President Trump has expressed frustration over the hesitancy of key allies to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. But, given the operational challenges and the politics, putting together an international operation is unlikely to be quick or easy. Read the latest analysis by Nick go.iiss.org/3Neidf7

😡 CANADA, WAKE UP — HERE’S THE SHAMELESS LIST OF MARK CARNEY’S BROKEN PROMISES! He campaigned as the brilliant banker who’d save us from Trudeau’s mess. Instead, after nearly a year as Prime Minister, he’s delivered failure after failure while Canada shrinks and familiespecific promises he made — and how they’ve been shattered: 1. “Fastest-Growing Economy in the G7” •Promise: Canada would lead the G7 in growth, create jobs, and beat Trump’s challenges. •Reality: Canada became the only shrinking economy in the G7 by the end of 2025. Unemployment skyrocketing, investment fleeing, and growth stalled. Total betrayal! 2. Double Home-Building to 500,000 Homes Per Year (“Build, Baby, Build”) •Promise: Double the rate of residential construction, make housing affordable again for young Canadians, cut red tape, and unleash public-private building. •Reality: Housing starts are down, affordability worse than ever, and new initiatives like “Build Canada Homes” are tiny pilots (just thousands of units planned, nowhere near the target). More bureaucracy, fewer homes built. 3. Middle-Class Tax Cuts & Affordability Relief •Promise: Cut the lowest income tax bracket by 1%, save two-income families up to $825/year, eliminate GST on first-time homes up to $1M (saving up to $50K), cancel the carbon tax immediately, and ease the cost of living. •Reality: Some minor moves happened, but overall costs keep rising — groceries, housing, and everyday bills worse for most families. Deficit spending exploded instead of real relief. 4. Slash Deficits & Spending Discipline •Promise: Balance the operating budget in three years, cap public service growth, cut waste, bring operating spending growth down dramatically, and improve fiscal responsibility. •Reality: First budget doubled the deficit to $78.3 billion (up 116% from the prior year). Annual federal spending grew by $37 billion (8% increase) in just months — worse than Trudeau’s mess. Debt per Canadian now projected at record levels. 5. Stand Strong Against Trump & Fix Trade (“Elbows Up”) •Promise: Deliver a new economic/security deal with the U.S. quickly, remove tariffs, protect Canadian jobs and exports. •Reality: Tariffs doubled on key goods like lumber. Multiple deadlines passed with no deal. Exports shrinking, and Canada got played. Pure surrender, not strength. 6. Cut Red Tape & Get Big Projects Built Fast •Promise: “One Window” approvals, eliminate interprovincial trade barriers by Canada Day, fast-track nation-building projects, and reduce outdated rules across government. •Reality: Still mired in bureaucracy. Projects stalled, internal trade barriers linger, and “progress” is mostly vague frameworks with little real delivery. 7. Boost Defence Spending to 2% of GDP •Promise: Hit the NATO 2% target quickly to strengthen security. •Reality: Slow or partial moves at best — no clear achievement amid all the other failures. Bonus Outrage: He also promised no cuts to foreign aid — then broke it in his first budget. And while Canada burns, Carney has jetted abroad for 68 days in his first year (20% of his time — double Trudeau’s pace). Barely enough time here to lead! This isn’t incompetence. It’s a pattern of empty words while Brookfield gets richer and Canada gets managed decline. ENOUGH LIES. Carney promised transformation — we got worse on almost every front. If this makes your blood boil like mine, REPOST THIS LIST, smash LIKE, and comment “BROKEN PROMISES” below. Tag friends who still think he’s the saviour. Let’s force the truth into the algorithm and demand accountability! 🇨��🔥 #CarneyBrokenPromises #CarneyFailed #CanadaInDecline #EnoughIsEnough #MarkCarneyLies

This is absolutely infuriating and completely idiotic. An estimated 95,000 scientists and researchers have left federal agencies since Trump returned to the White House. These are the people tracking hurricanes, studying pediatric cancer, and modeling the climate tipping points that determine whether we can still prevent catastrophe. We lost them because this administration defunded their work, shuttered their offices, and made clear that finding out the truth is no longer a government priority. NASA’s own administrator just said studying climate change isn’t part of NASA’s mission. The agency that first warned Congress about global warming in 1988 now treats that work as a distraction. Meanwhile, China and Europe are recruiting our scientists, funding their labs, and making long-term bets on the industries of the future while we gut the research infrastructure that took generations to build. We are surrendering global scientific leadership voluntarily, deliberately, and one resignation letter at a time. nytimes.com/2026/03/25/cli…