized to deface the clubhouse at the 800-acre resort.