President Trump's 25% tariffs on Canada's and Mexico's exports to the U.S. and new levies on China took effect early Tuesday.

Why it matters: Trump's confirmation of the tariffs sent markets sliding Monday amid fears it could raise prices for U.S. customers, see inflation soar and start a trade war — and Canada and China took retaliatory action against U.S. products as tariffs targeting their countries took effect.

• After Chinese exports were hit with an additional 10% tariff on top of the 10% Trump had imposed earlier this year, officials in Beijing announced 15% tariffs on some U.S. agriculture imports, including chicken, corn, cotton and wheat.
• Canada, which is also facing 10% tariffs on energy products, announced a raft of countermeasures.

Zoom in: Canadian Prime Minister Justin said in a statement Monday Canadian officials would move to impose 25% tariffs against "$155 billion of American goods" at 12:01am Tuesday, when he noted Trump's "unjustified" tariffs were due to take effect.

• Canada would start with tariffs on "$30 billion worth of goods immediately, and tariffs on the remaining $125 billion on American products in 21 days' time," Trudeau said.
• "Our tariffs will remain in place until the U.S. trade action is withdrawn, and should U.S. tariffs not cease, we are in active and ongoing discussions with provinces and territories to pursue several non-tariff measures," Trudeau added.
• "Because of the tariffs imposed by the U.S., Americans will pay more for groceries, gas, and cars, and potentially lose thousands of jobs. Tariffs will disrupt an incredibly successful trading relationship."

State of play: Trump last month struck a deal on border security with Canadian and Mexican officials and paused for 30 days his threat to impose on the countries his planned tariffs, but the president made clear on Monday no progress had been made during negotiations.

• Trump was proceeding with implementing the tariffs on Canada and Mexico "to combat the extraordinary threat to U.S. national security, including our public health posed by unchecked drug trafficking," per a White House statement early Tuesday.
• The White House said Trump gave Canadian and Mexican officials "ample opportunity to curb the dangerous cartel activity and influx of lethal drugs flowing into our country," but "they have failed to adequately address the situation."

What they're saying: Trudeau said in his statement while less than 1% of the fentanyl intercepted at the U.S. border comes from Canada, "we have worked relentlessly to address this scourge that affects Canadians and Americans alike."

• He pointed to Canada implementing a $1.3 billion border plan "with new choppers, boots on the ground," increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl and a Canada-U.S. Joint Strike Force on organized crime was being established.
• Trudeau said such efforts, along with appointing a Fentanyl Czar, listing transnational criminal cartels as terrorist organizations and working in partnership with the U.S. on the issue, had resulted in a 97% drop in fentanyl seizures from Canada between December and January to "a near-zero low of 0.03 pounds seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection."
• There was no immediate response from Mexican officials to the tariffs, but President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters on Monday she had a plan for if they were to take effect and would provide details on Tuesday.
• Representatives for the White House did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.

Go deeper: Trump tariffs will cause price hikes on these everyday goods

Editor's note: This article has been updated with new details throughout.

President Trump decided to pause and review all military aid to Ukraine days after the public spat with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, two White House officials told Axios.

Why it matters: The decision that was taken after a meeting on Monday between Trump and his senior adviser would increase pressure on Zelensky and create more difficulties for Ukraine's military.

What they're saying: "President Trump has been clear that he is focused on peace," one White House official said.

• "We need our partners to be committed to that goal as well. We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution."

Zoom out: The previous administration sent some $65.9 billion in military assistance to the country since Russia's invasion in February 2022, per the State Department.

• Trump had not announced any additional aid since taking office.
• Bloomberg first reported on Trump's aid decision.

Go deeper: What military aid the U.S. is still providing Ukraine under Trump

Editor's note: This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.

The Senate confirmed Linda McMahon on Monday to serve as head of the Education Department — an entity President Trump has targeted for elimination,

Why it matters: Trump's proposals to dismantle the Department of Education could have dramatic implications for public schools that rely on federal funds to fill gaps in state and local support. Experts point to a recipe for chaos as critical government programs are reorganized.

• The vote was 51-45.
• Trump told reporters last month he hopes McMahon will "put herself out of a job."

The big picture: McMahon, a former World Wrestling Entertainment executive, headed the Small Business Administration during Trump's first term and is a longtime Trump ally (and megadonor).

• In advance of her confirmation, the Education Department offered a buyout of up to $25,000 to most of its employees, Politico reported, citing an email sent Friday to staffers.

Reality check: Eliminating the Department of Education, which has been a punching bag for the GOP for decades, would require congressional action.

• But that's not to say the administration won't try to dismantle it before urging lawmakers to deliver the final blow.
• The Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has begun dissecting the agency from the inside, claiming last month that the team had terminated some $881 million in contracts deemed wasteful.

Zoom out: McMahon will be tasked with implementing several education-related executive orders Trump has signed, including one that threatens to slash funding for K-12 schools that "indoctrinate" students by teaching about race and gender.

The other side: NAACP President Derrick Johnson said McMahon's confirmation "brings us one step closer to losing our Department of Education—the agency that not only funds public schools, but advocates for our teachers and enforces essential civil rights laws.

• "Today marks another dark day in America—not just for our government but for our kids," Johnson said.

Go deeper: Trump taps major donors, eldest sons to lead transition team

• Jon Stewart says he would be game to have Elon Musk on "The Daily Show."
• The interview can go for as long as Musk likes, Stewart said in his Monday monologue.
• Stewart's invitation follows his criticism of Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

Jon Stewart says he'd be game to have Elon Musk on "The Daily Show" completely unedited — and they can keep rolling for as long as the Tesla chief likes.

The possibility of a Stewart-Musk showdown was first floated after Stewart's February 24 monologue on the Department of Government Efficiency. During that segment, Stewart criticized DOGE's cost-cutting measures — and got so worked up that he smashed a ceramic mug and cut his hand.

"After the show, Gov. Musk tweeted — or X'd, I guess — that he would like to come on here and talk to me as long as the show airs unedited," Stewart said on Monday night about Musk, who is not an elected official.

"After thinking about his offer, I thought, 'Hey, that's actually how the in-studio interviews normally are. It's unedited," Stewart said. "So sure, we'd be delighted."

Stewart said he would "sweeten the pot" and keep the cameras rolling for as long as Musk wants their dialogue to last.

"The interview can be 15 minutes. It can be an hour. It can be two hours, whatever," Stewart said.

It would not be out of character for a Musk interview to run long. He's done hourslong podcast appearances on shows hosted by Joe Rogan and Lex Fridman.

Stewart, Musk, and the DOGE of it all

Stewart said in his Monday night monologue that he has seen Musk's critiques of him on social media.

Musk initially said on X he would be open to going on Stewart's show if the segment aired unedited.

"@elonmusk we'd be delighted," The Daily Show wrote on its X account in response.

But in separate X posts on February 25, Musk called Stewart "too set in his ways" and "very far left."

Musk followed that criticism up with another post on March 1, calling Stewart a "propagandist."

"Look, Elon, I do have some criticisms about DOGE. I support, in general, the idea of efficiency and delivering better services to the American public in cheaper and more efficient ways," Stewart said on Monday.

"And if you want to come on and talk about it on the show, great. If you don't want to, sure," the late-night show host added. "But can we just drop the pretense that you won't do it because I don't measure up to the standards of neutral discourse that you demand and display at all times?"

Musk first pitched the idea for DOGE to President Donald Trump during a livestreamed conversation on X back in August. At the time, Musk said he'd be "happy to help out" with a government-efficiency commission.

Since taking office, Trump has focused on trimming the size of the federal government. In addition to offering federal workers buyout offers and limiting federal hiring, the Trump administration has also asked federal workers to provide a list of their work accomplishments every week.

Musk did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, sent outside regular office hours.

• Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China are now in effect.
• The Trump administration is imposing a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico.
• Trump doubled the US's additional tariffs on China from 10% to 20%.

President Donald Trump's new tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China are here.

Tariffs of 25% on imports from Canada and Mexico went into effect on Tuesday. Energy imports from Canada are subject to a lower 10% tariff.

Trump had initially announced tariffs on both countries in early February, but he reached a deal with the leaders of Mexico and Canada to delay the tariffs by a month.

Also on Tuesday, Trump doubled the tariff on goods from China from 10% to 20% in an effort to push for strengthened drug policy, particularly surrounding the flow of fentanyl into the US.

The president's initial executive order placing tariffs on the three countries said the tariffs would remain in place "until the crisis is alleviated," referring to border and drug policy.

Responses from China, Mexico, and Canada

Beijing retaliated swiftly against Trump's additional tariffs, announcing that China will impose additional tariffs of 10% to 15% on some US imports starting March 10.

They include 10% tariffs on US soybeans, pork, and beef imports, as well as 15% tariffs on chicken and cotton imports, according to the Commerce Ministry.

US farm imports into China were also targeted by Beijing when Trump started the trade war in his first term.

Beijing is also banning Illumina — a California-based biotech firm — from selling gene sequencing products in China to "safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests," the country's Commerce Ministry announced separately.

Beijing also added 10 US companies onto a list of unreliable entities and imposed dual-use item export controls on 15 US entities.

Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau, said in a statement earlier on Monday evening that if the White House followed through, his administration would retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155 billion of US goods.

"Canada will not let this unjustified decision go unanswered," Trudeau said.

The statement said Ottawa plans to roll out the retaliatory measures over 21 days, with immediate tariffs on an initial $30 billion tranche of US goods. Trudeau added that his government is discussing other "non-tariff measures."

Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said on Monday that she would wait to see the scale of the new tariffs before announcing any retaliation.

The US imports a range of key goods from Canada, Mexico, and China, including crude oil, car parts, and electronics. Some companies, like Walmart, have said they will raise prices if tariffs go into effect.

Trump wrote on Truth Social in February that Americans will feel "some pain" with tariffs, but "it will all be worth the price that must be paid."

The White House did not immediately respond to BI's request for comment.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

• A top Ukrainian official said Russia beat its 2024 recruitment goal and is still doing so in 2025.
• That's after Moscow already raised its goal to 430,000 troops last year.
• It comes as Russia has poured cash into sign-up bonuses and passed laws to recruit crime suspects.

The deputy chief of Ukraine's military intelligence said Russia is exceeding its recruitment targets, affirming Moscow's earlier claim of hiring over 440,000 soldiers in 2024.

That recruiting success is set to continue in 2025, Maj. Gen. Vadim Skibitsky said in an interview published by the news agency RBC Ukraine on Monday.

"In January, they fulfilled their recruitment plans by 107%," said Skibitsky. "This issue remains relevant, and the Russian authorities have no problem with staffing their troops and filling losses."

Skibitsky said Russia initially set a hiring target of 380,000 troops in 2024 but raised it to 430,000 recruits. And beat that goal, he added.

In December, Dmitry Medvedev, the chairman of Russia's security council, said Moscow had signed contracts with 440,000 new soldiers in 2024.

Skibitsky confirmed that number in his Monday interview and said that Russia officially plans to recruit another 343,000 soldiers in 2025.

"But based on the experience of 2024, we know that these plans inevitably change, in the upward direction," he said.

Recruiting at that scale is allowing Russia to continue fighting intensely in Ukraine, Skibitsky said.

"It is important to understand that almost 80% of those recruited under contract are used to replace combat losses," he told RBC Ukraine.

These reported figures come as the Kremlin has poured cash into one-time recruitment bonuses for the military — just one of many ways it's pushing its economy and spending toward defense.

In July, Russian leader Vladimir Putin signed a decree that more than doubled the baseline sign-up bonus from 195,000 rubles to 400,000 rubles for the rest of 2024.

The 400,000 ruble payout is worth about $4,450 now. But some regions upped their bonuses to nearly 2 million rubles last year, putting them on par with the US military's sign-on payments.

"For the Russian Federation, these are very large sums," Skibitsky told RBC Ukraine.

Federal statistics from the Russian government in December cited the average monthly wage in the country as 86,500 rubles.

Ukraine expects Russia to also significantly ramp up the number of soldiers it recruits from prisons or criminal trials.

With Russia already actively recruiting from prisons, Putin signed a bill in October allowing those who face criminal charges to avoid their trials or convictions if they enlist in the military.

Skibitsky said Russia's plans for 2025 include 30% of its forces being made up of "special contingents," which describe units fielding inmates or soldiers who signed up to avoid charges.

That's up from 15% of its forces involving such troops last year, Skibitsky said.

"This issue is already arising for the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation — what to do with these people and how to work with them," he said.

Analysts from the Washington-based think tank Institute for the Study of War wrote that Russia likely increased its recruitment target in 2024 because that's when it stepped up the intensity of its assaults in Ukraine.

Moscow has, over the last year, started throwing thousands of men daily at Ukrainian positions in ground assaults, sustaining high casualties but also pressuring Kyiv's tired forces on the front lines.

ISW analysts wrote that Russia will likely have to raise its recruitment quota again this year to maintain that strategy.

"Continued Western military aid would help Ukrainian forces inflict additional losses on the Russian military that would likely intensify Russia's economic and military issues and force Putin into making concessions during meaningful negotiations in 2025," they wrote.

Vice President JD Vance said Monday the Trump administration is working with Russia to end its war on Ukraine and said the "door is open" for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky if he's "willing to seriously talk peace."

Why it matters: In his first interview since Friday's heated White House exchange that Vance and President Trump had with Zelensky, the vice president on Fox News criticized Ukraine's leader and argued that it's in Kyiv's best interests to sign a minerals deal with the U.S.

Driving the news: "If you want real security guarantees, if you want to actually ensure that [Russian leader] Vladimir Putin does not invade Ukraine again, the very best security guarantee is to give Americans economic upside in the future of Ukraine," Vance said on Fox News' "Hannity."

• "That is a way better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years."

Zoom in: During the interview, Vance told Fox News host Sean Hannity that Zelensky had "showed a clear unwillingness to engage in the peace process" that Trump has said is "the policy of the American people and of their president."

• He accused Zelensky of showing "a certain sense of entitlement" at the Oval Office.

Zoom out: Zelensky said on X Sunday he's "ready to sign" a minerals deal with the the U.S., but a "ceasefire without security guarantees is dangerous for Ukraine."

• The Ukrainian president has said security guarantees are needed due to Moscow's breach of a ceasefire agreement after its annexation of Crimea in eastern Ukraine in 2014.

Editor's note: This article has been updated with additional details throughout.

The Trump administration has informed NOAA that two pivotal centers for weather forecasting will soon have their leases canceled, sources told Axios.

Why it matters: One of the buildings is the nerve center for generating national weather forecasts.

• It was designed to integrate multiple forecasting centers in one building to improve operating efficiency. It houses telecommunications equipment to send weather data and forecasts across the U.S. and abroad.

Driving the news: The NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction is on the lease cancellation list, according to a NOAA employee who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution.

• Two ex-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials also confirmed the list.
• The building houses the National Weather Service's National Centers for Environmental Prediction, or NCEP, which includes the Environmental Modeling Center. It opened in 2012 and has about 268,000 square feet of space.
• The modeling center runs the computer models used in day-to-day weather forecasting, and ensures that weather data correctly goes into these models and that they are operating correctly.

The lease cancellation was first reported by The Verge. The National Weather Service didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

• The NOAA employee told Axios the cancellations — along with recent layoffs, early retirements, and travel and hiring limitations — point to an effort to dismantle the agency.

Between the lines: Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been working through the General Services Administration to cancel government leases of office space.

• The NOAA employee told Axios a nightmare scenario could unfold if the College Park building was shuttered, but the agency still was tasked with the same missions as at present.
• In that case, NOAA would have to somehow replicate its functionality somewhere else in a process that could take a year or more and leave critical forecasting gaps.
• It would also require new congressional appropriations to get that done.

The intrigue: The cancellation notice for the College Park facility isn't final, as a spreadsheet detailing all the properties on the cancellation list has an end date of "TBD" for that building, according to the NOAA staff member.

• Another building on the list, which came to NOAA by way of GSA, now has an end date of Sept. 30, 2025.
• That facility in Norman, Okla. is the Radar Operations Center, a centralized hub for technicians and researchers to work on improving and repairing the nation's aging fleet of Doppler weather radars.

The DOGE website has a section on canceled or modified government real estate properties. It shows several NOAA facilities, though not the exact building in College Park as of Monday.

• In addition to the National Weather Service-related properties, numerous buildings on the so-called "wet side" of NOAA are on the list the agency received, including the National Marine Fisheries Service.

What they're saying: Andrew Rosenberg, a former NOAA official on the agency's fisheries side, has seen the cancellation list. He likened the College Park situation to cutting the government via a "chainsaw" approach rather than more fully considered cuts.

• Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) told Axios he hadn't heard anything final about NOAA buildings in Maryland.
• "I am worried," he told Axios after speaking at a rally Monday outside NOAA headquarters in Silver Spring, Md.
• "We know they're looking through GSA," he said of DOGE. "We should be concerned and worry about all these things, which is why the sooner we shut down the efforts to illegally get rid of federal employees the better."

Van Hollen said his staff will look into the College Park facility in particular. He already has sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seeking answers following the NOAA cuts of probationary employees last week.

• His office put the total of those layoffs to 650 out of NOAA's approximately 12,000-person workforce.

What's next: NOAA, like other government agencies, has been told to plan for even deeper cuts.

Go deeper:

Top weather, climate agency NOAA the latest layoff target

NOAA layoffs threaten weather, climate forecasts

DOGE plans for NOAA, FEMA could have big climate impacts

• Pfizer's CEO said he may move manufacturing back to the US in response to Donald Trump's tariffs.
• Albert Bourla said he was not surprised by Trump's victory in November.
• Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China.

Albert Bourla, Pfizer's CEO, said on Monday that the company may move overseas drug manufacturing back to the US if President Donald Trump's tariffs affect it.

Bourla was speaking at TD Cowen's annual healthcare conference when he was asked about the impact Trump's tariffs could have on Pfizer's operations.

While most of Pfizer's generic drugs are produced overseas, Bourla said the company has a large manufacturing network in the US.

"We have 13 manufacturing sites in the US right now, up and running," Bourla said, adding that some facilities are "mega, mega sites."

"So we have all the capabilities here, and the manufacturing sites are operating in good capacity right now. It's not that they are not, but if something happens, we will try to mitigate by transferring from manufacturing sites outside, to manufacturing sites here, the things that can be transferred quickly," Bourla continued.

Bourla also said at the conference that he was not surprised by Trump's victory in November.

"I was expecting him probably to win. It was very big win," Bourla said, adding that there will be "risks and opportunities" with the new administration.

"But the important thing is, what are you doing about it? And what are you doing about it, is you try to influence the environment. From our perspective, the whole pharma industry and us as Pfizer, try to stay as close to the administration," Bourla added.

On Monday, Trump said the White House would proceed with its plans to impose 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada starting Tuesday. The tariffs were originally meant to take effect in early February but were delayed after both countries promised to strengthen their border security.

The Trump administration imposed a 10% tariff on China last month and said it would levy an additional 10% tariff starting Tuesday. In February 2024, Trump told Fox News' Maria Bartiromo he would introduce tariffs of more than 60% on Chinese goods if he won the election.

"When it comes to China, it's not affecting us. As Pfizer, we haven't any reliance on China right now, nor Canada or Mexico," Bourla told CNBC in an interview on February 18.

"We are waiting to see how that could play out with the tariffs in places that have not been announced yet," Bourla added.

Representatives for Pfizer did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

• California is mandating that state employees return to the office four days a week starting July 1.
• The move aligns with a White House mandate for federal workers to return full-time.
• Companies like Amazon and JPMorgan also require in-person work, ending remote policies.

California is requiring most state employees to come into the office at least four days a week starting July 1.

Gov. Gavin Newsom's office said on Monday that the state employs 224,000 full-time workers and that over half have returned to daily in-office work.

"When we work together, collaboration improves, innovation thrives, and accountability increases," Newson said in a statement.

The announcement said telework would be granted on a case-by-case basis, including for employees who do not live near their offices.

The order follows a White House mandate to return federal workers to the office full time. President Donald Trump signed the return-to-office mandate during his first hours in office.

Changes are also being rolled out on the state level. Some states, including Ohio and Oklahoma, require their employees to work in person, ending pandemic-era telework policies.

Similarly, companies including Amazon, JPMorgan, and Salesforce have required their employees to return to in-person work.

California's order has gained criticism from one of the largest public sector unions in the country.

On Monday, SEIU Local 1000 called Newsom's decision "out of touch, unnecessary, and a step backward" and asked him to "reverse this reckless decision."

"Forcing workers back into the office hits them financially," the union, which said it represents 96,000 people employed by California, wrote in a statement. "Many will face higher costs for gas, parking, and commuting — expenses that telework helped avoid."

The order reverses Newsom's outlook and policies toward remote work. During the pandemic and until the end of 2023, his administration encouraged remote work for California government employees. It also gave individual agencies within the government autonomy over remote or hybrid work policies. Newsom has been pushing for in-person work since April 2024.

Newsom also asked state human resources to streamline the hiring of former federal workers who want jobs in areas such as firefighting, weather forecasting, natural resource management, and medical and mental healthcare. Mass layoffs and employee buyouts across US government agencies led by Elon Musk's DOGE have left thousands of federal employees unemployed.

President Donald Trump and Musk have said the moves are meant to improve productivity and slash federal spending.

Newsom's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI.

• Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Dean, has died at age 82 in Nashville.
• Parton and Dean first met outside a laundromat in 1964 and married two years later in 1966.
• Dean has largely stayed out of the spotlight since then, but he inspired Parton's hit "Jolene."

Dolly Parton's husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean, has died at age 82, the singer said in a post on Instagram on Monday.

"Carl Dean, husband of Dolly Parton, passed away March 3rd in Nashville at the age of 82. He will be laid to rest in a private ceremony with immediate family attending. He was survived by his siblings Sandra and Donnie," the post read.

"Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. Words can't do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy," the post continued. "The family has asked for privacy during this difficult time."

Parton and Dean met outside a laundromat on the day she moved to Nashville in 1964.

"I was surprised and delighted that while he talked to me, he looked at my face (a rare thing for me). He seemed to be genuinely interested in finding out who I was and what I was about," Parton said of the meeting in a post on her official website.

Sparks flew between them almost immediately.

"My first thought was 'I'm gonna marry that girl,'" Dean told Entertainment Tonight in 2016 in a rare public statement for the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. "My second thought was, 'Lord she's good lookin.'" And that was the day my life began. I wouldn't trade the last 50 years for nothing on this earth."

After two years of dating, they married in 1966 in a private ceremony in Georgia.

Since their marriage, Dean has largely stayed out of the spotlight.

Parton received her first songwriting award in 1966 for "Put It Off Until Tomorrow" recorded by Bill Phillips. Parton and Dean attended the ceremony and dinner together, but they did not continue making joint public appearances.

"After the dinner, we walked back out, and they brought us our car — I don't even remember what we were driving then — and we got in it and headed for home," Parton said at the Marty Stuart Jam in 2011, per country music news site The Boot. "Carl turned to me and said, 'Dolly, I want you to have everything you want, and I'm happy for you, but don't you ever ask me to go to another one of them dang things again!'"

Dean also inspired one of Parton's biggest hits, "Jolene."

The story for the song came from a bank teller who had a "terrible crush" on her husband, Parton said in a 2008 interview with NPR.

"And he just loved going to the bank because she paid him so much attention. It was kinda like a running joke between us — when I was saying, 'Hell, you're spending a lot of time at the bank. I don't believe we've got that kind of money.' So it's really an innocent song all around, but sounds like a dreadful one," she told NPR.

In 2019, the singer told Business Insider that a typical date night with her husband involved a romantic dinner at home, during which they would both get dressed up for each other.

"We've always been sweethearts as well as being best friends, as well as being husband and wife," she said. "So we just decide what we want to do."

A representative for Parton told BI that the singer had no additional comment.

• Canadians are angry over Trump's tariff threats and 51st-state comments.
• In response, they're abandoning US consumer brands in favor of locally-made alternatives.
• The country's largest retailer said sales of Canadian goods are up by double digits.

In response to President Donald Trump's tariff threats and comments about adopting the 158-year-old nation as the 51st US state, Canadians are hitting back with a bit of economic populism of their own.

"Every single person I meet, they want help and guidance how they can buy more Canadian products, and we're really trying to do everything we can to help them," Loblaw Companies CEO Per Bank said on the company's fourth quarter earnings call last month. Loblaw, which owns several grocery and pharmacy brands, is the largest retailer in Canada.

In a LinkedIn comment a week before the call, Bank said sales of products prepared in Canada were up double digits in the second week of February, especially in grocery, dairy, and frozen sections as shoppers were "already in a patriotic state of mind."

The sentiment goes well beyond the grocery aisles.

"It's a combination of we're hurt and angry," said Mike Moffatt, a former economic adviser to Justin Trudeau, in an interview with Scott Galloway published last week. "Weirdly, we're actually more we've come together more as a country. I think we are less divided than we have been in probably a decade here."

Moffatt noted that Canada is significantly more dependent on foreign trade than the US is, and that new tariffs — as well as any retaliatory tariffs — would create a host of supply chain challenges and new price increases.

Trump said Monday that Canada had "no room left" to avoid the tariffs.

Canadians aren't mincing words about how they're feeling and what they hope to accomplish with their next grocery run.

"I'm a little bit horrified. I'm very scared," Pearl Whamond, a nurse who has lived in Montreal all her life, told Business Insider. She said she's personally witnessed an outpouring of Canadian patriotism even in Quebec, a primarily French-speaking province that is not typically considered very patriotic.

"If Quebec is pissed off enough to become nationalistic and fly the Canadian flag, something's really wrong," she said.

Whamond is among the many Canadians who are trying to boycott American companies in favor of Canadian ones. She said her local Facebook groups are full of people asking for Canadian alternatives to specific products and brands.

She personally hasn't shopped at Amazon in nearly a month — despite her husband previously referring to her as the "Amazon queen" — and is also avoiding brands like McDonald's and Walmart.

Another Canadian based in Alberta who asked to remain anonymous for fear of political backlash, told BI he also has been trying to avoid buying American products, opting for goods made in any other country but especially Canada when it's feasible.

"Patriotism is definitely way up," he said. "I feel like we're actually a united front as Canadians. We're collectively rejecting the divisive rhetoric that has led to all this."

The renewed patriotism even spilled out onto the ice during the final game of the Four Nations Face Off hockey tournament, which replaced the otherwise sleepy NHL All Star Game.

After the US handed Canada a decisive defeat in their round-robin match-up, Canada returned with a vengeance in the final to win a sudden-death overtime victory on par with the Olympics or the Stanley Cup.

"You can't take our country — and you can't take our game," Trudeau posted on X.

It's a mood that has more Canadians reaching for Crown Royal over Maker's Mark.