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‘The world has changed. Washington has changed. There’s almost nothing normal in the US now, and that’s the truth.’
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at his Parliament. He “rejected U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s contention” that he, in a phone call with Trump on Monday, “aggressively walked back” comments made at last week’s World Economic Forum, said The Associated Press.