President Donald Trump has sharply escalated his trade fight with Canada, announcing a move that could strip billions of dollars’ worth of Canadian-made products from U.S. government purchasing channels.

In a lengthy post on social media, Trump accused America’s northern neighbor of what he called a “Canadian trade scam.”

“Canada has been ripping us off for years, but what many do not realize is that the Canadian Government, including Canadian Provinces, have banned American Small Businesses and Companies from selling into their Government Procurement Markets,” he wrote.

Trump said his administration would respond with a tougher standard for market access. “From now on, no reciprocity – no access,” he continued, adding that he had directed the General Services Administration, or GSA, to “take all necessary steps to remove Canadian-origin products” from the agency’s approved vendor lists under its Multiple Award Schedules program.

Those federal purchasing schedules represent a major stream of government spending, with Trump noting that they “account for more than 50 billion dollars a year.”

Trump is effectively referring to the US government’s pre-approved shopping catalogs. Once a company is on the list, federal agencies around the nation can purchase its products or services without a full review for each transaction. 

In total, over $50 billion worth of supplies are purchased from the catalogs. With Canadian-origin products scrubbed from the list, the nation could suffer from lost business. 

Trump also noted in his post how Canada has banned some imports from US dairy and automotive companies. 

But the president left himself a way out. If Canada restores ‘full and fair reciprocity’ for American farmers and firms, he would pull back the penalty.

It’s a sign his threat could be more of a bargaining chip than a lasting policy.

Just one day prior, on Monday, Trump again flexed his presidential power to punish Canada’s premier jet manufacturer Bombardier. 

The president shared in a social media post that Bombardier will no longer be allowed to sell in the US unless it manufactures here too. 

‘No more selling Bombardier in the United States,’ Trump wrote on Monday. ‘If they want our Market, they must build here, and stop treating America like a ‘piggybank.” 

‘Buy American. Fly on American airliners. Enjoy American liquor and beverages. Sail on Lake America,’ Trump added, noting his new initiative to rename Lake Ontario – yet another line of attack amid the burgeoning trade war. 

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After US-Canada trade negotiations fell apart last month, the US announced a 50 percent tariff on over $20 billion worth of Canadian goods, a rate that the US’s northern neighbor matched ‘dollar for dollar’ by levying new tariffs on American goods.

Those Canadian retaliatory tariffs went into effect on Tuesday morning.  

Trump has announced further tariffs that will take effect on January 1, 2027, seemingly giving the two sides time to negotiate. 

‘Bombardier values its great partnership with American companies and its U.S. employees,’ the company said in a statement. ‘Our plan is to continue to invest in our people, our customers, and the communities in which we operate across the country.’

About 2,188 Bombardier aircraft were registered in the United States in January, according to data. Bombardier customers operate roughly half of the company’s more than 5,100 aircraft worldwide in the United States, according to Reuters.

Already, Republicans have signaled their opposition to the White House’s latest gambit targeting Bombardier. 

Republican Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas wrote on Monday that he had contacted the administration to ‘make certain the President is aware of the significant contributions of Bombardier to Kansas and the importance of its presence in Wichita to many Kansas workers at Bombardier and in the Bombardier supply chain.’

Bombardier’s US headquarters is based in Kansas, where it also operates a major defense and flight test facility. 

Its HQ employs over 1,000 Kansans while the company has roughly 3,500 American workers nationwide. 

‘I will continue working to see that Bombardier’s manufacturing operations not only remain in Kansas but continue to grow and create American jobs,’ Moran’s statement continued.

‘Kansas is home to a hardworking, skilled workforce, and I will continue welcoming leaders in aircraft and defense manufacturing to do business here in the Air Capital of the World.’

Trump previously threatened Bombardier in January when calling for Canada to drop regulations on US plane manufacturer Gulfstream. 

A central figure in the brutal torture and killing of a transgender man at a motel in upstate New York received the harshest sentence allowed Tuesday, prompting an emotional outburst from people packed inside the courtroom.

Precious Arzuaga and her former girlfriend, Jennifer Quijano, were both sentenced to life behind bars with no chance of parole for their involvement in the 2025 death of Sam Nordquist, who endured a month of fatal abuse.

“F–k you. You’re the devil,” one person in the Ontario County courtroom yelled, while others applauded Judge Kristina Karle’s decision to impose the maximum punishment, the Times Union reported.

Arzuaga, who admitted guilt to first-degree murder in July, sat with her head lowered for much of the proceeding, raising it only briefly to blow a kiss toward her mother as officers led her away.

Addressing the devastation left behind, Karle said the question still haunting those who loved Nordquist was simple: “We all want to know why.” She continued, “Why was someone so good taken so tragically? Was it because Sam was everything you were not and will never be?”

Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man, was found dead in a field in Yates County on Feb. 13, 2025.

The Minnesota transplant had been staying with Arzuaga at Patty’s Lodge motel in Canandaigua, roughly 30 minutes outside of Rochester, since he arrived in the Empire State in September 2024.

Arzuaga lured Nordquist to the region under the prospect of a loving relationship but instead began a campaign of torment stretching from Jan. 1, 2025 to Feb. 2, 2025.

“Sadly and tragically, he found you. And you represent everything opposite of Sam,” Karle said.

The devious woman led a group of six others, including Quijano and two children — one of whom was her son — to beat, torture and sexually assault Nordquist inside the motel room.

Nordquist was punched, kicked, beaten with sticks, dog toys, ropes canes and belts — and assaulted with a table leg and broomstick in the weeks leading to his death.

He died of repeated acts of violence and torture, authorities ruled.

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Nordquist was reported missing by family members on Feb. 9, after he lost contact with them.

He was found dumped in the field in Yates County wrapped in plastic several days later.

For the grueling month, Nordquist was held captive inside and caged like a dog in a cynical crime prosecutors compared to a Hollywood horror film.

“This is the worst of the worst,” Ontario County First Assistant District Attorney James Nobles said. “It may be common on television or in the movies, but not in real life.”

Nordquist’s mother and sister spoke before Arzuaga was sentenced.

“Sam had the gentlest heart of anyone I’ve ever known,” his mother Linda said. “He saw the good in people. Even when they did not deserve it.”

Prosecutors didn’t disclose a motive for Arzuaga’s actions but revealed chilling text messages she had sent before Nordquist’s murder.

“Sam can never leave New York alive,” one message from Arzuaga read, as attorneys characterized it as “torture for torture sake,” WHAM reported.

Both Arzuaga and Quijano pleaded guilty in July to all charges they faced, including first-degree murder, kidnapping, conspiracy, aggravated sexual abuse, concealment of a human corpse and endangering the welfare of a child.

Quijano’s involvement in Nordquist’s torture and murder was motivated by jealousy after Arzuaga’s attention was no longer focused on her, prosecutors said.

“It’s just that Sam had Precious’s attention and she hated him for it,” Assistant District Attorney Sara Van Strydonck said. “So you want to know the motive? The motive is jealousy.”

Emily Motyka and Kyle Sage both pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and second-degree kidnapping for their roles in Nordquist’s death. They are awaiting sentencing.

The three remaining defendants — including Patrick Goodwin and Thomas Eaves — are scheduled to go to trial in January.

The United Kingdom announced a broad package of new measures Tuesday aimed at Israeli settlements in the West Bank, setting off an immediate diplomatic clash with Israel and drawing a stern warning from a senior official in the Trump administration.

Within hours, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said that, with the approval of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel would shut down the British Consulate in Jerusalem and introduce retaliatory steps in response to the U.K. sanctions.

Israel’s response will also remove British representatives from the International Gaza Support Center in Kiryat Gat, halt British involvement in training Palestinian Authority forces in the West Bank, and bar entry to 12 British elected officials and other U.K. nationals accused by Israel of antisemitic or anti-Israel activity.

“Measures against Israel will not go unanswered,” Sa’ar said. “Whoever acts against Israel, Israel will act against them, and they will lose their influence and relevance in the region.”

The escalation came hours after Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told Parliament that Britain would ban imports of goods from Israeli settlements, target companies and individuals facilitating settlement expansion, and refuse licenses for arms and other exports that materially contribute to the occupation.

The move is part of a coordinated push with France, Canada and other European partners amid what the governments described Tuesday as “unprecedented levels of settler violence and settlement expansion” in the West Bank, including Israel’s E1 project, which they argue threatens the viability of a future Palestinian state. The measures come just weeks before world leaders gather for the U.N. General Assembly in New York and less than two months before Israel’s Oct. 27 election, adding diplomatic and political stakes to an already strained relationship between Israel and several of its traditional Western allies.

At the same time, the foreign ministers recognized Israel’s “legitimate security interests” and reiterated their condemnation of Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack, which they described as “the worst antisemitic massacre since the Holocaust.” They said their objective remained a two-state solution allowing Israel and “a sovereign, democratic and viable Palestinian state” to live side by side in peace and security.

The timing has also become a political issue inside Britain. An unnamed Labor MP told The Telegraph that Prime Minister Andy Burnham had faced pressure from colleagues worried about Gaza-related campaigning and losing seats to the Greens, while Israeli officials have accused London of trying to influence Israel’s election — claims the British government rejects as it frames the measures as an effort to preserve the two-state solution.

“Today, I announce that the official view of the British government is that the occupation is unlawful,” Miliband told lawmakers Tuesday.

Miliband opened the statement by describing himself as a “proud British Jew” with “the deepest gratitude to the State of Israel,” recalling how his grandmother found refuge there after losing her husband and 60 other family members at the hands of the Nazis.

He stressed that the measures were aimed at settlements rather than Israel itself.

“The sanctions regime will target illegal settlement and settlement expansion. Not Israel,” Miliband said, adding that Britain would continue to support trade with Israel inside the Green Line and that he “wholeheartedly” opposed the broader Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.

Miliband also condemned rising antisemitism in Britain, saying, “Holding British Jews responsible for the actions of the Israeli government is antisemitism, plain and simple.”

He reaffirmed Israel’s right to defend itself against terrorism, called for Hamas to disarm and dismantle its terrorist infrastructure under the U.S. -led 20-point Gaza plan, and announced sanctions against Hezbollah financing institution Al-Qard Al-Hassan. He also said Britain was reimposing major economic sanctions on Iran and would continue security cooperation with Israel against shared threats.

The measures drew immediate criticism from U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, who warned in an interview with BBC World Service Newsday that Britain could face economic repercussions in the United States.

“I think without a doubt there will be,” Huckabee said when asked whether the U.K. should expect consequences.

Huckabee pointed to Florida and other states with anti-boycott laws, arguing that British companies could face restrictions on doing business there.

“If the Brits do something like this with a partner, Israel, then they will not be able to do business in Florida,” he said, warning of a “huge economic impact on British businesses.”

He also challenged Britain’s policy on substantive grounds, arguing that Israel is permitted under the Oslo agreements to build communities in Area C and predicting that the sanctions would have “a very negative effect that does not meet whatever goal maybe that the Brits have.”

In a separate portion of the BBC interview, Huckabee said, “I feel like that it’s a discrimination against the Israeli government. It’s a discrimination against the Jewish people. And I don’t understand the rationale.”

The Trump administration also made clear Tuesday that Washington would not join the coordinated sanctions push. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States does not want to see “anything destabilizing” in the West Bank, but said Washington would not follow Britain, France and Canada in blocking imports from Israeli settlements, according to Reuters.

Sa’ar also accused London of interfering in Israel’s election campaign and said the settlement sanctions were driven by domestic British politics ahead of the Labor Party conference.

“The British move is morally distorted and constitutes blatant interference in the affairs of a sovereign state and in its electoral process,” he said.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog called Britain’s move a “grave miscalculation” Tuesday and argued that it amounted to “gross interference” in Israel’s upcoming election, according to a statement from his office.

Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, president and founder of the Tel Aviv-based Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center, also criticized the measures, arguing that the economic impact would be limited while the political consequences could be significant.

“These sanctions are not serious economic policy; they are political theater staged at Israel’s expense,” Darshan-Leitner told News Media. She disputed Britain’s legal characterization of the territory, saying, “The territories are disputed, not sovereign Palestinian land, and their future must be negotiated by the parties under the Oslo framework.”

Darshan-Leitner also argued that because little of the roughly $8 billion in annual U.K.-Israel trade originates in West Bank settlements, the measures would have little direct economic effect while potentially influencing Israel’s political debate ahead of elections.

Miliband, however, argued that failing to act would allow continued settlement expansion to destroy the possibility of a two-state solution. He focused particularly on Israel’s E1 project east of Jerusalem, which Britain and numerous other governments say threatens the territorial viability of a future Palestinian state.

Sa’ar rejected Britain’s position that the E1 settlement project threatens the viability of a future Palestinian state.

The policy has also exposed divisions within Britain.

Conservative lawmaker Tom Tugendhat acknowledged in Parliament that illegal settlements were wrong and that some settlers had committed “outrageous abuses” against Palestinians, but argued that the government’s response risked hurting ordinary Israelis and Palestinians.

“What we reject here is not the intent, but the performative politics,” Tugendhat said, warning against acting without sufficiently broad international support.

Miliband rejected arguments that the measures were intended to isolate Israel.

“Our argument is not with the people of Israel, with whom the U.K. has unshakable bonds,” he said. “Our argument is with the conduct of its government.”

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis also sharply criticized the measures, calling Tuesday “a truly dark day for British Jews.”

“Today our Government has chosen to ignore the deep concerns expressed by so many of us,” Mirvis wrote on X. “These measures will succeed only in bolstering the very extremism they seek to target.”

Mirvis argued that the sanctions would do little to advance peace and could deepen hostility toward Israel at a time of heightened concern about antisemitism in Britain.

“Gesture politics of this kind feeds into an increasingly hostile discourse about Israel,” he wrote, warning that the cumulative effect of such policies could “further embolden those, at home and abroad, who use hatred as a weapon against Jews.”

Jimmy Kimmel wasted no time taking aim at President Trump as he returned to late-night television after his summer break — just hours after reports surfaced suggesting his long-running show could end next year.

The comedian stepped back onto the stage Tuesday night for the first time in three months, with the episode marking both his return from summer hiatus and a major milestone: the 4,000th installment of Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Sources told Page Six that his 24-year television run is set to end in 2027, but insisted his criticism of Trump was unlikely to be the reason. 

Kimmel, 58, did not address the reports about the future of his late-night run. Instead, he used his 15-minute opening monologue to deliver a sharp and sustained critique of the president.

‘Donald Trump and I have one thing in common,’ he told the audience. ‘We both accomplished nothing all summer long.’

The Jimmy Kimmel Live host then moved through a series of Trump and White House moments, saying that when he left for vacation in June, the ‘country was a mess.’

He rattled off the war with Iran, soaring gas prices, high inflation and Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, who ‘was either alive or dead, nobody seemed to have any idea which.’ 

Kimmel then mocked Trump’s botched $20 million Reflecting Pool makeover, branding the landmark a ‘big green slop hole’ while showing images of its murky green waters. 

‘Now, only three months later, I’m so pleased to report that thanks to your favorite president, DJ Jazzy Donald, every one of those problems has been solved, we made America great again!’ the comedian said sarcastically.

Earlier this week, the Reflecting Pool found itself in yet another mess after powerful storms left the landmark surrounded by toppled fencing, fallen trees, dirty rainwater and debris – just days after Trump claimed it was ‘almost completely fixed.’

It was the latest setback for a project that began in April to repair the pool and turn it ‘American Flag Blue’ – a renovation the White House said would take just a few weeks. 

‘The president had three months, spent 20 million dollars and couldn’t even get a pool cleaned,’ Kimmel said during Tuesday’s show, before showing recent photos of the Reflecting Pool covered in tarps and seemingly filled with dark liquid.

‘I thought he was supposed to drain the swamp, he turned it into gravy instead,’ he said, joking that perhaps Trump was pumping the pool with Diet Coke instead – a quip that drew laughter from the crowd.

‘How are we supposed to win the war with Iran when we can’t even win the war against algae for God sake,’ the comedian added.

Kimmel then turned his focus to Trump’s popularity with Americans, declaring: ‘Trump’s poll numbers and pool numbers are at all-time lows. Only 33 percent.’

He claimed that with just one in three registered voters approving of his job performance, the president is doing everything he can to ‘keep us from voting in the midterms.’

Kimmel then stunned the crowd with a joke about 35-year-old Natalie Harp, one of Trump’s top personal aides, after her intimate handwritten letters to the president were revealed – including one that read: ‘You are all that matters to me.’

‘Would a president with historically low popularity number play golf instead of working over the weekend?’ Kimmel said. 

‘I don’t know, would Natalie Harp drive a golf cart in high heels? You bet your chicken tenders they would,’ he added, as an image of Harp driving a golf cart in heels flashed behind him.

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The host then zeroed in on the week’s biggest developments: ‘On Friday, fuel prices hit an all-time high. The Strait of Hormuz is still closed… at this point, Blockbuster Video has a better chance of reopening than the Strait of Hormuz,’ he said.

Kimmel said Trump, who declared victory on the first day of the war nearly six-and-a-half months ago, is now dismissing the ongoing conflict as ‘small potatoes.’ 

‘No one knows more about small potatoes than a man who is built like a sack of wet tater tots,’ he joked.

With Tuesday’s episode airing just after Labor Day weekend, Kimmel flashed a 2024 post from Trump in which he claimed Americans were suffering through the holiday thanks to Kamala Harris.

At the time, the president wrote: ‘Under Comrade Kamala Harris, all Americans are suffering during this Holiday weekend – High Gas Prices, Transportation Costs are up and Grocery Prices are through the roof.’

‘We can’t keep living under this weak and failed “Leadership…”‘ Trump added.

In response, Kimmel pointed to gas prices on Labor Day 2024 under Harris, which he said stood at $3.33 a gallon. Now, he said, prices have ballooned to $4.15 a gallon – the highest Labor Day gas prices in US history. 

He described Trump as ‘crazier than ever,’ pointing to the barrage of AI-generated images flooding his social media feeds and noting that he posted 37 times on Sunday alone. 

Kimmel’s heated monologue ended with a compilation video of what he called the best and worst moments of Trump’s summer 2026, before the main show finally got underway.

Tuesday’s show followed the shocking news that the decades-long late-night run is reportedly set to end in 2027, according to Page Six.

An insider told the publication: ‘His contract is not getting extended.’ Kimmel was famously suspended by the network a year earlier.

In a statement to the Daily Mail, a spokesperson for ABC Entertainment said: ‘This information is inaccurate – any reports about the future of the show at this point are purely speculative.’  

One insider claimed that new Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro wouldn’t be influenced by pressure from Trump and his supporters.

‘He’s not afraid of the administration… Josh isn’t folding,’ they claimed.

Another source at ABC claimed that a desire to cut costs may have influenced the network to not renew Kimmel’s contract, stating: ‘It wouldn’t have anything to do with Trump.’

D’Amaro was also reportedly offering early-retirement packages to executives as part of a restructuring and push to cut costs.