Trump News for Thursday, May 8, 2025
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Trump says the US subsidizes Canada. Experts say otherwise
The Associated Press
This is false. According to the White House, the number is based on the U.S. trade deficit with Canada and higher military spending by the U.S., including expenditures associated with the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD.
May 8, 2025, 11:48 PM
Canada won’t sacrifice USMCA or vital sectors for quick deal with Trump: envoy
The Globe and Mail
Ambassador to U.S. Kirsten Hillman said Ottawa is eager to obtain the removal of U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods but not at expense of ‘stability’
May 8, 2025, 11:41 PM
Fox host Jeanie Pirro to be D.C. prosecutor
CP24 Toronto
Donald Trump said Thursday that he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital after abandoning his first pick for the job.
May 8, 2025, 11:38 PM
Trump says he is naming Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC
GuelphToday
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital after abandoning his first pick for the job.
May 8, 2025, 11:28 PM
Denmark to summon U.S. diplomat over Greenland intel gathering
CP24 Toronto
Denmark on Thursday summoned the top American diplomat in the country for an explanation following a Wall Street Journal report about the United States stepping up intelligence gathering on Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory coveted by U.S. President Donald Trump.
May 8, 2025, 11:20 PM
Trump Names Fox Host Jeanine Pirro Interim U.S. Attorney for DC
Variety
Jeanine Pirro is exiting Fox News to become interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, President Trump announced Thursday.
May 8, 2025, 11:04 PM
New Pope likely to challenge Trump but will not be confrontational - expert
BreakingNews.ie
Pope Leo XIV is the first ever from North America and the US president has said he looks forward to meeting him.
May 8, 2025, 11:00 PM
Mexico sues Google for labelling Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America
BreakingNews.ie
President Donald Trump’s executive order only carries authority within the US.
May 8, 2025, 11:00 PM
Trump's big reveal of trade deal with UK was awkward spectacle
Sky News
There was Donald Trump flanked by deal negotiators on either side, a 'shoulders-back' Team America with UK ambassador Peter Mandelson standing as the Brit in the line-up. But then there was the cast member who joined remotely - Sir Keir Starmer.
May 8, 2025, 10:08 PM
Video showing Anna Wintour saying why she banned Trump from Met Gala is a deepfake
Snopes.com
In the fake video, Wintour said she didn't want Trump supporters shouting "Make fashion great again" near the red carpet.
May 8, 2025, 10:01 PM
Trump announces "breakthrough trade agreement" with U.K. Here's what to know.
CBS News
President Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have both said numerous trade agreements could come as soon as this week.
May 8, 2025, 9:42 PM
Melania Trump hosts White House event to unveil Barbara Bush postage stamp
Toronto Star
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the White House's East Room on a rainy Thursday, first lady Melania Trump and members of the Bush family gathered to unveil a U.S postage stamp
May 8, 2025, 9:39 PM
On social media, Pope Leo XIV has shared criticism of Trump and Vance over policies
Toronto Star
Elected Thursday as the Catholic Church's first global leader to hail from the United States, Pope Leo XIV is in a new job that will have many crossovers into politics
May 8, 2025, 9:34 PM
Key details in the UK-US 'historic' trade deal
Sky News
Sir Keir Starmer said the new measures will save thousands of jobs in the car and steel industries, which were threatened by Donald Trump's tariffs.
May 8, 2025, 9:18 PM
Trump hails UK trade deal but issues unresolved
The Australian Financial Review
The deal would drop tariffs on British steel and allow for imports of UK cars - but full details have yet to be completed. Follow live updates.
May 8, 2025, 9:07 PM
Cannes opens under cloud of tariffs, but also rich stockpile of buzzy global cinema
The Globe and Mail
Every hot-house news conference will be laced with a level of fear and loathing over just how and when U.S. President Donald Trump might slap tariffs on any films made ‘in foreign lands’
May 8, 2025, 9:00 PM