Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney with Donald Trump in the White House, May 6, 2025
EA on PoliticsJOE: Canada and EU Make History as Trump Throws A Tantrum
In our latest 54-minute That Was The Week That Was (in TrumpLand), The Trump Report’s Maddie Hale and I highlight those standing up to Donald Trump — Canada and the EU, take a bow — highlight the Kremlin compromising the Trump family, and evaluate problems for the Trumpists from the failing War on Iran to the economy to the Epstein Files.
We begin with the historic Canada-EU announcement of a closer relationship, spurred by Trump’s tantrums and threats.
I consider the positive sign of the US Congress passing tougher sanctions on Russia, but temper that with the question of whether Trump will implement them — especially as one of the Kremlin’s operatives spent several hundred thousand dollars on the wedding party of Donald Trump Jr. on a private Caribbean island.
I take apart Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s latest statement on his attempted conversion of the Pentagon into his personal military. Meanwhile, the Trump camp may be selling out Saudi Arabia in the War on Iran, as Yemen’s Houthis challenge the kingdom.
And I check out the latest on Trump’s economic problems, six weeks before the mid-term elections, and his exposure in the Epstein Files.
Iran downed at least 2 unmanned American aircraft in recent days, U.S. officials say: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-downed-american-drones-us-officials/
“Iranian forces in recent days have brought down at least two American MQ-1 unmanned aircraft, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter who spoke to CBS News on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.”