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Trump says Canada and Iran want a deal

US President spoke to reporters in Dublin before visiting his golf course.

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Trump says Canada and Iran want a deal

What this story says

  • Donald Trump stated that Canada and Iran both want to make a deal.
  • The remarks were made to reporters in Dublin, Ireland, before Trump visited his golf course.
  • Trump was asked about the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement on trade.
  • Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said no formal trade talks were scheduled, but conversations continue.

Who covered it

Left 57%(16)Centre 36%(10)Right 7%(2)

Percentages are shares of the 28 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 7 of the 35 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

57/100

Hype

41/100

35 sources · methodology

Thin on the right so far

Only 2 of the 28 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

U.S. President Donald Trump said that Canada and Iran have something in common: they both want to make a deal. Trump made these remarks to reporters in Dublin, Ireland, on 12 September 2026, before visiting his golf course in western Ireland. He was asked about the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement on trade.

Trump stated, “Canada wants to make a deal very badly, just like Iran wants to make a deal very badly.” He added, “I just don’t think they’re ready. But Canada wants to make a deal …. I hope Canada appreciates being in the same sentence with Iran.” The war between the U.S. and Iran began in February with airstrikes on Iran. Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc stated that no formal trade talks were scheduled, but conversations continue. The most recent formal negotiations between Canada and the United States concluded on 21 August 2026.

Disagreement on trade talks

Donald Trump stated that Canada wants to make a deal, while Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said no formal trade talks were scheduled, though conversations continue. The City News report also noted that the most recent formal negotiations between Canada and the United States ended on 21 August 2026.

What the coverage left out

None of the left-rated digests mention the war between the U.S. and Iran, which started in February with airstrikes on Iran. None of the right-rated digests mention the war between the U.S. and Iran, which started in February with airstrikes on Iran.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 5 times, most recently on 12 Sept 2026, 21:00, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

16 rated outlets

  • Ten of the 14 left-rated reports focused on Donald Trump's statement that Canada and Iran both want a deal. These reports noted that Trump made the remarks to reporters in Dublin before visiting his golf course. They also included the detail that Trump was asked about the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement on trade. The reports mentioned that Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc stated no formal trade talks were scheduled, but conversations continue.

Centre

10 rated outlets

  • Ten of the 10 centre-rated reports highlighted Donald Trump's assertion that Canada and Iran both desire a deal. These reports specified that Trump spoke to reporters in Dublin, Ireland, prior to visiting his golf course. They also stated that the U.S. president was questioned about the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement on trade. The reports included comments from Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who said no formal trade talks were scheduled, but conversations are ongoing.

Right

2 rated outlets

  • The two right-rated reports focused on Donald Trump's statement that Canada wants to make a deal. One report mentioned that Trump also expressed a wish for Ireland to be unified. Both reports noted that Trump met with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin and President Catherine Connolly.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Trump says Canada and Iran want a deal?
Of the 28 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 57% are rated left, 36% are rated centre, 7% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 35. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Trump says Canada and Iran want a deal left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 28 rated outlets on this story, 57% are rated left, 36% are rated centre, 7% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Trump says Canada and Iran want a deal biased?
Trump says Canada and Iran want a deal is one event reported by 35 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Trump says Canada and Iran want a deal?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Trump says Canada and Iran want a deal?
35 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did Donald Trump say about Canada and Iran?
Donald Trump told reporters in Dublin that Canada and Iran both want to make a deal. He stated, “Canada wants to make a deal very badly, just like Iran wants to make a deal very badly.”
When and where did Donald Trump make these remarks?
Donald Trump made these remarks to reporters in Dublin, Ireland, on 12 September 2026, before visiting his golf course in western Ireland.
What was the context of Trump's comments on Canada?
Trump was asked about the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement on trade. Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc stated that no formal trade talks were scheduled, but conversations continue.

Read it at the source

35 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

Left

16
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Centre

10
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Right

2

Not rated

7

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