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By MICHELLE L. PRICE and ROB GILLIES NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s recent dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in policy and diplomacy. They were also prime trolling opportunities for Trump. Related Articles National Politics | Biden issues veto threat on bill expanding federal judiciary as partisan split emerges National Politics | Trump lawyers and aide hit with 10 additional felony charges in Wisconsin over 2020 fake electors National Politics | After withdrawing as attorney general nominee, Matt Gaetz lands a talk show on OANN television National Politics | What will happen to Social Security under Trump’s tax plan? National Politics | Republican-led states are rolling out plans that could aid Trump’s mass deportation effort Throughout his first term in the White House and during his campaign to return, Trump has spun out countless provocative, antagonizing and mocking statements. There were his belittling nicknames for political opponents, his impressions of other political figures and the plentiful memes he shared on social media. Now that’s he’s preparing to return to the Oval Office, Trump is back at it, and his trolling is attracting more attention — and eyerolls. On Sunday, Trump turned a photo of himself seated near a smiling first lady Jill Biden at the Notre Dame ceremony into a social media promo for his new perfume and cologne line, with the tag line, “A fragrance your enemies can’t resist!” The first lady’s office declined to comment. When Trudeau hastily flew to Florida to meet with Trump last month over the president-elect’s threat to impose a 25% tax on all Canadian products entering the U.S., the Republican tossed out the idea that Canada become the 51st U.S. state. The Canadians passed off the comment as a joke, but Trump has continued to play up the dig, including in a post Tuesday morning on his social media network referring to the prime minister as “Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada.” After decades as an entertainer and tabloid fixture, Trump has a flair for the provocative that is aimed at attracting attention and, in his most recent incarnation as a politician, mobilizing fans. He has long relished poking at his opponents, both to demean and minimize them and to delight supporters who share his irreverent comments and posts widely online and cheer for them in person. Trump, to the joy of his fans, first publicly needled Canada on his social media network a week ago when he posted an AI-generated image that showed him standing on a mountain with a Canadian flag next to him and the caption “Oh Canada!” After his latest post, Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Tuesday: “It sounds like we’re living in a episode of South Park.” Trudeau said earlier this week that when it comes to Trump, “his approach will often be to challenge people, to destabilize a negotiating partner, to offer uncertainty and even sometimes a bit of chaos into the well established hallways of democracies and institutions and one of the most important things for us to do is not to freak out, not to panic.” Even Thanksgiving dinner isn’t a trolling-free zone for Trump’s adversaries. On Thanksgiving Day, Trump posted a movie clip from “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” with President Joe Biden and other Democrats’ faces superimposed on the characters in a spoof of the turkey-carving scene. The video shows Trump appearing to explode out of the turkey in a swirl of purple sparks, with the former president stiffly dancing to one of his favorite songs, Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” In his most recent presidential campaign, Trump mocked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, refusing to call his GOP primary opponent by his real name and instead dubbing him “Ron DeSanctimonious.” He added, for good measure, in a post on his Truth Social network: “I will never call Ron DeSanctimonious ‘Meatball’ Ron, as the Fake News is insisting I will.” As he campaigned against Biden, Trump taunted him in online posts and with comments and impressions at his rallies, deriding the president over his intellect, his walk, his golf game and even his beach body. After Vice President Kamala Harris took over Biden’s spot as the Democratic nominee, Trump repeatedly suggested she never worked at McDonalds while in college. Trump, true to form, turned his mocking into a spectacle by appearing at a Pennsylvania McDonalds in October, when he manned the fries station and held an impromptu news conference from the restaurant drive-thru. Trump’s team thinks people should get a sense of humor. “President Trump is a master at messaging and he’s always relatable to the average person, whereas many media members take themselves too seriously and have no concept of anything else other than suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome,” said Steven Cheung, Trump’s communications director. “President Trump will Make America Great Again and we are getting back to a sense of optimism after a tumultuous four years.” Though both the Biden and Harris campaigns created and shared memes and launched other stunts to respond to Trump’s taunts, so far America’s neighbors to the north are not taking the bait. “I don’t think we should necessarily look on Truth Social for public policy,” Miller said. Gerald Butts, a former top adviser to Trudeau and a close friend, said Trump brought up the 51st state line to Trudeau repeatedly during Trump’s first term in office. “Oh God,” Butts said Tuesday, “At least a half dozen times.” “This is who he is and what he does. He’s trying to destabilize everybody and make people anxious,” Butts said. “He’s trying to get people on the defensive and anxious and therefore willing to do things they wouldn’t otherwise entertain if they had their wits about them. I don’t know why anybody is surprised by it.” Gillies reported from Toronto. Associated Press writer Darlene Superville contributed to this report.bookmaker deals 。

Bitcoin tops $100,000 as monster 2024 rally reaches new heightsJewell Loyd could be donning a different WNBA jersey for the first time in her career. The 31-year-old guard on Wednesday requested a trade from the Seattle Storm, multiple reports said. The Chicago Sun-Times was the first to report the news. Loyd's request came shortly after an external investigation into reported accusations of harassment and bullying by the Storm's coaching staff was cleared. Noelle Quinn has led the Storm as head coach since 2021. ESPN reported, citing a source, that Loyd was the player who filed the complaint leading to the investigation. Quinn was also Loyd's teammate from 2016 to 2018. "The Storm recently received internal allegations of potential workplace policy violations," Seattle said in a statement provided to ESPN . "The organization retained an outside investigator to conduct an impartial investigation into the allegations. The investigation has been completed and there were no findings of policy violations or any discrimination, harassment, or bullying. "To protect the integrity of the process, and to preserve confidentiality, we chose not to comment while the investigation was ongoing. The Storm will continue to provide a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect." Quinn's staff this past season included former WNBA player Ebony Hoffman, former WNBA head coach Pokey Chatman and Perry Huang as assistants. Loyd, a six-time All-Star, helped Seattle win two WNBA championships in 2018 and 2020. The 2015 Rookie of the Year after being selected No. 1 overall, Loyd has been named an All-Star six times, including a present stretch from 2021 to 2024. The Notre Dame product led the WNBA in points per game in 2023 with an average of 24.7. She finished 2024 with averages of 19.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.4 steals on a 36/27/88 shooting split. She is also a two-time Olympic gold medalist with Team USA.

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Hicks 3-6 0-0 7, Konan Niederhauser 6-7 2-5 14, Baldwin 6-14 6-7 20, Dilione 4-11 0-0 9, Johnson 2-6 0-0 4, Kern 4-8 3-3 11, Dunn 0-1 0-0 0, Nzeh 1-2 0-0 2, Carter 0-1 0-0 0, Stewart 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-56 11-15 67. Schieffelin 7-15 4-4 18, Wiggins 6-10 0-1 14, Lakhin 2-7 2-2 6, C.Hunter 4-12 6-7 17, Zackery 2-4 2-2 8, D.Hunter 0-3 2-4 2, Jones 4-6 0-0 10, Reeves 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-57 16-20 75. Halftime_Clemson 38-36. 3-Point Goals_Penn St. 4-18 (Baldwin 2-6, Dilione 1-4, Hicks 1-4, Carter 0-1, Dunn 0-1, Johnson 0-2), Clemson 9-19 (C.Hunter 3-6, Zackery 2-2, Jones 2-3, Wiggins 2-4, Lakhin 0-1, Schieffelin 0-1, D.Hunter 0-2). Rebounds_Penn St. 28 (Konan Niederhauser, Dilione, Kern 6), Clemson 31 (Schieffelin 13). Assists_Penn St. 18 (Baldwin 11), Clemson 17 (Schieffelin 8). Total Fouls_Penn St. 19, Clemson 15.Bajaj Finserv Share Price Live blog for 30 Dec 2024An internet relic’s red-hot IPO Reddit is a weird one — at once an ancient relic and a cultural hotbed. Founded in 2005 by a pair of UVA grads, the platform hosts message boards dedicated to every possible topic, from dating (r/dating) to conversations with famous, powerful people (r/IAMA). If you’re looking for honest takes, you’ll find them here. These “subreddits” make for some of the internet’s most interesting, active, and frank communities, not least because Reddit’s old-school anonymity allows for unfiltered honesty. No wonder almost 100 million people visit the site every day. Reddit even manages to move the market, as the infamous GameStop short squeeze demonstrated back in 2021. But the real action arguably got going this past March, when Reddit finally went public and ordinary investors got their first shot at owning shares, which debuted at around $47 each. Since then, the stock has soared about 180%, vastly outperforming the S&P 500. For more on the once and future message-board system — and why it refuses to fade into the background — see below. By the digits 9: Reddit’s position on the top-10 list of the internet’s most-visited sites, as of September 2024. 717,000: Members of the Nope subreddit, which is “dedicated to things that make you say nope” and will give you a good sense of the eclectic nature of many Reddit communities. 97.2 million: Daily active uniques (as in unique visitors), an almost 50% increase over this time last year Over 16 billion: Total number of posts and comments on Reddit right now. $1.4 trillion: The number of ad dollars Reddit’s top brass claims to see in its future, per the company’s IPO filings. How Reddit shapes the internet as we know it If you’re not a regular Reddit reader, you may not realize how much it’s shaped both the internet and broader pop culture. The platform introduced many acronyms and terms now in common use online and in in-person conversation, such as “TLDR” (too long, didn’t read), “TIL” (today I learned), and “redpilled” — plus many more words and phrases too off-color to be included here. Its r/IAmA forum has hosted Q&As with figures as varied as Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Keanu Reeves, and NASA’s Curiosity Rover team. These AMAs provide a rare, direct line of questioning between the public and notable personalities, often producing newsworthy revelations and viral moments. Politically, Reddit communities like r/politics and r/news have shaped discussions on major issues and elections, influencing public opinion through both grassroots activism and organized information-sharing. The platform has occasionally hosted harmful content, too, such as r/The_Donald, which was banned in 2020 after violating policies on hate speech. The community was linked to planning aspects of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. Despite newer platforms, Reddit remains a vastly influential yet old-school hub. Its affinity- and fandom-driven subreddits offer a modern antidote to “Bowling Alone”-type arguments, turning virtual spaces into engaged tribes — for better and for worse. Just remember you read it here, not on Reddit. Quotable “Facebook makes me hate the people I know, and Reddit makes me love the people I don’t.” — Alexis Ohanian, Reddit co-founder Pop quiz Which Reddit community is dedicated to sharing intimate confessions, sometimes with shocking honesty? A. r/trueconfessions B. r/relationships C. r/heart2heart D: r/personaladvice Check out the answer at the bottom of this email. Brief history 2005: UVA grads Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian found Reddit, offering a simple, user-driven platform that would become a pioneer in social news aggregation. 2006: Condé Nast acquires Reddit for a reported $10-$20 million, giving it stability and resources that helped it grow from a niche community into a mainstream internet staple. 2008: Reddit launches subreddits, allowing users to create and join topic-specific communities, transforming Reddit into a vast network of niche interest groups. 2012: Reddit helps spearhead internet-wide protests against the SOPA and PIPA internet bills, marking its emergence as a platform for digital activism. 2019: Reddit hits 400 million monthly active users, solidifying its status as one of the largest and most influential platforms globally. 2024: Reddit IPOs, making its own Wall Street bet. Fun fact! Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian is married to tennis champion Serena Williams, and their attendance at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Markle in 2017 was, naturally, posted to Reddit . Watch this The Reddit cofounders describe starting the site in this YouTube video . Take me down this 🐰 hole! If you’ve got 15 minutes to waste, r/mildlyinteresting offers “mildly interesting stuff. Stuff that interests you. Mildly.” Poll What is the most popular AMA of all time on Reddit? 💬 Let’s talk 🐤 X this! 🤔 What did you think of today’s email? 💡 What should we obsess over next? Today’s email was put together by Catherine Baab-Muguira, whose 2021 AMA drew one million people — so she knows the power of Reddit firsthand. The correct answer to the pop quiz is B. r/relationships is a subreddit where users openly share their personal relationship struggles, from awkward dating dilemmas to complex family issues. Known for its blunt, often brutally honest advice, it’s a space where Reddit users don’t shy away from the difficult and sometimes uncomfortable aspects of relationships, offering support or tough love in equal measure. 📬 Sign up for Quartz Weekly Obsession Want to escape the news cycle? Try our Weekly Obsession.