The United States is hosting the G20 Summit this year.  As part of the G20 Process various ministers and ambassadors from all of the G20 ministerial sessions, attend summits in the lead-in to the political leader summit in Miami this December.

During the opening session of the G20 trade plenary session, Greer outlined four strategic priorities that President Trump is bringing to the center of the G20 trade group this year. “There are four workstreams the U.S. Presidency has focused on over the course of the year: (1) the weaponization of food, (2) structural excess capacity and production, (3) the Most-Favored-Nation principle, and (4) forced labor in global supply chains.” [READ MORE] These were the directed topics at the beginning of the summit.

Speaking from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the G20 Trade Ministerial Session, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer gives important remarks and answers questions from the media at the conclusion of the two-day event. WATCH: 

Within one question from an EU/Canada media stenographer, there’s a rather brutally obvious statement from USTR Greer. Absolutely epic. Both Canada and Europe are missing a very key something from their economic model, CONSUMERS!

Instead of focusing on growth within their domestic economies, both Canada and Europe rely on the USA to provide the CONSUMERS for their goods. Negotiating from that position is not too difficult.

ESSENTIALLY, currently Canada sends their overproduction to the USA (hence their trade surplus). Currently the EU send their overproduction to the USA (hence their trade surplus). Block those inbound surpluses and what exactly is Canada and the EU going to do with their newly acquired excess?

The two lowest growth economic systems, that are both missing the critical component of ‘consumers’, are going to send their excess products to each other?  Think about it.

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U.S Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer, is attending the G20 Trade Summit in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and appars on Bloomberg News to outline some of the current issues and events being discussed during the assembly.

Greer notes the U.S. energy team is talking to the European energy ministers about using part of their diesel reserve supply to supplement the global refining shortage that might relieve some of the pricing pressure on the energy sector.

Additionally, Greer is questioned about the dumping issues of steel and aluminum that is part of the larger G20 trade discussion.  Greer notes the EU needs to take some action to address the issues on their end, which is part of the ongoing talks at the plenary session.  As to the discussions with Canada and the USMCA, Greer notes the bilateral trade negotiator, Dominic LeBlanc from Canada is not present at these discussions, so no forward activity is noted.  WATCH:

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President Trump delivered impromptu remarks to the press today as he departs the White House for an event in Texas.  The assembled press pool asked a variety of questions based on current events.

President Trump is heading to Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio, Alabama and Nebraska for campaign events. WATCH:

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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

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President Trump used a pre-scheduled Hispanic Heritage event at the White House, to update on several initiatives and current policy events ongoing during the administration.

President Trump discusses the end to U.S. military force operations in Iraq and the drawdown directive given by his office for full and complete withdrawal.  Additionally, President Trump discusses ongoing issues on the trade front, tariffs, the auto sector, Canada, AI/SI and much more.  WATCH:

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The events described in the FlyDubai terrorist incident are just astonishing in sequence that led to the safe recovery of a Boeing 737 as it descended at a rate of speed beyond test limits of the aircraft during an attempted terrorist incident.

The Co-Pilot of the aircraft flying from Dubai to Israel, stabbed the captain with a pocketknife and attempted to destroy the flight controls as the plane began a rapid descent.  The captain somehow managed to activate the door locking mechanism unlocking the cabin door just before losing consciousness during the struggle.

A passenger then forcibly entered the cabin, pulled the terrorist away from the controls, pulling him back into the cabin where Israeli passengers took control of him.  As the passenger began pulling back on the flight controls trying to stop the descent, two other pilots who were on board -one Russian and one Ukrainian- came forward and took over.

Together the plainclothes pilots were able to recover the aircraft from descent as the tail stabilizing mechanism of the airliner fell apart.  The new pilots then executed an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia and all passengers were unharmed.

It really is an amazing story with so many individual events that came together to save the flight from sure disaster.  Reading about the events leaves you speechless.  These were exceptionally brave, skilled and lucky people all traveling together on just the right flight at just the right moment.  The Daily Mail has more on the story HERE.

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In a remarkable series of events, Canadian TV (CTV) is reporting that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is likely to win the Nobel Prize for Peace, the Time Magazine Person of the Year Award and public veneration by Pope Leo XIV to culminate a year when the European Union is now meeting to decide which capitals will host the monuments and statues.

All of these timed accolades are related to Carney’s spectacular position as the world’s leading opponent to United States President Donald J Trump. No single person has ever won such incredible distinctions in a single year. The Associated Press is now reporting the news:

TORONTO — Mark Carney built a global profile in 2026 by standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump. If some prediction-market traders and prominent admirers are right, the Canadian prime minister could end the year with the Nobel Peace Prize and Time magazine’s Person of the Year.

Carney briefly became the favourite Monday for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize on Kalshi, a U.S.-based prediction market, when traders on the exchange put his chances at 14 per cent. His odds later fell, illustrating the highly speculative nature of the wagering.

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In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and Presidency.

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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

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