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Trump has flip-flopped on abortion policy. His appointees may offer clues to what happens next CHICAGO (AP) — As Donald Trump’s Cabinet begins to take shape, those on both sides of the abortion debate are watching closely for clues about how his picks might affect reproductive rights policy in the president-elect’s second term . Christine Fernando, The Associated Press Dec 9, 2024 12:52 PM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message President-elect Donald Trump takes the stage before speaking at the FOX Nation Patriot Awards, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Greenvale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa) CHICAGO (AP) — As Donald Trump’s Cabinet begins to take shape, those on both sides of the abortion debate are watching closely for clues about how his picks might affect reproductive rights policy in the president-elect’s second term . Trump’s cabinet picks offer a preview of how his administration could handle abortion after he repeatedly flip-flopped on the issue on the campaign trail. He attempted to distance himself from anti-abortion allies by deferring to states on abortion policy, even while boasting about nominating three Supreme Court justices who helped strike down the constitutional protections for abortion that had stood for half a century. In an NBC News interview that aired Sunday, Trump said he doesn't plan to restrict medication abortion but also seemed to leave the door open, saying “things change.” “Things do change, but I don't think it's going to change at all,” he said. The early lineup of his new administration , including nominations to lead health agencies, the Justice Department and event the Department of Veterans Affairs, has garnered mixed — but generally positive — reactions from anti-abortion groups. Abortion law experts said Trump's decision to include fewer candidates with deep ties to the anti-abortion movement could indicate that abortion will not be a priority for Trump's administration. “It almost seems to suggest that President Trump might be focusing his administration in other directions," said Greer Donley, an associate law professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Karen Stone, vice president of public policy at Planned Parenthood Action Fund , said while many of the nominees have “extensive records against reproductive health care,” some do not. She cautioned against making assumptions based on Trump's initial cabinet selections. Still, many abortion rights groups are wary, in part because many of the nominees hold strong anti-abortion views even if they do not have direct ties to anti-abortion activists. They're concerned that an administration filled with top-level officials who are personally opposed to abortion could take steps to restrict access to the procedure and funding. After Trump’s ambiguity about abortion during his campaign, "there’s still a lot we don’t know about what policy is going to look like," said Mary Ruth Ziegler, a law professor at the University of California, Davis School of Law. That approach may be revealed as the staffs within key departments are announced. Trump announced he would nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Health and Human Services Department, which anti-abortion forces have long targeted as central to curtailing abortion rights nationwide. Yet Kennedy shifted on the issue during his own presidential campaign. In campaign videos, Kennedy said he supports abortion access until viability , which doctors say is sometime after 21 weeks, although there is no defined timeframe. But he also said “every abortion is a tragedy” and argued for a national ban after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a stance he quickly walked back. The head of Health and Human Services oversees Title X funding for a host of family planning services and has sweeping authority over agencies that directly affect abortion access, including the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The role is especially vital amid legal battles over a federal law known as EMTALA, which President Joe Biden’s administration has argued requires emergency abortion access nationwide, and FDA approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. Mini Timmaraju, president of the national abortion rights organization Reproductive Freedom for All, called Kennedy an “unfit, unqualified extremist who cannot be trusted to protect the health, safety and reproductive freedom of American families.” His potential nomination also has caused waves in the anti-abortion movement. Former Vice President Mike Pence , a staunch abortion opponent, urged the Senate to reject Kennedy’s nomination. Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the national anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said the group had its own concerns about Kennedy. “There’s no question that we need a pro-life HHS secretary," she said. Fox News correspondent Marty Makary is Trump’s pick to lead the FDA, which plays a critical role in access to medication abortion and contraception. Abortion rights groups have accused him of sharing misinformation about abortion on air. Russell Vought , a staunch anti-abortion conservative, has been nominated for director of the Office of Management and Budget. Vought was a key architect of Project 2025 , a right-wing blueprint for running the federal government. Among other actions to limit reproductive rights, it calls for eliminating access to medication abortion nationwide, cutting Medicaid funding for abortion and restricting access to contraceptive care, especially long-acting reversible contraceptives such as IUD’s. Despite distancing himself from the conservative manifesto on the campaign trail, Trump is stocking his administration with people who played central roles in developing Project 2025. Trump acknowledged that drafters of the report would be part of his incoming administration during the Sunday interview with NBC News, saying “Many of those things I happen to agree with.” “These cabinet appointments all confirm that Project 2025 was in fact the blueprint all along, and the alarm we saw about it was warranted,” said Amy Williams Navarro, director of government relations for Reproductive Freedom for All. Dr. Mehmet Oz , Trump’s choice to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is a former television talk show host who has been accused of hawking dubious medical treatments and products. He voiced contradictory abortion views during his failed Senate run in 2022. Oz has described himself as “strongly pro-life, praised the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade , claimed “life starts at conception” and referred to abortion as “murder.” But he also has echoed Trump’s states-rights approach, arguing the federal government should not be involved in abortion decisions. “I want women, doctors, local political leaders, letting the democracy that’s always allowed our nation to thrive to put the best ideas forward so states can decide for themselves,” he said during a Senate debate two years ago. An array of reproductive rights groups opposed his Senate run. As CMS administrator, Oz would be in a key position to determine Medicaid coverage for family planning services and investigate potential EMTALA violations. As Florida’s attorney general, Pam Bondi defended abortion restrictions, including a 24-hour waiting period. Now she’s Trump’s choice for attorney general . Her nomination is being celebrated by abortion opponents but denounced by abortion rights groups concerned she may revive the Comstock Act , an anti-vice law passed by Congress in 1873 that, among other things, bans mailing of medication or instruments used in abortion. An anti-abortion and anti-vaccine former Florida congressman, David Weldon, has been chosen to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which collects and monitors abortion data across the country. Former Republican congressman Doug Collins is Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs amid a political battle over abortion access and funding for troops and veterans. Collins voted consistently to restrict funding and access to abortion and celebrated the overturning of Roe v. Wade. “This is a team that the pro-life movement can work with," said Kristin Hawkins, president of the national anti-abortion organization Students for Life. ___ The Associated Press receives support from several private foundations to enhance its explanatory coverage of elections and democracy. See more about AP’s democracy initiative here . The AP is solely responsible for all content. Christine Fernando, The Associated Press See a typo/mistake? Have a story/tip? 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WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has promised to end birthright citizenship as soon as he gets into office to make good on campaign promises aiming to restrict immigration and redefining what it means to be American. But any efforts to halt the policy would face steep legal hurdles. Birthright citizenship means anyone born in the United States automatically becomes an American citizen. It's been in place for decades and applies to children born to someone in the country illegally or in the U.S. on a tourist or student visa who plans to return to their home country. It's not the practice of every country, and Trump and his supporters have argued that the system is being abused and that there should be tougher standards for becoming an American citizen. But others say this is a right enshrined in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, it would be extremely difficult to overturn and even if it's possible, it's a bad idea. Here's a look at birthright citizenship, what Trump has said about it and the prospects for ending it: During an interview Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Trump said he “absolutely” planned to halt birthright citizenship once in office. “We’re going to end that because it’s ridiculous,” he said. Trump and other opponents of birthright citizenship have argued that it creates an incentive for people to come to the U.S. illegally or take part in “birth tourism,” in which pregnant women enter the U.S. specifically to give birth so their children can have citizenship before returning to their home countries. “Simply crossing the border and having a child should not entitle anyone to citizenship,” said Eric Ruark, director of research for NumbersUSA, which argues for reducing immigration. The organization supports changes that would require at least one parent to be a permanent legal resident or a U.S. citizen for their children to automatically get citizenship. Others have argued that ending birthright citizenship would profoundly damage the country. “One of our big benefits is that people born here are citizens, are not an illegal underclass. There’s better assimilation and integration of immigrants and their children because of birthright citizenship,” said Alex Nowrasteh, vice president for economic and social policy studies at the pro-immigration Cato Institute. In 2019, the Migration Policy Institute estimated that 5.5 million children under age 18 lived with at least one parent in the country illegally in 2019, representing 7% of the U.S. child population. The vast majority of those children were U.S. citizens. The nonpartisan think tank said during Trump’s campaign for president in 2015 that the number of people in the country illegally would “balloon” if birthright citizenship were repealed, creating “a self-perpetuating class that would be excluded from social membership for generations.” In the aftermath of the Civil War, Congress ratified the 14th Amendment in July 1868. That amendment assured citizenship for all, including Black people. “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside,” the 14th Amendment says. “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.” But the 14th Amendment didn't always translate to everyone being afforded birthright citizenship. For example, it wasn't until 1924 that Congress finally granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S. A key case in the history of birthright citizenship came in 1898, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Wong Kim Ark, born in San Francisco to Chinese immigrants, was a U.S. citizen because he was born in the states. The federal government had tried to deny him reentry into the county after a trip abroad on grounds he wasn’t a citizen under the Chinese Exclusion Act. But some have argued that the 1898 case clearly applied to children born of parents who are both legal immigrants to America but that it's less clear whether it applies to children born to parents without legal status or, for example, who come for a short-term like a tourist visa. “That is the leading case on this. In fact, it’s the only case on this,” said Andrew Arthur, a fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, which supports immigration restrictions. “It’s a lot more of an open legal question than most people think.” Some proponents of immigration restrictions have argued the words “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” in the 14th Amendment allows the U.S. to deny citizenship to babies born to those in the country illegally. Trump himself used that language in his 2023 announcement that he would aim to end birthright citizenship if reelected. Trump wasn't clear in his Sunday interview how he aims to end birthright citizenship. Asked how he could get around the 14th Amendment with an executive action, Trump said: “Well, we’re going to have to get it changed. We’ll maybe have to go back to the people. But we have to end it.” Pressed further on whether he'd use an executive order, Trump said “if we can, through executive action." He gave a lot more details in a 2023 post on his campaign website . In it, he said he would issue an executive order the first day of his presidency, making it clear that federal agencies “require that at least one parent be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident for their future children to become automatic U.S. citizens.” Trump wrote that the executive order would make clear that children of people in the U.S. illegally “should not be issued passports, Social Security numbers, or be eligible for certain taxpayer funded welfare benefits.” This would almost certainly end up in litigation. Nowrasteh from the Cato Institute said the law is clear that birthright citizenship can’t be ended by executive order but that Trump may be inclined to take a shot anyway through the courts. “I don’t take his statements very seriously. He has been saying things like this for almost a decade," Nowrasteh said. "He didn’t do anything to further this agenda when he was president before. The law and judges are near uniformly opposed to his legal theory that the children of illegal immigrants born in the United States are not citizens." Trump could steer Congress to pass a law to end birthright citizenship but would still face a legal challenge that it violates the Constitution. Associated Press reporter Elliot Spagat in San Diego contributed to this report.

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Ryan Talbot | rtalbot@nyup.com Orchard Park, N.Y. -- The AFC playoff picture is almost set. All that remains? The Buffalo Bills ’ opponent on Wild Card Weekend. Buffalo’s 40-14 win over the New York Jets on Sunday clinched the AFC’s No. 2 seed for Buffalo. The win guarantees that the Bills will host a game on Wild Card Weekend and the weekend after that as long as the team is victorious in the Wild Card round. All that remains for the Bills is figuring out who they will face in the first round of the playoffs. While the opponent is not yet set, there are only a few possible teams left to take on the Bills. Here is a look at who the Bills could host on Wild Card Weekend from their most likely opponent to least likely opponent. The Broncos could have sealed the No. 7 spot in the playoffs this weekend with a win or tie against the Cincinnati Bengals. Denver took Cincinnati to overtime on Saturday night and almost seemed to be playing for a tie before Joe Burrow and the offense found the end zone on their third possession of overtime. Despite the loss, the Broncos remain in the driver’s seat for the No. 7 seed. All the team needs to do in Week 18 is knock-off or tie the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs have the No. 1 seed in the conference secured and could rest starters at some point in the game. If that happens and the Broncos win, Bo Nix and company will head to Highmark Stadium for Wild Card Weekend. ESPN’s live playoff picture prediction model gives Denver a 55.3 percent chance of claiming the final playoff spot in the AFC. The Dolphins need to win out and hope that the Broncos stumble in Week 18 to claim the final playoff spot in the AFC. As of this writing, the Dolphins lead the Cleveland Browns 13-3. Miami is playing the Week 17 game without Tua Tagovailoa (hip), but the quarterback is expected to return in Week 18. Miami will go on the road to play the New York Jets in Week 18. Based on how the Jets looked on Sunday, it’s hard to imagine them playing spoiler to Miami. ESPN’s live playoff picture prediction model gives the Dolphins a 24.8 percent chance of taking the No. 7 seed. Cincinnati’s win over Denver kept hope alive for the Bengals, but they would need Denver and Miami--as long as the Dolphins hold on in Week 17--to lose next weekend. The Bengals would also have to defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers on the road to keep their playoff hopes alive. ESPN’s live playoff picture prediction model gives the Bengals a 19.9 percent chance of making the postseason. The Colts had an easy schedule working in their favor in regard to potentially sneaking into the playoffs, but those hopes died on Sunday when Indianapolis lost to the New York Giants. Led by Drew Lock, the Giants would defeat the Colts 45-33. More buffalo bills Did Josh Allen secure MVP with 3 TDs vs. Jets? 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RTD is once again offering free fares on buses and trains, supported by Molson Coors from 7 p.m. on Dec. 31 to 7 a.m. on Jan. 1 . New Year's Eve Fireworks & Downtown Fun New Year's Eve at The Mile High Tree Presented by Xcel Energy and Xfinity Dec. 31, 2024 ; 9 p.m. , Civic Center Park Join in on the family-friendly celebration as The Mile High Tree will host a special ball drop-style countdown to ring in the new year. The show will begin at 9 p.m. with a 60-second cascading countdown along the seven-story, 110-foot-tall immersive art tree and will immediately precede the first downtown firework display. Admission is free! Downtown Fireworks Dec. 31, 2024 ; 9 p.m. and midnight, 16th Street Mall For more than two decades, the city has been celebrating the new year with fireworks over downtown. Two free shows will start and 9 p.m. and midnight, from two rooftop locations. The best spot to see the shows is from the 16th Street Mall. The fireworks are presented by the Downtown Denver Partnership and co-sponsored by VISIT DENVER and the Downtown Denver Business Improvement District. Mile High Drone Show Dec. 31, 2024 ; 5:30 p.m. Downtown Catch the final Mile High Drone Show of the year, when 400 drones soar into the sky, creating breathtaking holiday-themed animations! See these dazzling displays from across the city at 5:30 p.m. ahead of the Colorado Avalanche game on New Year's Eve. From Santa and his reindeer to iconic Denver landmarks like the Mile High Tree and Denver Union Station . Keep an eye out for a surprise or two. New Year's Eve Parties Decadence Dec. 30–31, 2024; Colorado Convention Center America's biggest electronic New Year's celebration is the two-night event of the (end of the) year you won't want to miss! Get your two-day pass and dance your way into 2025. 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WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has promised to as soon as he gets into office to make good on campaign promises aiming and redefining what it means to be American. But any efforts to halt the policy would face steep legal hurdles. Birthright citizenship means anyone born in the United States automatically becomes an American citizen. It's been in place for decades and applies to children born to someone in the country illegally or in the U.S. on a tourist or student visa who plans to return to their home country. It's not the practice of every country, and Trump and his supporters have argued that the system is being abused and that there should be tougher standards for becoming an American citizen. But others say this is a right enshrined in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, it would be extremely difficult to overturn and even if it's possible, it's a bad idea. Here's a look at birthright citizenship, what Trump has said about it and the prospects for ending it: During an interview Sunday on Trump said he “absolutely” planned to halt birthright citizenship once in office. “We’re going to end that because it’s ridiculous,” he said. Trump and other opponents of birthright citizenship have argued that it creates an incentive for people to come to the U.S. illegally or take part in pregnant women enter the U.S. specifically to give birth so their children can have citizenship before returning to their home countries. “Simply crossing the border and having a child should not entitle anyone to citizenship,” said Eric Ruark, director of research for NumbersUSA, which argues for reducing immigration. The organization supports changes that would require at least one parent to be a permanent legal resident or a U.S. citizen for their children to automatically get citizenship. Others have argued that ending birthright citizenship would profoundly damage the country. “One of our big benefits is that people born here are citizens, are not an illegal underclass. There’s better assimilation and integration of immigrants and their children because of birthright citizenship,” said Alex Nowrasteh, vice president for economic and social policy studies at the pro-immigration Cato Institute. In 2019, the Migration Policy Institute estimated that 5.5 million children under age 18 lived with at least one parent in the country illegally in 2019, representing 7% of the U.S. child population. The vast majority of those children were U.S. citizens. The nonpartisan think tank said during Trump’s campaign for president in 2015 that the number of people in the country illegally would “balloon” if birthright citizenship were repealed, creating “a self-perpetuating class that would be excluded from social membership for generations.” In the aftermath of the Civil War, Congress ratified the 14th Amendment in July 1868. That amendment assured citizenship for all, including Black people. “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside,” the 14th Amendment says. “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.” But the 14th Amendment didn't always translate to everyone being afforded birthright citizenship. For example, it wasn't until 1924 that Congress finally granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S. A key case in the history of birthright citizenship came in 1898, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Wong Kim Ark, born in San Francisco to Chinese immigrants, was a U.S. citizen because he was born in the states. The federal government had tried to deny him reentry into the county after a trip abroad on grounds he wasn’t a citizen under the Chinese Exclusion Act. But some have argued that the 1898 case clearly applied to children born of parents who are both legal immigrants to America but that it's less clear whether it applies to children born to parents without legal status or, for example, who come for a short-term like a tourist visa. “That is the leading case on this. In fact, it’s the only case on this,” said Andrew Arthur, a fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, which supports immigration restrictions. “It’s a lot more of an open legal question than most people think.” Some proponents of immigration restrictions have argued the words “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” in the 14th Amendment allows the U.S. to deny citizenship to babies born to those in the country illegally. Trump himself used that language in his 2023 announcement that he would aim to end birthright citizenship if reelected. Trump wasn't clear in his Sunday interview how he aims to end birthright citizenship. Asked how he could get around the 14th Amendment with an executive action, Trump said: “Well, we’re going to have to get it changed. We’ll maybe have to go back to the people. But we have to end it.” Pressed further on whether he'd use an executive order, Trump said “if we can, through executive action." He gave a lot more details in a . In it, he said he would issue an executive order the first day of his presidency, making it clear that federal agencies “require that at least one parent be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident for their future children to become automatic U.S. citizens.” Trump wrote that the executive order would make clear that children of people in the U.S. illegally “should not be issued passports, Social Security numbers, or be eligible for certain taxpayer funded welfare benefits.” This would almost certainly end up in litigation. Nowrasteh from the Cato Institute said the law is clear that birthright citizenship can’t be ended by executive order but that Trump may be inclined to take a shot anyway through the courts. “I don’t take his statements very seriously. He has been saying things like this for almost a decade," Nowrasteh said. "He didn’t do anything to further this agenda when he was president before. The law and judges are near uniformly opposed to his legal theory that the children of illegal immigrants born in the United States are not citizens." Trump could steer Congress to pass a law to end birthright citizenship but would still face a legal challenge that it violates the Constitution. Associated Press reporter Elliot Spagat in San Diego contributed to this report.

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When Donald Trump jokes that Canada could become the 51st state, and refers to Justin Trudeau as a governor rather than prime minister, it's all an effort to "humiliate" the Canadian leader, a former senior Trump adviser says. And it's to be expected from the U.S. president-elect, said John Bolton, who's now a Trump critic. "I think he's poking at Justin Trudeau and trying to humiliate him, and I think Trump gets a laugh from it." On Trump's jokes about Canada, and quips aimed at the prime minister, Bolton says, "I wouldn't over-intellectualize it. I think he's just mean." While Bolton is not a Trump supporter, he knows how the incoming president thinks and strategizes: He served as Trump's national security adviser for roughly 17 months during his first term. He says he quit in 2019, after clashes over foreign policy strategy. At the time, Trump said he fired him. In interviews with CBC News, Bolton and several U.S. senators also spoke about the need for Canada to play into the president-elect's ego, and what can be done to try and avoid a trade war. John Bolton is seen in August 2018 listening to Trump, then U.S. president, at a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Canada as the 51st U.S. state? Trump has made at least four recent references to Canada becoming a U.S. state , sparking a wide range of reactions. And according to Gerald Butts, Trudeau's former principal secretary, this has actually been going on for years: "Trump used this 51st- state line all the time with Trudeau in his first term," he wrote in a social media post. Trump appears to have picked up where he left off, starting with his dinner with Trudeau at Mar-a-Lago , held after the president-elect, in an online post, threatened a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian and Mexican goods. WATCH | Why does Trump keep making fun of Trudeau?: Why does Trump keep trolling Trudeau? 18 minutes ago Duration 1:01 U.S. president-elect Donald Trump keeps mocking Justin Trudeau. CBC’s Katie Simpson asked John Bolton, who served as national security adviser during Trump’s first term, why he thinks that is. As first reported by Fox News, Trump appeared to joke that Canada could become the 51st state if the Canadian economy were to be destroyed in a tariff fight. He seemed to reference that quip on his social media account days later, posting what appeared to be an AI-generated image of himself standing atop a mountain with a Canadian flag. Trudeau walks through the lobby of the Delta Hotel by Marriott, on Nov. 30, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo) He said it again during an interview with NBC News , as he complained about trade deficits with both Canada and Mexico. After characterizing trade deficits as subsidies, he said, "If we're going to be subsidizing them, let them become a state." And then there was the Truth Social post, around midnight Monday, where Trump made reference again to his Florida meeting with Trudeau. Trump's comments are getting some laughs on Capitol Hill. Republican Senator Josh Hawley, who represents Missouri, chuckled as he told CBC News he's not quite sure why Trump keeps talking about Canada becoming a state. "I like better his idea of splitting Canada up into two — admitting one Republican and one Democrat state," he quipped. "I wouldn't want a 51st state if they're just going to vote for Democrats." Trump posted what appears to be an AI-generated image on his social media platform Truth Social, once again joking about making Canada the 51st U.S. state. (Truth Social) Stay out of U.S. domestic politics: Bolton Bolton says Trudeau and the Canadian team responding to Trump's tariff threats need to play into the president-elect's ego. "I think it's important in dealing with Trump to make the case not why the threat will hurt Canada, but why not invoking the tariffs will help Trump," he said. "Forget about U.S.-Canadian relations, that's not the issue for Trump — what makes Donald Trump look good?" This Sunday, Cross Country Checkup is asking: What do you make of all the Trump jokes? And, should Canada be America's 51st state? Fill out this form and you could appear on the show or have your comment read on air. He also criticized Trudeau for weighing in on the outcome of the presidential race. In Ottawa on Tuesday evening, the prime minister told a crowd that Kamala Harris's U.S. election loss was a setback for women's progress . "If Prime Minister Trudeau hasn't figured it out, I'm happy to offer some free advice: Don't get involved in the middle of American politics, it's not going to do ya any good," Bolton said. 'We can't just roll over': Doug Ford doubles down on threat to shut down energy exports to the U.S. Tariff threats real, some Republican senators say Some Republican senators warn that Trump may very well make good on his tariff threat. "Oh, I think he's serious about it, for sure," said Senator Kevin Cramer, during a brief interview with CBC News in the hallway of the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. Cramer, who represents the northern border state of North Dakota, urged officials in Ottawa to meet Trump's demands. "We just need to get compliance and we'll be fine." Trump has linked the threat to broad changes in border security, to prevent the flow of migrants and illegal drugs into the U.S. He's lumped challenges at the southern and northern borders together, despite very different circumstances. WATCH | How retaliatory tariffs would hurt Canadians, too: Retaliation in trade dispute will hurt Canadians, too, trade expert says | Canada Tonight 21 hours ago Duration 5:40 Following a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada's premiers on Wednesday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Canada needs to be 'ready to fight' and that Trump's tariffs are '100 per cent' coming. International trade expert Wendy Wagner discusses how Canada's measures could be harmful for not only Americans, but Canadians, too. And he hasn't provided specifics to either Canada or Mexico about what exactly he'd like to see changed. One Republican strategist says Canada needs to just focus on the tariff threats, and ignore what he calls Trump's "nonsense." "No one is expecting Canada to become the 51st state," said Matthew Bartlett, who worked in the State Department during the first Trump administration. "Donald Trump is a master showman, loves to command people's attention, loves to make people nervous and keep them on their toes. That's one of his tactics." Trudeau presents premiers with plan to address Trump's border concerns as tariff threat looms Donald Trump influencing Canadian border security is 'ironic and actually sad,' says MP Bartlett predicted four years of quips and threats. Bolton says Trump has a fixation with tariffs, and refuses to accept they will likely make life more expensive for American consumers. "Tariffs are paid by the American importer, and then ultimately the bulk of the tariff is probably passed on to American consumers.... Trump doesn't get it," he said. "It's like arguing the Earth is not flat. 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