U.S. President Donald Trump has abruptly cut off trade talks with Canada after Ontario released an anti-tariff ad campaign criticizing U.S. protectionist policies. In a fiery response, Trump invoked Ronald Reagan’s legacy to defend his America-first trade stance, accusing Canadian leaders of hypocrisy. The move threatens to escalate tensions between two of North America’s closest trading partners and could reshape the future of cross-border trade relations.

U.S. President Trump Hits Back at Ontario's Anti-Tariff Ad Using Reagan

Hours after the deadly <a href="https://www.wionews.com/tags/washington-plane-crash" rel="dofollow">helicopter and aeroplane collision and crash</a> in Washington, US President Donald Trump on Thursday (Jan 30) questioned the actions of both the helicopter crew and air traffic controllers, and said, "Why didn't the helicopter go up or down", stressing that it was a "CLEAR NIGHT".
The flight, carrying 60 passengers and four crew members, collided with the US Army helicopter before crashing into the Potomac River. The bodies of 19 people have been recovered.
Trump took to his Truth Social account and questioned why the helicopter did not avoid the plane.&nbsp;
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"The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport. The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an extended period of time. It is a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the plane were blazing, why didn&rsquo;t the helicopter go up or down, or turn. Why didn&rsquo;t the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane?," Trump posted.&nbsp;
The US president further said that the incident should have been avoided.&nbsp;
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"This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!," Trump added.&nbsp;
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Trump also conveyed his condolences and praised first responders on the aviation incident, saying, "Thank you for the incredible work being done by our first responders."
"I have been fully briefed on the terrible accident that just took place at Reagan National Airport. May God bless their souls," Trump said.&nbsp;
Vice President JD Vance also condoled the lives lost in the crash, saying, "Please say a prayer for everyone involved in the mid-air collision near Reagan airport this evening."
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He added that the authorities are monitoring the situation, but for now, let&rsquo;s hope for the best."
The Federal Aviation Administration announced that Reagan Airport will reopen at 11 am on Thursday.&nbsp;
(With inputs from agencies)

World: The plane, carrying 60 passengers and four crew members, collided with the US Army helicopter before crashing into the Potomac River. The bodies of 19 people have been recovered so far.

Hours after the deadly helicopter and aeroplane collision and crash in Washington, US President Donald Trump on Thursday (Jan 30) questioned the actions of both the helicopter crew and air traffic controllers, and said, "Why didn't the helicopter go up or down", stressing that it was a "CLEAR NIGHT". The flight, carrying 60 passengers and four crew members, collided with the US Army helicopter before crashing into the Potomac River. The bodies of 19 people have been recovered. Trump took to his Truth Social account and questioned why the helicopter did not avoid the plane. Also read: Washington DC Plane Crash: US and Russian figure skaters believed to be aboard flight "The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport. The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an extended period of time. It is a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the plane were blazing, why didn’t the helicopter go up or down, or turn. Why didn’t the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane?," Trump posted. The US president further said that the incident should have been avoided. Also read: Washington DC Plane Crash LIVE: Multiple bodies recovered from Washington plane crash site 'Not good' "This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!," Trump added. Trump also conveyed his condolences and praised first responders on the aviation incident, saying, "Thank you for the incredible work being done by our first responders." "I have been fully briefed on the terrible accident that just took place at Reagan National Airport. May God bless their souls," Trump said. Vice President JD Vance also condoled the lives lost in the crash, saying, "Please say a prayer for everyone involved in the mid-air collision near Reagan airport this evening." Also read: VIDEO | White House says passenger jet collided midair with helicopter over Washington He added that the authorities are monitoring the situation, but for now, let’s hope for the best." The Federal Aviation Administration announced that Reagan Airport will reopen at 11 am on Thursday. (With inputs from agencies)

'Why didn't helicopter go up or down': Trump says the crash 'should have been prevented'

Maybe it was the visuals that did it. It’s hard to know what aspects of reality make it into Donald Trump’s ever-shrinking bubble — and I’m happy to say that after Jan. 20 we won’t have to care about what goes on in his not-at-all beautiful mind — but it’s possible that he became aware of how he looked, playing golf as millions of desperate families lost their unemployment benefits.

Whatever the reason, on Sunday he finally signed an economic relief bill that will, among other things, extend those benefits for a few months. And it wasn’t just the unemployed who breathed a sigh of relief. Stock market futures — which are not&nbsp;a measure of economic success, but still — rose. Goldman Sachs marked up its forecast of economic growth in 2021.

So this year is closing out with a second demonstration of the lesson we should have learned in the spring: In times of crisis, government aid to people in distress is a good thing, not just for those getting help, but for the nation as a whole. Or to put it a bit differently, 2020 was the year Reaganism died.

What I mean by Reaganism goes beyond voodoo economics, the claim that tax cuts have magical power and can solve all problems. After all, nobody believes in that claim aside from a handful of charlatans and cranks, plus the entire Republican Party.

No, I mean something broader — the belief that aid to those in need always backfires, that the only way to improve ordinary people’s lives is to make the rich richer and wait for the benefits to trickle down. This belief was encapsulated in Ronald Reagan’s famous dictum that the most terrifying words in English are “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”

Well, in 2020 the government was there to help — and help it did.

True, there were some people who advocated trickle-down policies even in the face of a pandemic. Trump repeatedly pushed for payroll tax cuts, which by definition would do nothing to directly help the jobless, even attempting (unsuccessfully) to slash tax collections through executive action.

Oh, and the new recovery package does include a multibillion-dollar tax break for business meals, as if three-martini lunches were the answer to a pandemic depression.

Reagan-style hostility to helping people in need also persisted. There were some politicians and economists who kept insisting, in the teeth of the evidence, that aid to unemployed workers was actually causing unemployment, by making workers unwilling to accept job offers.

Overall, however — and somewhat shockingly — U.S. economic policy actually responded fairly well to the real needs of a nation forced into lockdown by a deadly virus. Aid to the unemployed and business loans that were forgiven if they were used to maintain payrolls limited the suffering. Direct checks sent to most adults weren’t the best targeted policy ever, but they boosted personal incomes.

All this big-government intervention worked. Despite a lockdown that temporarily eliminated 22 million jobs, poverty actually fell while the assistance lasted.

And there was no visible downside. As I’ve already suggested, there was no indication that helping the unemployed deterred workers from taking jobs when they became available. Most notably, the employment surge from April to July, in which 9 million Americans went back to work, took place while enhanced benefits were still in effect.

Nor did huge government borrowing have the dire consequences deficit scolds always predict. Interest rates stayed low, while inflation remained quiescent.

So the government was there to help, and it really did. The only problem was that it cut off help too soon. Extraordinary aid should have continued as long as the coronavirus was still rampant — a fact implicitly acknowledged by bipartisan willingness to enact a second rescue package, and Trump’s grudging eventual willingness to sign that legislation.

Indeed, some of the aid we provided in 2020 should continue even after we have widespread vaccination. What we should have learned last spring is that adequately funded government programs can greatly reduce poverty. Why forget that lesson as soon as the pandemic is over?

Now, when I say that Reaganism died in 2020 I don’t mean that the usual suspects will stop making the usual arguments. Voodoo economics is too deeply embedded in the modern GOP — and too useful to billionaire donors seeking tax cuts — to be banished by inconvenient facts.

Opposition to helping the unemployed and the poor was never evidence-based; it was always rooted in a mix of elitism and racial hostility. So we’ll still keep hearing about the miraculous power of tax cuts and the evils of the welfare state.

But while Reaganism will still be out there, it will now, even more than before, be zombie Reaganism — a doctrine that should have been killed by its encounter with reality, even if it’s still shambling along, eating politicians’ brains.

For the lesson of 2020 is that in a crisis, and to some extent even in calmer times, the government can do a lot to improve people’s lives. And what we should fear most is a government that refuses to do its job.

Maybe it was the visuals that did it. It’s hard to know what aspects of reality make it into Donald Trump’s ever-shrinking bubble — and I’m happy to say that after Jan.

Maybe it was the visuals that did it. It’s hard to know what aspects of reality make it into Donald Trump’s ever-shrinking bubble — and I’m happy to say that after Jan. 20 we won’t have to care about what goes on in his not-at-all beautiful mind — but it’s possible that he became aware of how he looked, playing golf as millions of desperate families lost their unemployment benefits. Whatever the reason, on Sunday he finally signed an economic relief bill that will, among other things, extend those benefits for a few months. And it wasn’t just the unemployed who breathed a sigh of relief. Stock market futures — which are not a measure of economic success, but still — rose. Goldman Sachs marked up its forecast of economic growth in 2021. So this year is closing out with a second demonstration of the lesson we should have learned in the spring: In times of crisis, government aid to people in distress is a good thing, not just for those getting help, but for the nation as a whole. Or to put it a bit differently, 2020 was the year Reaganism died. What I mean by Reaganism goes beyond voodoo economics, the claim that tax cuts have magical power and can solve all problems. After all, nobody believes in that claim aside from a handful of charlatans and cranks, plus the entire Republican Party. No, I mean something broader — the belief that aid to those in need always backfires, that the only way to improve ordinary people’s lives is to make the rich richer and wait for the benefits to trickle down. This belief was encapsulated in Ronald Reagan’s famous dictum that the most terrifying words in English are “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” Well, in 2020 the government was there to help — and help it did. True, there were some people who advocated trickle-down policies even in the face of a pandemic. Trump repeatedly pushed for payroll tax cuts, which by definition would do nothing to directly help the jobless, even attempting (unsuccessfully) to slash tax collections through executive action. Oh, and the new recovery package does include a multibillion-dollar tax break for business meals, as if three-martini lunches were the answer to a pandemic depression. Reagan-style hostility to helping people in need also persisted. There were some politicians and economists who kept insisting, in the teeth of the evidence, that aid to unemployed workers was actually causing unemployment, by making workers unwilling to accept job offers. Overall, however — and somewhat shockingly — U.S. economic policy actually responded fairly well to the real needs of a nation forced into lockdown by a deadly virus. Aid to the unemployed and business loans that were forgiven if they were used to maintain payrolls limited the suffering. Direct checks sent to most adults weren’t the best targeted policy ever, but they boosted personal incomes. All this big-government intervention worked. Despite a lockdown that temporarily eliminated 22 million jobs, poverty actually fell while the assistance lasted. And there was no visible downside. As I’ve already suggested, there was no indication that helping the unemployed deterred workers from taking jobs when they became available. Most notably, the employment surge from April to July, in which 9 million Americans went back to work, took place while enhanced benefits were still in effect. Nor did huge government borrowing have the dire consequences deficit scolds always predict. Interest rates stayed low, while inflation remained quiescent. So the government was there to help, and it really did. The only problem was that it cut off help too soon. Extraordinary aid should have continued as long as the coronavirus was still rampant — a fact implicitly acknowledged by bipartisan willingness to enact a second rescue package, and Trump’s grudging eventual willingness to sign that legislation. Indeed, some of the aid we provided in 2020 should continue even after we have widespread vaccination. What we should have learned last spring is that adequately funded government programs can greatly reduce poverty. Why forget that lesson as soon as the pandemic is over? Now, when I say that Reaganism died in 2020 I don’t mean that the usual suspects will stop making the usual arguments. Voodoo economics is too deeply embedded in the modern GOP — and too useful to billionaire donors seeking tax cuts — to be banished by inconvenient facts. Opposition to helping the unemployed and the poor was never evidence-based; it was always rooted in a mix of elitism and racial hostility. So we’ll still keep hearing about the miraculous power of tax cuts and the evils of the welfare state. But while Reaganism will still be out there, it will now, even more than before, be zombie Reaganism — a doctrine that should have been killed by its encounter with reality, even if it’s still shambling along, eating politicians’ brains. For the lesson of 2020 is that in a crisis, and to some extent even in calmer times, the government can do a lot to improve people’s lives. And what we should fear most is a government that refuses to do its job.

2020 was the year Reaganism died

In his first interview as Donald Trump&#39;s running mate, Indiana governor Mike Pence on Friday compared the Republican presidential hopeful to conservative icon Ronald Reagan. 
 
Pence, interviewed on Fox News Channel&#39;s &quot;Hannity&quot; show, emphasised that the real estate mogul and reality TV star was &quot;the people&#39;s choice&quot;. 
 
The Republican Party &quot;had a competitive primary with him, enormous number of talented men and women,&quot; Pence said.&nbsp; 
 
&quot;Donald Trump again and again emerged because I think very much like the 40th president that you and I so admire, Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump understands the anxiety and the aspiration of the American people like no leader since Reagan.&quot; 
 
Trump has no direct political experience. In contrast Reagan, a Hollywood actor, was governor of California before he was elected president. 
 
The comparison with the late Reagan, who served two terms during the 1980s and is revered by Republicans, is a clear appeal to make 
Trump more palatable to conservatives alienated by Trump&#39;s bombastic rhetoric and populist message who had backed other primary candidates. 
 
The four-day Republican Party convention that will nominate Trump as their presidential candidate, which starts Monday in Cleveland, Ohio, will feature no former presidents, few party luminaries and only a smattering of elected officials. 
 
John McCain and Mitt Romney, the last two Republican presidential candidates, will also stay away. 
 
Pence, however, predicted the party will unify around Trump. 
 
&quot;I expect next week at our convention you&#39;re going to see our party, and leaders in our party, rally around this good man who will be a great president of the United States,&quot; he said. 
 
While Trump has campaigned as a protectionist, Pence has backed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the sweeping trade deal that Trump has attacked as bad for US jobs. 
 
Pence has denounced Trump&#39;s proposal to close US borders to Muslims as &quot;unconstitutional.&quot; 
 
And while Trump has called the Iraq war a &quot;disaster&quot;, Pence was a co-sponsor of the 2002 Iraq war resolution. 
But in the Fox interview, Pence fully supported Trump. 
 
&quot;I am very supportive of Donald Trump&#39;s call to temporarily suspend immigration from countries where terrorists influence and impact represents a threat to the United States,&quot; he said. 
 
&quot;We have a proud tradition of refugee resettlement ... but it has to be subordinated to the safety and security of American people.&quot; 
 
As for the Iraq war, &quot;that&#39;s for historians to debate&quot;, but both he and Trump &quot;are in strong agreement is that Barack Obama&#39;s precipitous withdrawal from Iraq created a vacuum in which ISIS was created&quot;. 
 
Pence said that trade agreements like the TPP can go back to the bargaining table. 
 
&quot;When we elect one of the best negotiators in the world as president of the United States, I&#39;m open to renegotiating these trade agreements,&quot; Pence said. 
 
And if there are major disagreements, &quot;you shut the door. You tell the boss exactly what you think.&quot;&nbsp; 
 
Pence said that Trump &quot;is a man that appreciates candor. And we&#39;ve had some very candid and straightforward conversations. 
 
&quot;But when the door opens, the job of the vice-president is to stand right next to the president and implement the policy that he&#39;s decided.&quot; 
 
(AFP)

'Donald Trump understands the anxiety and the aspiration of the American people like no leader since Reagan,' Pence said

In his first interview as Donald Trump's running mate, Indiana governor Mike Pence on Friday compared the Republican presidential hopeful to conservative icon Ronald Reagan. Pence, interviewed on Fox News Channel's "Hannity" show, emphasised that the real estate mogul and reality TV star was "the people's choice". The Republican Party "had a competitive primary with him, enormous number of talented men and women," Pence said. "Donald Trump again and again emerged because I think very much like the 40th president that you and I so admire, Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump understands the anxiety and the aspiration of the American people like no leader since Reagan." Trump has no direct political experience. In contrast Reagan, a Hollywood actor, was governor of California before he was elected president. The comparison with the late Reagan, who served two terms during the 1980s and is revered by Republicans, is a clear appeal to make Trump more palatable to conservatives alienated by Trump's bombastic rhetoric and populist message who had backed other primary candidates. The four-day Republican Party convention that will nominate Trump as their presidential candidate, which starts Monday in Cleveland, Ohio, will feature no former presidents, few party luminaries and only a smattering of elected officials. John McCain and Mitt Romney, the last two Republican presidential candidates, will also stay away. Pence, however, predicted the party will unify around Trump. "I expect next week at our convention you're going to see our party, and leaders in our party, rally around this good man who will be a great president of the United States," he said. While Trump has campaigned as a protectionist, Pence has backed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the sweeping trade deal that Trump has attacked as bad for US jobs. Pence has denounced Trump's proposal to close US borders to Muslims as "unconstitutional." And while Trump has called the Iraq war a "disaster", Pence was a co-sponsor of the 2002 Iraq war resolution. But in the Fox interview, Pence fully supported Trump. "I am very supportive of Donald Trump's call to temporarily suspend immigration from countries where terrorists influence and impact represents a threat to the United States," he said. "We have a proud tradition of refugee resettlement ... but it has to be subordinated to the safety and security of American people." As for the Iraq war, "that's for historians to debate", but both he and Trump "are in strong agreement is that Barack Obama's precipitous withdrawal from Iraq created a vacuum in which ISIS was created". Pence said that trade agreements like the TPP can go back to the bargaining table. "When we elect one of the best negotiators in the world as president of the United States, I'm open to renegotiating these trade agreements," Pence said. And if there are major disagreements, "you shut the door. You tell the boss exactly what you think." Pence said that Trump "is a man that appreciates candor. And we've had some very candid and straightforward conversations. "But when the door opens, the job of the vice-president is to stand right next to the president and implement the policy that he's decided." (AFP)

Mike Pence, Trump's running mate, compares him to former president Reagan

Furniture, artwork, jewelry and collectible objects that once graced the Los Angeles home of President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, are headed for the auction block, Christie&#39;s said on Thursday. 
 
The landmark sale, a series of live and online auctions scheduled for September, also encompasses decorative pieces of art, books, ephemera, sculpture, drawings and prints from the Reagans&#39; home in the affluent Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. 
 
Christie&#39;s said it expects the sale of some 700 lots to take in more than $2 million. But estimates are based on the items&#39; market value, and the possessions of celebrated figures offered at auction typically have soared to many times their estimates. 
 
Proceeds will benefit the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, in line with the Reagans&#39; wishes. 
 
&quot;This prestigious collection offers unprecedented insight into the private lives of President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan,&quot; said Brook Hazelton, president of Christie&rsquo;s Americas. &quot;Each object offers a &#39;through-the-keyhole&#39; experience revealing as-yet-untold stories of two of the 20th century&rsquo;s most celebrated public figures.&quot; 
 
Reagan, a former Hollywood actor and California governor, was elected the 40th US President in 1980. He died in 2004. Nancy Reagan died earlier this year at age 94. 
 
The couple presided over a glamorous White House, where bold-faced names from the Reagans&#39; years before the cameras as actors injected a glitzy element into Washington&#39;s traditionally staid social scene. 
 
Details on the auction items will be announced in coming weeks. Christie&#39;s said the collection includes American, English and Chinese furnishings, many evoking the &quot;Hollywood Regency&quot; style, and many personal objects. 
 
Estimates on individual items range from $1,000 to $50,000. 
 
The auction house said the collection was noteworthy for reflecting the simple and elegant private life the Reagans enjoyed together in Bel Air, where they often entertained. 
 
Nancy Reagan, whose family and estate trustees are holding the sale, once reflected, &quot;So much of your life is on display that to be alone and relaxed was a luxury we looked forward to.&quot; 
 
The sale&#39;s proceeds &quot;will ensure that the foundation, and the presidential library it supports, will be equipped to pursue its mission,&quot; John Heubusch, the foundation&#39;s executive director, said in a statement.

Proceeds will go to the non-profit Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation which promotes global democracy and individual liberty

Furniture, artwork, jewelry and collectible objects that once graced the Los Angeles home of President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, are headed for the auction block, Christie's said on Thursday. The landmark sale, a series of live and online auctions scheduled for September, also encompasses decorative pieces of art, books, ephemera, sculpture, drawings and prints from the Reagans' home in the affluent Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. Christie's said it expects the sale of some 700 lots to take in more than $2 million. But estimates are based on the items' market value, and the possessions of celebrated figures offered at auction typically have soared to many times their estimates. Proceeds will benefit the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, in line with the Reagans' wishes. "This prestigious collection offers unprecedented insight into the private lives of President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan," said Brook Hazelton, president of Christie’s Americas. "Each object offers a 'through-the-keyhole' experience revealing as-yet-untold stories of two of the 20th century’s most celebrated public figures." Reagan, a former Hollywood actor and California governor, was elected the 40th US President in 1980. He died in 2004. Nancy Reagan died earlier this year at age 94. The couple presided over a glamorous White House, where bold-faced names from the Reagans' years before the cameras as actors injected a glitzy element into Washington's traditionally staid social scene. Details on the auction items will be announced in coming weeks. Christie's said the collection includes American, English and Chinese furnishings, many evoking the "Hollywood Regency" style, and many personal objects. Estimates on individual items range from $1,000 to $50,000. The auction house said the collection was noteworthy for reflecting the simple and elegant private life the Reagans enjoyed together in Bel Air, where they often entertained. Nancy Reagan, whose family and estate trustees are holding the sale, once reflected, "So much of your life is on display that to be alone and relaxed was a luxury we looked forward to." The sale's proceeds "will ensure that the foundation, and the presidential library it supports, will be equipped to pursue its mission," John Heubusch, the foundation's executive director, said in a statement.

Art, furniture, and more from the Reagans' home to be auctioned

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