Trump’s 100 days, Carney’s Canadian Comeback, Ukraine’s Minerals Deal

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In a week that marked President Trump’s 100 days in office. National Security advisor Mike Waltz wasn’t celebrating, as he was moved being aside. The first cabinet casualty of the President’s second term, in the fall out of SignalGate, when he ‘accidentally’ added a journalist to its war planning group chat.

We’ll assess the 100 days and Trump’s so-called “muzzle velocity strategy”, flooding the media space with continuous announcements. It perhaps comes as no surprise that he’s given himself full marks…

It’s been a week that’s seen the political comeback of the year so far, thanks partly to the threats and trolling from President Trump .. Canada’s liberal party came out on top despite being discarded by analysts as down and out at the start of the year. Tariffs and Trade wars triggered by their neighbour, and Trump’s threats to annex them seem to have helped galvanise a patriotic push back. Mark Carney‘s task was to distance himself from predecessor Justin Trudeau, while Conservative opposition leader Pierre Polivere had to distance himself from claims of being a mini Trump. Voters opted for Liberal ex-banker Carney… who expressed his happiness at party headquarters, through the form of dance…

And it’s been a rare week of good news in Ukraine, or that’s how it’s being presented by negotiators in Kyiv and Washington. A critical minerals deal has been concluded with the US, one that was first proposed by the Ukrainians to President Biden last autumn. It morphed under Trump into an IOU agreement, critical minerals for repayment of past US aid. After the Oval Oval spat, and Ukrainian hopes of a security guarantee out of the question, terms were dropped, and better concessions agreed, that Kyiv sees as a good deal, given the circumstances. We’ll assess what it means for the conflict…

Produced by Gavin Lee, Luis Miguel Cabrera, Juliette Laffont, Charles Wente.