Tuesday, October 28, 2025

There’s a Cold Wind Blowing Through Obamaland


Since Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard started releasing hidden records from the Biden administration, we’ve begun learning that there are no limits to what the Democrats will do to cement one-party rule.

Obama started what  when he had a Clinton campaign dirty trick included in an Intelligence Community assessment (ICA).  The ICA eventually triggered a formal federal investigation, known as “,” targeting Donald Trump.

Merrick Garland, Christopher Wray, and Jack Smith cooked up an operation in support of their January 6 investigation, which conveniently violated the due process rights of Republicans and conservative advocacy groups.  It was called “.”

Those two Department of Justice operations, and numerous other questionable activities, are connected in an important way: They are evidence of a conspiracy.

Recent disclosures have made it clear that our federal government, under Democrat leadership, was targeting rather than protecting the citizens of the United States.

A joint FBI/DoJ operation known as the “Midyear Review” was used to make evidence of Hillary Clinton's corruption vanish. against Clinton or her associates, who destroyed evidence during the investigation.

A Clinton campaign disinformation operation was turned into a formal investigation (Crossfire Hurricane) to mire a political opponent in a false scandal and kneecap an incoming administration.

As part of Crossfire Hurricane, targets were entrapped (Michael Flynn and George Papadopoulos), and by FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith to obtain FISA warrants.

Leaks of confidential information were used to trigger a special counsel investigation of the president of the United States (Mueller investigation).

FBI agents intimidated social media companies to censor Americans and hide evidence of Democrat wrongdoing (Hunter Biden laptop).

Special Counsel Jack Smith used his investigation of the January 6 riot to target and surveil Republican congressmen and conservative advocacy groups, such as Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA.  It’s likely that this surveillance was done without any evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the targets.  Smith’s investigation was used as cover in an attempt to remove Trump from the ballot.

When Donald Trump was re-elected, evidence of possible Deep State wrongdoing began to vanish.  Evidence collected by the January 6 committee was either destroyed or encrypted beyond recovery.  Burn bags full of previously undisclosed evidence were found hidden in FBI headquarters.

In response to these revelations, A.G. Bondi appointed Ed Martin to be the director of the DoJ Weaponization Working Group.  He is tasked with determining if the tools of law enforcement were used to violate rather than protect our constitutional rights.  Martin has hinted that he is investigating the matter as a possible conspiracy.  That is significant and should terrify anyone involved in the attempt to prevent Donald Trump from returning to office.

The statute of limitations for most federal crimes is five years.  But when criminal acts are committed as part of a broader ongoing conspiracy, the five-year countdown to immunity from prosecution doesn’t begin until the last overt act of the conspiracy has been completed.  A crime committed a decade or more in the past may not be prosecutable, but it can still be used as evidence of an ongoing conspiracy.

Here’s where things get interesting.  The abuses of Arctic Frost didn’t end until Jack Smith resigned from his post in January of 2025.  If Arctic Frost can be connected to the other activities noted above, as part of a conspiracy to influence elections, then we are only nine months into the five-year window to charge any co-conspirators.

If Andrew McCabe lied to investigators in 2016 to hide his role in the Midyear Review or Crossfire Hurricane, he can’t be charged for obstruction of those investigations.  But he can still be charged as a participant in any connected ongoing conspiracy.

In 2017, James Comey leaked potentially classified information to a friend and the press to trigger a special counsel investigation.  It’s too late to charge him with violations of the Espionage Act.  However, like McCabe, he can still be charged for his role in any ongoing conspiracy.

Thanks to Jack Smith’s Arctic Frost operation, we still have four years and three months to charge any co-conspirators for their crimes against the country.  Smith, it seems, is the gift that keeps on giving.

Now the question is this: What might the crime of the ongoing conspiracy be?  There are many possibilities, but I’m particularly fond of 18 USC §242Deprivation of rights under color of law.  It reads,

Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States ... shall be fined under this title or imprisoned.

It is illegal for any government official to use his office to deprive an American of his civil rights.  The penalty for violation of the statute depends on the level of harm done and can range from year year in prison to the death penalty.

The statute has most frequently been used to prosecute law enforcement officers for excessive use of force or illegal search and seizure.  However, it is applicable to any government official, for any violation of protected rights, such as

  • freedom of speech, deprived by government censorship.
  • due process, deprived by search or surveillance without evidence of a crime.
  • right to exercise privileges of citizenship, deprived by tampering with elections (e.g., illegally removing candidates from the ballot).

Here’s how I describe what looks like a criminal conspiracy launched in the waning days of the Obama administration:

  • The crime was deprivation of rights.
  • The objective was undermining free and fair elections.
  • The method was weaponization of criminal justice system.

It appears a rogue’s gallery of government miscreants will likely be eligible for prosecution by the current administration.

  • Barack Obama, who had an ICA falsified.
  • Andrew McCabe, who launched Crossfire Hurricane.
  • Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, who created an “insurance policy” against an undesirable election outcome.
  • John Brennan, who falsified foreign intelligence information.
  • James Clapper, who lied to Congress.
  • Kevin Clinesmith, who falsified evidence to obtain a FISA warrant against a political campaign.
  • James Comey, who leaked confidential information.
  • Robert Mueller, who conducted a three-year investigation where no crime had been committed.
  • Christopher Wray, who used the FBI to censor social media companies.
  • Joe Biden, who designated 74 million Americans enemies of the state (in his “red speech”) and unleashed the Justice Department to target them.
  • Merrick Garland, who authorized Arctic Frost.
  • Jack Smith, who surveilled Republicans and conservatives.

Now we see evidence that all of those acts were connected and, thanks to Jack Smith, can be used as evidence of an ongoing ten-year conspiracy.

When Director Gabbard began releasing incriminating information about the Obama and Biden administrations, CIA director Ratcliffe said he wasn’t concerned about the statute of limitations.  Now we know why.  Operation Arctic Frost reset the deadline to issue indictments.

It’s no wonder the co-conspirators have gone into a hysterical fight-or-flight mode.  They are facing consequences they never foresaw, because they were blinded by their own ambition.



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Mohamed El-Erian Outlines Stunning Success of President Trump’s Tariff, Trade and Economic Policy Agenda



Wharton Professor and noted economist Mohamed El-Erian appeared on Fox News to discuss the jaw-dropping success President Trump is having with his global trade reset.

As noted by El-Erian no one, including El-Erian himself, expected President Trump to be able to navigate a global trade and economic reset with such stunning success.  The entire economic policy is being driven by the personal influence of President Trump as he leverages tariffs and policy incentives to the benefit of the USA economy exclusively.

The scale of Trump’s agenda is difficult to overstate, and China is now positioned to feel incredible pressure to align Beijing policy with the requests of President Trump.  “We thought there would be a massive retaliation against the US, there hasn’t been” El-Erian noted.  “We’re collecting $800 Billion of tariff revenue” and “inflation has waned,” he said.  This is a remarkable situation that few economists could accurately predict.  WATCH:



This is not a surprise to readers here as we have discussed the Trump trade agenda with clear, non-pretending eyes.  The ASEAN trip by President Trump is a masterclass in leveraging trade relationships and creating isolation for China.  The downstream consequences for Canada continue to build as the Carney administration doubles down on their entrenched and futile opposition.

If President Trump can formulate a strong, actionable and enforceable free trade agreement with Chairman Xi, it will undercut the ability of Canada to assemble cheap component goods not available in the U.S. manufacturing equation for total cost of goods.  This puts Trump in an even stronger position heading into the 2026 USMCA (CUSMA) dissolution phase.

Additionally, despite the mainstream thoughts to the contrary, putting distance between Russia and China is not averse to the interests of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, who would strategically prefer to do business with the ‘West’ over Beijing.  However, China does not want to see their Biden-created tentacle weakened in Russia.

China retains a vision of a global financial market option beyond the dollar, and Xi plays that long-term strategy game with Putin quite effectively.  It is only President Trump who holds the key to weakening that strategy, and Chairman Xi likely reminds everyone -through his emissaries- that they can wait out the Trump administration.

However, during the ASEAN conference, again we see President Trump drawing heavily on the personal factor as a part of his strategic influence operation to push distance between Southeast Asia and Beijing.  Cunning Panda can undoubtedly see that play, however, culturally they may underestimate the strength of the dynamic.  President Trump leverages the world’s biggest market with a smile.  The world’s biggest sellers want and need to keep that smile on the face of their #1 customer.

President Donald Trump is a friendly dealmaker, until he is not. Southeast Asia understands this dynamic very well.


UK ‘Journo’ Who Cheered Hamas Massacre Gets One-Way Ticket Home Courtesy of ICE


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From the "I Voted For This" files comes the woeful story of Sami Hamdi, a Muslim political commentator from the United Kingdom who was detained over the weekend in San Francisco, California.

Hamdi was in the United States to take part in a nationwide tour speaking tour being held by the Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which is a red flag unto itself. He had spoken at the annual gala of CAIR Sacramento on Saturday and was on his way to speak at a CAIR Florida event on Sunday when the long arm of federal law enforcement caught up with him.

But, it's not his association with CAIR that brought Hamdi to the attention of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in San Francisco, it was his history of inflammatory anti-Israel comments that led to his detainment and what looks like his one-way ticket back home. 

Days after the October 7 atrocity in Israel, Hamdi, who is the editor-in-chief of a news site called The International Interest, told a mosque in London to "celebrate the victory." This so-called "victory" saw 1,200 Israelis raped and butchered and hundreds more kidnapped, including American citizens.

For context, here's Sami Hamdi in his own words:

“We are pitying a people who brought a huge victory since 1948,” he said. “Don’t pity them, they don’t want your pity. Celebrate the victory,” he said.

“How many of you felt it in your hearts when you got the news that it happened? How many of you felt the euphoria? Allahu Akbari!”

Hamdi also claimed Israel’s accusations of sexual violence committed by Hamas were false, according to The Telegraph. 

This kind of incendiary rhetoric apparently earned Hamdi regular commentator opportunities on places like Al Jazeera, BBC, and Sky News.

Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin has confirmed that Hamdi's "visa was revoked and he is in ICE custody pending removal."

Thanks to the work of @Sec_Noem and @SecRubio and the men and women of law enforcement, this individual’s visa was revoked and he is in ICE custody pending removal. 

Under President Trump, those who support terrorism and undermine American national security will not be allowed to work or visit this country. 

It’s commonsense.

Our friends at CAIR are pitching a fit and accusing the Trump administration of "abducting a prominent British Muslim journalist and political commentator." From their statement on Hamdi:

“Abducting a prominent British Muslim journalist and political commentator on a speaking tour in the United States because he dared to criticize the Israeli government’s genocide is a blatant affront to free speech,” CAIR said in a statement.

“Our nation must stop abducting critics of the Israeli government at the behest of unhinged Israel First bigots. This is an Israel First policy, not an America First policy, and it must end.”

It's refreshing to see the U.S. finally take seriously who is allowed to come into our country ... and who is not. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has previously said, "Coming to the United States on a visa is a privilege, not a right. The Trump Administration is determined to deny or revoke your visa if you're here to support terrorists." And they obviously mean it.

Sami Hamdi and CAIR are finding out the hard way that we only want the best of the best to have the privilege of entering the United States. And, yes, I did vote for this.



This Guy Thought It Would Be a Good Idea to Post a $45,000 Bounty on Pam Bondi – the FBI Disagreed



Federal authorities arrested a Minnesota man on October 16 for allegedly offering a $45,000 bounty for U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on video video-sharing platform TikTok.

Tyler Maxon Avalos was detained in Ramsesy County on several charges. Avalos allegedly posted a murder-for-hire style threat against Bondi in a post on TikTok, which is a violation of a federal law prohibiting interstate transmission of a threat to injure another person, according to the affidavit.

The FBI discovered the alleged threat after receiving a tip at the agency’s National Threat Operations Center about a “threatening post against United States Attorney General Pam Bondi.”

Avalos’ post displayed an image of Bondi with “a sniper-scope red dot on AG Bondi’s forehead” and the caption “WANTED Pam Bondi REWARD 45,000 DEAD OR ALIVE PREFERABLY DEAD.” The post also featured a comment from the same account saying, “cough cough when they don’t serve us then what?”

The affidavit notes that the account had a pinned link to “An Anarchist FAQ.”

Avalos has a lengthy criminal history. He has been convicted of felony stalking and domestic violence. 

Law & Crime reported that a US magistrate judge had granted Avalos’ release from custody. The suspect is not allowed to travel outside of Minnesota and is required to undergo mental health treatment. He is also not allowed to possess firearms or consume alcohol.

Political violence has surged in America over the past five years. Threats against members of Congress rose by more than 18 percent, according to Capitol Police. Princeton University’s Bridging Divides Initiative found that vigilante activity “is becoming a more common form of political violence.” 



New Boss at CBS May Be Looking to Snag Talent From Other Networks - One Name Will Drive the Left Mad


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The Left has been losing its mind at Bari Weiss taking over as editor-in-chief at CBS News. 

Weiss isn't even right-wing; she is more center-liberal. But they're upset that she may sometimes question the liberal orthodoxy. The Left has had such a grip on the media for so long; they don't like anyone who they might not be able to control. We saw how much they flipped out when Elon Musk took over the X platform. Their extreme reactions helped to move him further right, I think, and truly backfired on them. 

I reported earlier how some on the Left were having a fit over Face the Nation's Margaret Brennan putting Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) on the spot with some good journalistic questions. They thought it was somehow scary or worrisome, and thought it might be due to the influence of Weiss. Indeed, if Weiss is trying to get them back to basic journalism, that's something everyone should welcome. That's good for the American people. 

But the Left is likely to truly go off the rails with the latest report about Weiss. 

There had been a report last week that she was interested in trying to poach Bret Baier from Fox. That seems unlikely that she would be able to pluck him away from Fox, where he has been for so long. I don't see him moving from there. 

But another person she is purportedly looking to entice from CNN is their conservative commentator, Scott Jennings. According to Semafor, Jennings visited Weiss this week at CBS New York headquarters.

That's the one that would really stick in the craw of the Left. Jennings has become a big favorite of conservatives for the way he nukes the Democrats. So if he went from CNN to CBS in that capacity, Weiss could be bringing with him his audience and new viewers who don't normally watch CBS. The fact that she's open to that shows she wants to bring more balance to the network. Jennings also has a Salem radio show. That would certainly class CBS up and bring some important thought there. We'll have to see what happens there. 

I suspect that the Left will have a lot to complain about as Weiss works to reform the network and bring balance there. It's much needed, after things like the 60 Minutes editing of the Kamala Harris interview caused such a problem for them. 

Weiss has already caused some upset at the network by asking employees to — gasp — tell her what they do, and what they believe is working or not working. How dare she act like a boss and try to see how she could improve the place and how things are working! It was a perfectly normal question. But likely not one that they had been used to hearing there, and that's part of the problem. 

She may bring back some credibility that they long ago lost. 



Secretary Marco Rubio Reacts to President Trump Saying He’s a Great Candidate for 2028


There are going to be three MAGA groups:  ♦Group one, team Rubio.  ♦Group two, team Vance – Musk/Thiel.  ♦Group three (alligator emojis) team DeSantis – Ellison/Murdoch.   It looks like Trump wants team one and team two to work together, avoiding team three.

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Washington DC’s Biggest Union Collective, AFGE, Just Told Democrats to End the Schumer Shutdown



The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) union has now released a statement [SEE HERE] saying both sides have proved their point, and it is now time to end the federal government shutdown and pass a short-term continuing resolution (CR).

This move will put significant pressure on the Leftists and Democrats to stop their federal government shutdown. The AFGE represents 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers.  The position by the AFGE carries with it a cultural component in alignment with the DC membership makeup.

In approximately one week SNAP benefits will be at risk, and collectively the interests of the AFGE and the AME (African Methodist Episcopal Church) come into alignment. The change in position is not coincidental.

WASHINGTON — The country’s largest union representing federal workers is calling for lawmakers to pass a short-term spending measure to immediately end the government shutdown, urging Democrats to abandon their current position and join Republicans in supporting a stopgap solution.

“Both political parties have made their point, and still there is no clear end in sight,” American Federation of Government Employees President Everett Kelley wrote in a statement first shared with NBC News. “It’s time to pass a clean continuing resolution and end this shutdown today. No half measures, and no gamesmanship.”

The statement could increase pressure on Democrats to budge from their stance. Senate Democrats have insisted that they won’t vote to reopen the government without a commitment from Republicans and President Donald Trump on extending health care subsidies through the Affordable Care Act, which are set to expire at the end of the year. Without them, health insurance premiums on Obamacare markets will skyrocket for many individuals and families. (more)



We’re Not Playing Games: Trump Responds to Russia’s Latest Nuclear Missile Test



In response to recent Russian nuclear missile tests, President Trump warned Vladimir Putin that the United States has the world's most powerful nuclear submarine right off of Russia's coast.

President Trump not only responded to the threat but also maintained that his only strategic goal in negotiations with Russia is to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. The military capabilities of Russia seemed to be of little immediate concern.

"Russia said this week that they’ve tested a new missile that can go more than 8,000 miles. Is that saber-rattling for you? What is that?" a reporter asked.

"I know we have a nuclear submarine, the greatest in the world, right off their shores. So, I mean, it doesn’t have to go 8,000 miles, and they’re not playing games with us. We’re not playing games with them either," Trump replied. "We test missiles all the time. But, you know, we do have a submarine, a nuclear submarine. We don’t need to go 8,000 miles. And I don’t think it’s an appropriate thing for Putin to be saying either, by the way. You ought to get the war ended. A war that should have taken one week is now in its soon fourth year. That’s what you ought to do instead of testing missiles."

The President issued his warning on Monday, aboard Air Force One.

Russian officials had announced the successful testing of its nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile on Sunday, boasting a range of over 8,000 miles and its ability to break through missile defense systems. Valery Gerasimov, Russia's top general and chief of the general staff of the Russian armed forces, informed Putin that the missile traveled 8,700 miles and was in the air for 15 hours. The test was conducted on October 21st. 



This New Weapon May Be Able to Neutralize an Enemy's First Strike


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Late in World War 2, in the European theater, the Germans hit the Allied air forces with something new: Jet fighters. Chief among them was the Messerschmitt Me-262, a big, brutal twin-engine beast packing four 30-mm cannons. It was considerably faster than the American P-51 Mustang, generally considered the best piston-engine fighter in the air at the time. It was near-impossible to defeat in the air, but it was slow and cumbersome on taxi, vulnerable during takeoff and landing, and required a long runway.

So we went after them when they were on the ground, destroying aircraft and bases alike. It worked.

It's a good way to go after a foe with air superiority, or at least, better aircraft. Take them out on the ground. Take out their bases. And now, with long-range, accurate cruise missiles, that's easier to do, even when the air base may be an aircraft carrier. But one company, Shield AI, has come up with a new AI-powered fighter that may be able to counter any such move.

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has spent years building an arsenal of long-range precision missiles — including "carrier killers" like the DF-21D and DF-26 — capable of destroying U.S. aircraft carriers and striking American airfields across the Pacific. The goal: keep U.S. air power out of range before it can even launch.

Now, a U.S. defense technology firm says it has built a way to fight back. Shield AI, based in San Diego, has unveiled a new AI-piloted fighter jet designed to operate without runways, without GPS, and without constant communication links — an aircraft that can think, fly and fight on its own.

This new system, if it works as advertised, could bring about a whole new iteration of that great old American military truism: "Do unto others, first."

Shield AI says the jet, called X-BAT, can take off vertically, reach 50,000 feet, fly more than 2,000 nautical miles, and execute strike or air defense missions using an onboard autonomy system known as Hivemind. It’s designed to operate from ships, small islands or improvised sites — places where traditional jets can’t. The aircraft’s dash speed remains classified.

"China has built this anti-access aerial denial bubble that holds our runways at risk," said Armor Harris, Shield AI’s senior vice president of aircraft engineering, in an interview with Fox News. "They’ve basically said, ‘We’re not going to compete stealth-on-stealth in the air — we’ll target your aircraft before they even get off the ground.’"

China has advanced fighters, or at least, they claim to; everything that issues forth from the Chinese People's Liberation Army should be taken with a huge truckload of salt. But quantity has a quality all its own, and China does have the capacity to build an awful lot of second-rate aircraft.

This new American system could have an answer:

X-BAT’s Hivemind autonomy allows it to operate in denied or jammed environments, where traditional aircraft would be blind. The system uses onboard sensors to interpret its surroundings, reroute around threats and identify targets in real time. "It’s reading and reacting to the situation around it," Harris said. "It’s not flying a pre-programmed route. If new threats appear, it can reroute itself or identify targets and then ask a human for permission to engage."

Of course, giving the keys to a robot would require making sure that its target-identification protocols were dialed all the way in. You wouldn't want one shooting down a friendly - or an airliner.

The axiom, "We solve today's problems with tomorrow's technology," would seem to apply here as well. If the X-BAT is adopted, it could be in service as soon as 2029. It would allow the American armed forces to produce a capable aircraft at a fraction of the cost of an F-22 or F-35, and allow us to launch them from almost anywhere, flooding the skies with a bunch of smart drones with weapons.

This is a system that's bound to give Chinese and Russian war planners some headaches, and any Chinese or Russian pilots who go up against a smart-bot swarm would no doubt come out of it feeling maladjusted - if this system works as advertised. And that, yes, is the big "if."



Canada Likely to Take Chinese EV Production as Offset to Lost U.S. Trade


As previously outlined, Canada is so entrenched with their ‘orange man bad’ syndrome, they just cannot get out of their own way on stupid trade decisions.  {GO DEEP}

You might remember Mexico retreating from Chinese electric vehicle (EV) development following the November 2024 election of Donald Trump.

China was on the cusp of investing $5 to $7 billion in new EV manufacturing in Mexico, when President Trump announced he would impose massive tariffs to block any import of Chinese EVs made in Mexico. Trump won the election and together China and Mexico scrapped their plan.

Europe then stepped on the Chinese EV rake and began purchasing carbon credits from Chinese EV companies to avoid the “climate change” auto goals and subsequent fines to EU car companies for not hitting EV production targets. In essence, Europe is paying Chinese EV companies for carbon credits, thereby subsidizing lower priced Chinese EVs in Europe. The EU is paying China to destroy their own auto industry.

Now, it’s Canada’s turn.

As a result of President Trump asserting tariffs against imported autos, the large auto companies are abandoning plans to build or expand auto manufacturing in Canada. The Canadians are angry, and the professional political class in Canada is doing everything they can to continue ramping up opposition to Donald Trump.

With increased tariffs against Canada, and with the likely dissolution of the USMCA (CUSMA) coming in the near future, the Canadian govt of Mark Carney has been traveling the world to find alternative markets for their goods and services. The main targets for new Canadian economic and trade relations are the U.K, EU and China.

In a deal to expand the trade relationship with China, the Canadian government of Mark Carney is now proposing to drop tariffs against Chinese EVs in a deal to sell more pork and canola oil. That’s correct, in essence Canada will take the EV auto business abandoned by Mexico.

This was Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s grand plan as he attended the ASEAN summit in Malaysia.

Keep in mind, as we have outlined all along during Trump’s trade reset, the USMCA is going to be abandoned in favor of two bilateral free trade agreements; one with Mexico and one with Canada.

As outlined in the Mexican decision to cancel EV investment, Mexico is aligning for a favorable trade relationship with President Trump and the USA.

The Mexican govt can see the benefits and accepts their regional dependency to the world’s largest consumer market. However, Canada is doing exactly the opposite and increasing the disconnect between Canada and the United States on key sectors of trade and commerce.

Canada may benefit in the short term from sales of pork and canola to Beijing, while simultaneously gaining Chinese investment in cobalt mining and auto development for EVs. But those EVs will never be permitted to cross the border into the USA and any effort to enhance Chinese EV sales in Canada will only disconnect them more from trade with Donald Trump and the USA.

[BACKGROUND HERE] – [Canada/Chinese EV Deal Here]