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MSNBC's Michael Steele laughed at Donald Trump's tariff threats after Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau flew to Florida to ask the president-elect about the proposal himself.

Trudeau had dinner with the former president Friday at Mar-a-Lago after he threatened to impose 25-percent tariffs on Canadian products if the neighboring country didn't stop what he called the flow of drugs and migrants across the northern border, and the former Republican National Committee chair tried to imagine how their conversation went.

The United States is currently displaying several characteristics that have historically been seen by empires in decline, according to one social scientist.

Peter Turchin is one of the pioneers of "cliodynamics," which is the field of study concerning statistical analysis of historical dynamics of societies around the world. In a recent essay for the Guardian, Turchin wrote that he and his fellow researchers have noticed the U.S. having three key traits in common with past global hegemons just before a period of decline. Those three factors are "popular immiseration, elite overproduction and state breakdown."

The world's richest man has been tapped by Donald Trump to drastically reduce government spending in ways that could benefit his own business interests.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk was named by the president-elect to co-lead the quasi-governmental "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) with entrepreneur and failed Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, and the South Africa-born mogul is poised to cut funding for rural broadband services – which would potentially benefit his own internet service provider, reported The Guardian.

President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks aren’t the only cast of characters that will be heading to Washington in his new administration with the potential for drama.

Their spouses will follow, according to a new report, which profiled more than a dozen spouses of high-level Trump appointees who are also likely to turn heads in D.C. And notably, that list includes TV producer Jennifer Rachet, who is married to Pete Hegseth, intimacy expert Lisa Oz – wife of Dr. Mehmet Oz – and actress and director Cheryl Hines, who is married to Robert F. Kennedy Jr, according to the Daily Mail.

Donald Trump’s stunning electoral victory allowed him to consolidate his power within his own party, but the Republican resistance to the incoming president is starting to take shape, and those a part of it are scrambling for ideas on how to move forward, according to a new report.

Trump's broad support among congressional Republicans has taken reforming the party “off the table,” and cast doubt that a new party by disaffected Republicans could emerge, former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-FL) told POLITICO.

Barack Obama's aides are infiltrating Donald Trump's upcoming administration, according to the president-elect's MAGA allies.

The "prediction" comes as Trump is reported to have met with Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, at Mar-a-Lago, leading to one anti-Trump conservative saying the tech leader had "kissed the ring." After that reporting, a self-described "die hard Trump supporter" spoke out against a budding relationship between Trump and Zuckerberg.

Elon Musk’s motive for aligning himself with Donald Trump and MAGA world may not be as clear cut as it seems, according to a political analyst who said the tech billionaire has positioned himself as the new owner of the Republican Party and MAGA movement.

Think of Musk as the “man behind the curtain,” said political strategist Chai Komanduri, except “he is dancing and prancing in front of the curtain.”

Several House Democrats have been subjected to bomb threats and swatting in recent days, and the threats all reportedly included President-elect Donald Trump's catchphrase.

On Friday, the Washington Post reported that three lawmakers — Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) Jahana Hayes (D-CT) and Jim Himes (D-CT) — were "targeted with bomb threats." House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said the threats ranged from “detailed threats of a pipe bomb placed in mailboxes to swatting," the latter of which is the term used for an anonymous caller alerting police to a situation at an address that requires an immediate armed response. Jeffries noted that the threats were "all signed with 'MAGA' at the conclusion of the message."

President-elect Donald Trump’s social media flex this week involving questionable claims that Mexico agreed to close the U.S.-Mexico border is a preview of how the White House will operate in the next four years, according to a former Republican congressman.

The episode is also a clear example of Trump’s penchant for storytelling that became a hallmark of his first term.

On Friday, Politico wrote that Republicans are gearing up for a fight over Trump's new $4.6 trillion tax cut.

Politico reported in 2018 that their analysis put Trump's tax cuts at a $2.3 trillion addition to the deficit.