Wednesday, April 30th, 2025 - Canada picks Carney; Musk gets tariff refund; ICE raids wrong home; Pentagon axes women’s program & more

Morning Announcements

Betches

News Commentary, Daily News, News, Politics

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🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today’s Headlines: On his 100th day in office, Trump got a blunt rejection from our neighbors up north: Canadian PM Mark Carney won reelection and used his victory speech to accuse Trump of trying to “own” Canada, while his conservative opponent—who ran on a “Canada First” platform—lost his seat entirely. Meanwhile, Elon Musk scored big as Trump rolled out a sweeping tariff rollback for automakers that will mean refunds and price breaks for U.S.-made cars (guess which brand qualifies). Amazon briefly considered showing shoppers how much Trump’s tariffs are costing them before backing off under pressure, while Walmart said they wouldn’t go there at all. ICE agents in Oklahoma raided the wrong house, forcing a mom and her three U.S. citizen daughters out in their pajamas and seizing their phones, valuables, and savings—with no suspects in sight. And Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth killed off a bipartisan Pentagon program supporting women in global conflict zones, calling it “woke” and “a distraction from war fighting.” Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: CBC: RECAP | Everything that unfolded on Canada’s election night (and the day after) WSJ: Trump Softens Blow of Automotive Tariffs Punchbowl: Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers CNN: Amazon says it considered breaking out a tariff charge. The White House called it ‘a hostile action’ Axios: Walmart won't break out tariff costs and pledges low prices Yahoo: ICE Invades Wrong Home, Steals Their Life Savings, and Then Leaves Axios: Hegseth ends Trump-backed Pentagon program for women Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.0	Today is Wednesday, April 30th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented
0:36.2	by Betches Media.
0:37.5	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the morning announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown
0:41.2	of the headlines that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices, but a magnifying glass
0:45.6	from the most important news.
0:50.1	For the 100th day of the Trump administration, President Donald got a prime minister north of the border who is not his number one fan.
0:58.3	Mark Carney was elected by a healthy margin in the Canadian election to remain prime minister,
1:03.2	while his conservative opponent Pierre Polyevra, who adopted the slogan Canada first,
1:08.3	very original Pierre, lost his seat in government entirely. Despite Carney's victory, his own party, Canada first, very original Pierre, lost his seat in government entirely.
1:12.6	Despite Carney's victory, his own party, the Liberals, did not secure a majority in the parliament,
1:17.6	meaning that they will have to compromise with members of other parties to govern.
1:21.6	In Carney's victory speech, he pushed for unity as the old relationship with the United
1:25.6	States is over.
1:26.6	Quote, President Trump is trying to break us so America can own us.
1:30.9	America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country.
1:34.7	These are not idle threats.
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