NEW DETAILS: Canada prepares MAJOR action against US

But first, Alex Hogan is at the White. House, where President Trump is spending. the weekend after hitting the midterm. campaign trail in Texas. Alex? >> Good morning, Shannon. So, President. Trump is back here at the White House. after traveling to Texas, where he. visited the Johnson Space Center, where. he visited and met with astronauts in. person. He also spoke with astronauts on. the phone aboard the space station. While he was there in the Lone Star. State, President Trump also threw his. political weight behind Republican. Senate nominee Ken Paxton, who faces. Democrat James Talarico. Trump also.

backing Republican Governor Greg Abbott, who seeks his fourth term. He's running. against Democrat Gina Hinojosa. In the. weeks leading up to the midterms, Republicans face heightened pressure. over foreign policy decisions, creating. economic concerns here at home. The. US-Canada trade war threatening to hike. up prices for American businesses. Canada preparing retaliatory tariffs on. roughly $20 worth of US goods starting. September 8th after President Trump and. the administration imposed a new 50%. tariff on roughly $20 worth of Canadian.

products. And 6 months into the war with. Iran, oil and gas prices remain. elevated. The current national average. of a gallon of gas is $4.08 when a year. ago it was 320, according to AAA. Trump. announcing that the US and Venezuela. reached a major oil agreement, one that. he says would give the US interests. majority control in more than 65 billion. barrels of Venezuela's proven oil. reserves. And Secretary of State Marco. Rubio writing on part, "For the.

Venezuelan people, this deal will bring. nearly 100 billion dollars in private. investment, support thousands of. high-paying jobs, and drive. reconstruction of Venezuela's economy.". Trump is also expected to meet oil. refiners and fuel retailers in the US in. this upcoming week as he tries to. continue to bring down those gas prices. Shannon? >> All right, Alex Hogan reporting from the. White House. Thank you very much, Alex. >> Be sure to like and subscribe for all.

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