President Donald Trump traveled through Asia this week, sitting down for a high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, which he described as “truly great,” while Americans at home bore the brunt of the ongoing government shutdown, which is entering its second month.Democrats now find themselves in a bind as they have succeeded in framing health care as the issue at the heart of the stalemate but are grappling with the lapse of federal food assistance for millions of Americans set to begin Saturday.The shutdown is also likely to lead to more flight delays as the Federal Aviation Administration grapples with staffing shortages. At the same time, federal employees are working without pay, and food banks are bracing for a surge in demand.The president, though, seems to have his mind focused elsewhere as he instructed the Pentagon to immediately resume testing of nuclear weapons to ensure the U.S. keeps up with its rivals.“With others doing testing, I think it’s appropriate that we do also,” he told reporters after departing South Korea to return to the U.S.The Trump administration is continuing to add pressure on Venezuela, with the country’s authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, now accusing the U.S. of “fabricating a new eternal war.”See previous updates here, and read the latest below:Trump Has Morning Meltdown Over Canadian Anti-Tariff AdIn a series of posts on his Truth Social platform Friday morning, Trump fiercely defended his tariff policies, while taking aim at Canada, one day after he announced he would suspend trade negotiations with the major U.S. ally over an ad campaign by the Ontario government.The video, which is airing across the U.S., uses parts of a 1987 speech by Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs. But the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute said the ad "misrepresents" the former president's remarks. Indeed, in the full speech, Reagan defended his tariffs on semiconductors from Japan.Trump seized the opportunity to rip Canada, accusing its leaders of trying to "illegally influence" a U.S. Supreme Court case that could upend his tariff policy."CANADA CHEATED AND GOT CAUGHT!!!" Trump wrote. "They fraudulently took a big buy ad saying that Ronald Reagan did not like Tariffs, when actually he LOVED TARIFFS FOR OUR COUNTRY, AND ITS NATIONAL SECURITY.""Thank you to the Ronald Reagan Foundation for exposing this FRAUD," he continued.See All UpdatesClose