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Trump lifts Canada tariffs

News · Heat 4.0 / 10 · 2 shows · 10m airtime

On October 24, 2026, the Trump administration removed a set of tariffs on Canadian goods about ten days before the Maine Senate election, with many ballots already cast by mail. The discussion credits Troy Jackson and Canadian PM Mark Carney, and argues Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acted to boost Senator Susan Collins, who trails Jackson in polling. Carney put the paired Canadian industry investment at nine billion Canadian dollars, not seven billion, and blamed Trump for upending a century of trade relationships. Collins thanked Lutnick and Trump for helping the people of Maine, and Joe Manchin has recently campaigned with her in the state.

How 2 podcasts covered it

  1. Legal AF by MeidasTouch, 2026-10-24 (0:00 to 1:40)
    Ties the tariff removal to the Maine Senate race
    Opens the episode by tying the tariff removal to the Maine Senate race, crediting Troy Jackson and Mark Carney and casting the move as a last-minute rescue for Susan Collins after mail voting had begun.
    New angle: Trump removed a set of tariffs on Canadian goods about ten days before the Maine election, with many ballots already cast by mail.
  2. Legal AF by MeidasTouch, 2026-10-24 (1:34 to 3:18)
    Recaps the Maine race as a rescue attempt
    Recaps the Collins-Jackson race and the tariff relief as a rescue attempt, adding color on Maine's logging, lobstering and fishing economy. It stays inside the framing the episode already laid out.
  3. Legal AF by MeidasTouch, 2026-10-24 (3:52 to 6:18)
    Plays Carney and Ford, raising the figure
    Plays Carney's announcement clip and Doug Ford's response, putting a larger figure on the Canadian investment than the earlier segment and adding Ford's claim that the US-Canada relationship is permanently changed.
    New angle: Carney put the Canadian industry investment at nine billion Canadian dollars, not seven billion.
  4. Legal AF by MeidasTouch, 2026-10-24 (6:18 to 8:24)
    Adds Collins thanking Lutnick and Trump
    Stays inside the tariff-relief story but adds a new on-the-record response: Collins issued a statement thanking Lutnick and Trump for helping Maine. Popok calls it too little, too late with mail ballots already cast, and credits Carney's EU outreach and Toronto investment conference.
    New angle: Susan Collins issued a statement thanking Lutnick and Trump for helping the people of Maine.
  5. The Fox News Rundown, 2026-10-29 (8:03 to 9:37)
    Adds Manchin's campaign stop with Collins
    Weighs whether the Canada tariff rollback or Collins's distance from Trump helps her more, and puts Joe Manchin's recent campaign appearance with Collins on the record as evidence of her independent image.
    New angle: Joe Manchin recently campaigned with Susan Collins in Maine.
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