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Assassination attempt shakes Colombia's political landscape

On Ian Bremmer’s World In 60 Seconds: Ian breaks down the assassination attempt on Colombia's presidential candidate, the US-China trade talks, and Canada plans to hit NATO's 2% defense target seven years early.

Ian's takeaways:

An assassination attempt on a Colombian presidential candidate highlights that “security continues to be a really serious problem,” as opposition momentum grows amid President Petro’s struggles.

On US-China trade, Ian says, “There is real progress happening,” as factory shutdown threats push both sides toward short-term stability, even if long-term trust remains elusive.

And Canada’s plan to hit NATO’s defense target early? “It’s about Trump,” Ian notes, as Ottawa moves to ease tensions with Washington ahead of 2025.

US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., USA, on May 6, 2025.

REUTERS/Leah Millis

Carney met Trump: How did it go?

The first official meeting between Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and US President Donald Trump was friendlier than you might expect given the recent tensions in the relationship. Carney described Trump as a “transformational” president, while the US leader said he had “a lot of respect” for his Canadian counterpart.

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Can Trump and Carney reset US-Canada relations?

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Prime Minister Mark Carney's first visit to the White House to meet with President Donald Trump. Lots of excitement, anxiety about this meeting, this visit, and predictably, the responses on the internet are all sorts of crazy depending on what your priors are. So, if you are a MAGA type, you thought that Trump wiped the floor with Carney. And if you can't stand Trump, you're like, "Oh, what an idiot the American president was, and the Canadians did so much better." And in reality, it wasn't that exciting of a meeting, and both came away looking okay. The US-Canada relationship has been in freefall over the last three months, and that has not been fixed by a normal bilateral between leaders of the two countries.
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An image of Prime Minister Mark Carney positioned near the Canadian parliament.

Jess Frampton

Now comes the hard part for Carney

Mark Carney, who has never sat in Parliament and has only been a politician for four months, faces a lot of political puzzles after leading his Liberal Party to victory in Canada on Monday, and one huge challenge south of the border.

The former central banker was widely expected to win a majority but ended up coming short, with 169 seats in the House, just three short of a majority. That means that the path ahead is twistier than it would otherwise have been.

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Jess Frampton

Carney to meet Trump: Not time to talk turkey – yet

Donald Trump said Wednesday that Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to Washington, DC, within a week for a personal meeting, but there is reason to think that neither country is ready to get down to serious trade negotiations.
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President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on April 23, 2025.

REUTERS/Leah Millis

White House claims win on border security but stays mum on tariffs

When Donald Trump first threatened toslap tariffs on Canada in December, he cited fentanyl and border security as two ostensible reasons for the duties, which followed soon after. Observers have pointed out that very little fentanyl has been found to cross the US-Canada border, but it didn’t seem to change any minds in the White House.
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An aerial view shows a truck crossing into the United States over the Cordova of the Americas border bridge, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on April 2, 2025.

REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Hard Numbers: Border apprehensions plunge, Maplewashing crops up, Fentanyl trickles in, Trump puts “Truth” on the block

7,180: US border authorities apprehended just 7,180 migrants illegally crossing the Southern Border in March, the lowest monthly number on record. The figure marks a twentyfold decline from the monthly average over the past four years as the Trump administration’s sweeping crackdown on undocumented migration continues. A recent poll put popular support for Trump’s immigration approach at 49%, the highest mark of any issue.

6: You may have heard of “pinkwashing,” “greenwashing,” “sanewashing,” or the more conventional “whitewashing.” But now there’s “maplewashing.” As of mid-March, Canadian authorities have busted six companies for fraudulently claiming their products are made in Canada rather than the US. The crackdown comes as the “Buy Canadian” movement, which boycotts American products, continues to grow in response to Donald Trump’s threats against Canada.

0.1: Donald Trump has said fentanyl is “pouring” into the US from Canada. But one man’s “pour” is another man’s “barely perceptible trickle.” Turns out, barely 0.1% of the drug seized along the US northern border last year actually came from Canada, according to government data obtained by the Globe & Mail. The remaining 99.9% came either from Mexico or from elsewhere in the US.

2.3 billion: The truth may be priceless, but Truth Social? That’s a different story. President Donald Trumpsuggested this week that he was open to selling his $2.3 billion stake in the social media company, which is a competitor of X in the microblogging space. The company has lost some 40% of its market value this year amid a wider stock market plunge triggered by uncertainty about Trump’s trade and tariff plans.

Air Canada and Westjet aircraft parked at Calgary International Airport, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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Cross-border travel down as rhetoric gets harsher

The increasingly intense rhetorical combat between Donald Trump and Canada is taking a growing toll on the American tourism industry, as Canadian snowbirds avoid Florida, day trippers do their shopping at home, and others decide to skip trips to the Big Apple.

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