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"While other Trump deals are happening in Serbia, Indonesia and the Middle East, Vietnam has become a case study for how the Trump brand wields influence and gains advantage, challenging local norms and encouraging leaders to rush approvals, to please the Trump family."

The amount of deal-making for personal benefit by the President is unprecedented. Who will hold him accountable?

🎁: nytimes.com/2025/05/25/world/a

Among those who attended a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday for a Trump golf project in Vietnam were Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, second from left, the businessman Dang Thanh Tam, third from left, and Eric Trump and Lara Trump, center.
The New York Times · Why Vietnam Ignored Its Own Laws to Fast-Track a Trump Family Golf ComplexBy Damien Cave

Happy #WorldTurtleDay! :HappyTurtle: Yay! ❤️

Did you know that all tortoises are in fact turtles — they belong to the order Testudines or Chelonia (reptiles having bodies encased in a bony shell) — but not all #turtles are #tortoises.

One way to tell them apart is by where it lives. A #turtle lives mostly in #water, while a #tortoise is a #land animal.

Some people use the terms interchangeably but technically that's not always correct.

This time of year is a good time to gather medicines. I keep an eye out for stinging nettles and collect their leaves for tea. And the fir trees have new growth that I collect and soak in large jars of water. Not only does it add flavour to the water, it has good for you stuff in it. Kind of like free gatorade. #land #indigenous #medicine #pnw

2 MPPs have proposed an Ontario foodbelt. Could it help tariff-proof the ag sector?
Two MPPs have proposed Ontario create a foodbelt of protected farmland. Two former Markham councillors pitched the same idea in 2009 for their area and say it's time the province takes action.
#politics #agriculture #food #land #Ontario #Markham
cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-w

Land for housing, more First Nation involvement among Yukoners' priorities for new Public Lands Act
The Yukon government heard a few priorities during public consultations about the territory's new Public Lands Act: Developing more land for housing; supporting more First Nations involvement; and d...
#housing #land #government #law #Yukon #News
cbc.ca/news/canada/north/land-