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President Donald Trump has threatened to punish Canada with 50% tariffs on automotive and steel imports after the country's leaders rejected his trade deal offer. In a post on Truth Social on Monday, he cited Canada's tariffs on farms and said the situation was no longer sustainable. The new tariffs will go into effect on New Year's Day, 2027, the president said.'We’re all in ... everyone’s in for an economic war.'"On January First, 2027, Tariffs on all Cars, Trucks, both large and small, Automotive Parts, and Steel, will be increased to 50%. Build in the U.S. and there are ZERO TARIFFS," wrote the president."Canada will be treated like a State no longer!" he added. "On Trade, and in other ways, also, they are among the worst Nations in the World to deal with. They feel entitled, and yet, WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!"Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded defiantly to the tariffs."He underestimates Canada. We’re all in,” Ford said. “Up here, we’re at a fever pitch, everyone’s in for an economic war. They know they’re going to have to sacrifice."On Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney walked away from talks with the Trump administration on trade, and the U.S. responded on Saturday by immediately imposing 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products.Carney said Canada would retaliate with reciprocal tariffs beginning Sept. 8.Ford went on to threaten to cut off energy and materials from Ontario to the U.S."I’ll cut them off," Ford said in reference to critical minerals. "You won’t get a grain of sand out of Ontario."He noted that Canada provides electricity for about 1.5 million homes and businesses."He can kiss my ass as far as I'm concerned," Ford added. "We need to throw everything and the kitchen sink at him. He's arrogant, he's cocky." RELATED: Trump says Canada is considering his offer to become the 51st state of the US Canada is one of the largest trading partners of the U.S., but the U.S. depends far less on Canadian imports than our neighbor to the north depends on U.S. imports.About 59% of Canada's imports come from the U.S., while only 12.6% of U.S. imports come from Canada.The Trump administration also launched a new campaign Monday to cripple Iran through economic sanctions in order to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz completely.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The Democrat candidate for one of two U.S. Senate seats for Texas was seemingly caught spreading misinformation about an emergency incident at an Amazon warehouse.James Talarico was campaigning at a church when he referred to an incident at an Amazon warehouse in which an employee died.'Lying isn’t very Christian. And that’s what you’re doing here because that’s not what happened.'He posted a video of his comments to social media on Sunday to spread the message against corporate greed."An Amazon worker died in one of Amazon's warehouses. And as he lay dying, management told the other workers: 'Turn around. Don't look. Get back to work.' Get back to work? That was a human being. That was a child of God," Talarico claimed."Sacrificed on the altar of corporate greed," he added.An Amazon employee did die after collapsing at an Oregon facility in April in Troutdale, Oregon, and that story has been used by Democrats and other activists to attack capitalism, though Amazon has specifically denied allegations about it.Amazon responded to a Blaze News request for comment by directing to a previous statement about the incident, denying the "misinformation" being spread online."Sadly, one of our teammates collapsed during his shift from what we now understand as a pre-existing medical issue. When our onsite team was notified, three CPR certified team members, including two from our on-site safety team, provided CPR and deployed an automated defibrillator until emergency medical services (EMS) arrived shortly after."The statement went on to say that the area was cordoned off while the company's safety teams and EMS cared for the worker. Unfortunately, the employee passed away.And in contrast to criticism casting Amazon as cold and heartless in its response, the company outlined steps taken to protect the man's privacy and to care for the other workers at the warehouse."Shortly after this event occurred, employees were sent home with pay for the rest of the day," they added. "When we resumed operations the following day, any employee who requested time off was given that time, and onsite grief counselors were provided to anybody who chose to come to work and needed them."Many online found Talarico's politicization of the man's death to be inappropriate and crass, especially as the Democrat regularly cites Christianity in his campaign."Lying isn’t very Christian. And that’s what you’re doing here because that’s not what happened," said one critic.RELATED: James Talarico shamelessly panders on Karmelo Anthony verdict — on NY-based radio show "Total LIE about the actual events. Do you EVER tell the truth??" said another."You don’t turn someone’s distress into a sideshow Talarico," responded one detractor. "You allow medical personnel and others qualified to handle the situation and ask everyone else to leave the scene. And it’s also exactly what the first responders tell you too. And another reason you are unfit to serve in our senate."Amazon has been hounded by critics pointing out that its workers are twice as likely to be injured as non-Amazon workers. Another report found that Amazon warehouses had 30% more injuries than the industry average in 2023.The company responded to the criticism by noting Amazon had invested $2.5 billion in increased safety standards.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Right-wing activist Eoin Richard was carried out of a church over the weekend after an anti-Islam protest ended in chaos.Richard intended to launch his Take Back L.A.: Free Speech Rally on Sunday at the Islamic Center of Southern California, but he ended up at Precious Blood Catholic Church after claiming to have received death threats. He was quickly outnumbered by counterprotesters, chased through the church, and assaulted at a nearby Starbucks.‘We aren’t going to be able to march to the Islamic Center due to threats on our lives.’ In videos posted to Instagram, Richard and at least one supporter are seen fleeing into Precious Blood Catholic Church while agitators follow closely behind. After being picked up and removed from the church, Richard is cornered at a nearby Starbucks along with his companion. The activist group shouted that he is a “Nazi," a "piece of s**t," and a "terrorist.""JIHADISTS and ANTIFA storm CATHOLIC CHURCH and abduct EOIN RICHARD after mass," Richard's Instagram caption reads. Masked assailants later poured blue paint all over Richard and his companion. Eventually, Los Angeles Police Department officers arrived to escort the men from the store. They did not appear to make any arrests.A day prior to the confrontation, multiple Islamic organizations drew attention to Richard’s event.RELATED: Is Ilhan Omar getting deported? Trump's post raises eyebrows Nihad Awad, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, says so many minorities, including American Muslims, "have been attacked in the past two years." (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images file photo) The Council on American-Islamic Relations Los Angeles, the Muslim Public Affairs Council, and the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California condemned Richard’s rally in a press release Saturday. “ICSC has served as a place of worship, community, and belonging in L.A. for generations. Attempts to bring hate, intimidation, or fear to the doorstep of any house of worship have no place in our city,” ICSC spokesperson Omar Ricci said in a statement. “We will not allow those who seek to divide our communities to define who we are or how we respond.”MPAC even provided its followers with detailed background information on Eoin Richard, sometimes referred to as Eoin Richard Connolly, and his activism.“There is no identified public evidence that Connolly has explicitly called for violence against the Islamic Center, Muslims, or event participants,” MPAC admitted in its community alert and threat assessment posted to Facebook. MPAC did, however, warn its followers that Richard’s flyer combined “explicitly Christian mobilization with Crusader-associated symbolism” and that he had “documented relationships with activists involved in confrontational protests.”“We aren’t going to be able to march to the Islamic Center due to threats on our lives. But we’re still having our rally here, rallying with Christians and Catholics here in L.A.,” Richard said in an Instagram story filmed outside of Precious Blood.Richard, Precious Blood Catholic Church, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, MPAC, the LAPD, CAIR-LA, and the ICSC did not respond to requests for comment. It is unclear who removed Richard from the church. Richard was previously a candidate for Los Angeles mayor, according to the L.A. Times. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

LaRell Herbert once believed the only explanation for his lifelong gender confusion was that he had been born in the wrong body.So after leaving the Mormon faith, embracing a secular worldview, and undergoing a gender transition, Herbert openly identified as a woman for seven years.And he believes it all started when he stumbled onto pornography on the internet.“I had this weird experience where when I started exploring pornography, I realized that there was a very particular flavor of pornography that was my poison, you might say,” he tells BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey on "Relatable."“This happened to be BDSM pornography,” he says, noting that after some “self-healing,” a repressed memory surfaced.“I had this repressed memory from when I was 5 years old come up where I was restrained, as just a child, restrained by this electrical cord and violated sexually,” he says.As his addiction grew, he “started envisioning [himself] in the shoes of the women in the pornography.”“That was the only thing that would do it for me. And also it felt like a victimless crime. If I could pleasure myself to the thought of me being in their shoes in the scenario, then it wasn’t a sin in my mind,” he explains.“And this is one of the things that I like to teach people now, is that sexuality can be programmed,” he continues. “We of course all are born with the biological sex tendencies that are in us because we’re male or female and attraction to the opposite sex is natural to one’s biology.”“If that differs at all in your psyche, in your system, that means that something happened, some sequence of experience happened to you as a child or you were exposed to things in a certain sequence that made you develop the perspective you have now,” he adds.With the addition of his childhood trauma, Herbert recognized that his “sexuality was very much programmed by viewing that pornography, by repetitively exciting those feelings.”Herbert was also married when he began his transition, which led to a lot of “distress” in his marriage — especially for his wife.“I didn’t want to cause her distress, even though I felt like I had to pursue being a woman in order to be happy. I at some point told her basically, I can’t go on living if I can’t do this,” he tells Stuckey.“I think it was largely for selfish reasons at the time. I’ve learned that being trans is a very selfish thing. It’s all about me and my needs and what I can do for myself to be happy, and you forget the people around you,” he adds.Want more from Allie Beth Stuckey?To enjoy more of Allie’s upbeat and in-depth coverage of culture, news, and theology from a Christian, conservative perspective, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.