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In today's version, Allan Smith interviews Democratic Congressman on the Pennsylvania battlefield as he tries to grab the cape of economic populism. Additionally, Megan Lebowitz and Rebecca Shabad reviewed Donald Trump’s first meeting with Canada’s new prime minister, who was fueled by anti-American sentiment in the last month’s election.
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Not long ago, I-Vt. Senator Bernie Sanders may be considered progressive and cannot be seen with most swing district Democrats.
no longer.
When Sanders traveled through Pennsylvania on the weekend, Chris Deluzio, one of these Democrats, was next to his "fighting oligarchs" journey.
Deluzio pointed out in an interview that the gap between moderate and progress is over. Druzio himself sometimes crossed this gap. But he also tried to grab the cape of left-wing economic populism as he won two terms in a region outside Pittsburgh.
Now, in Donald Trump’s second term, he believes that the real battle is not in the center and the left, but between those who are warriors and passive people.
Deluzio argues that the more populist positioning is because he himself has pushed the push for anti-corruption, anti-corporate and antitrust platforms, “is uniting with more Democrats from the old ideological record label, who knows that one is not the time to be wimp and we have to put the two in the economic struggle.”
According to Cook's political report, Druzio, who represents D+3, will cause Sanders' eyebrows in the past cycle. He said while he wasn't sure how many Democratic officials felt different about the feeling of being on the track with Sanders now, there wasn't much difference between his messaging and Sanders.
Appearing with him on the weekend in Harrisburg and Bethlehem, on the other side of his Congressional District (on the other side of his Congressional District), Druzio opposed "trained politicians", "the oligarchs of the White House and the Board and the Board" and "these false patriots" he saw "wars in the American Dream." He called on Democrats to rally in a congressional stock trading ban, part of the anti-corruption push.
“Donald Trump understands this anger,” Deluzio said in Bethlehem, the discomfort and status quo of the working class. "He saw the wounds of the American psychology. What did he offer? Hate, division and authoritarian snake oil. This is not the way forward. We are here to call that bull---."
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President Donald Trump's first meeting with Canada's new prime minister is far less than his interaction with the country's former leader Justin Trudeau, even though Mark Carney reiterated that the country could not be a part of the United States.
“You know from real estate, there are places that will never be sold.” Carney, a former banker, said his election victory in some way last month fueled Trump’s annexation and tariff agenda for Canada.
Later, when Trump spoke in the Oval Office, what was his thoughts, Carney said: "I'm glad you can't speak my thoughts."
"The president has known his desire for this issue," Carney told reporters at the Canadian Embassy in downtown Washington. "I've been cautious about distinguishing between desire and reality. I'm very clear in the Oval Office, and as I know throughout Canadians, this will never happen. Canada is not for sale. It will never be for sale."
Carney also told reporters he asked Trump to stop saying he wanted Canada to be the 51st state.
During the meeting, the two leaders praised each other, in a sharp contrast to Trump's cold relationship with Trudeau, who often mocked him as "Governor Trudeau."
Trump said he had "very respect" to Carney and that "we will be friends with Canada." "I feel better about the relationship," Carney said.
But it remains to be seen whether Carney can use the initial goodwill to reject some of Trump’s pressure on his country when it comes to trade and Canadian sovereignty.
Even though Carney insists that his country will never be sold, Trump replied: "Never say forever."
Trump also told reporters that Carney had nothing to convince him to raise tariffs at the meeting. When asked why, he said, “That’s it.”
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