“Welcome back to Canada, President @BarackObama,” Carney wrote on X alongside the clip, which featured lively music in the background as Obama waltzed up to the Canadian leader and shook his hand.
“Thank you for joining us in Toronto for important conversations on how we can build a better and more just future — and empower more people to build with us,” the left-wing Carney noted further, without noting that his liberal party has been in power in Canada for years, so it’s not clear what “just” and “empower more people” actually means.
Conservative influencer and Trump pal Laura Loomer quickly reacted online. “Why is Barack Hussein Obama meeting with world leaders while President Trump is in office?” Loomer wrote on X. “This is a coup.”
Conservative influencer Nick Sortor blasted Obama online, writing: “Obama needs to sit down and figure out his freaking place before his a– ends up in prison for violating the Logan Act.” He added: “Trump is our President. You’ve been sidelined, Hussein.”
David J. Freeman, a political commentator who is known as Gunther Eagleman on X and boasts over 1.6 million followers, wrote: “Obama sneaking into Canada for private meetings with globalist Carney? Bro thinks he’s still running the show. Sit down, Barack, Trump’s President. Barack Obama belongs in prison.”
Reports said that Obama was in Canada for a speaking engagement, but others note it stretches credulity to believe that was the former president’s only reason for being there. Others suggested the speech was cover for Obama huddling with Carney on ways to undermine Trump as the 47th president continues to press the northern US neighbor on issues of fair trade.
The Logan Act, enacted in 1799, bars private American citizens from conducting unauthorized negotiations with foreign governments that are involved in disputes with the United States, specifically when the individual seeks to influence that government’s position in the conflict. The law was inspired by George Logan, a Pennsylvania legislator who traveled to France and met with senior French officials in an attempt to ease tensions and improve relations between the two countries.
Only two people in U.S. history have ever been charged under the Logan Act, and neither prosecution ultimately succeeded, according to The Federalist Society.
In 1803, private citizen Francis Flournoy was indicted after publishing a newspaper article in Kentucky calling for western U.S. territories to break away from the Union and form a separate nation aligned with France.
Nearly five decades later, in 1852, Jacob Levy was indicted for sending a letter to Mexico’s president urging him not to approve a proposed treaty with the United States.
To violate the law, per Newsweek, all three conditions must be met:
- The person must be acting without U.S. government authorization.
- They must be communicating with a foreign government.
- They must be attempting to influence that government on an active dispute with the United States.
Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino issued a pointed warning to Obama this week after the 44th president criticized the Trump administration’s handling of the Department of Justice, escalating an already intensifying political and legal battle over the alleged weaponization of federal law enforcement.
“The White House shouldn’t be able to direct the attorney general to go around prosecuting whoever,” Obama told late-night host Stephen Colbert. “The idea is that the attorney general is the people’s lawyer. It’s not the president’s consigliere.”
Bongino responded forcefully during a public appearance this week, suggesting Obama himself could face scrutiny over actions tied to the Russia investigation and broader allegations of political weaponization during the 2016 transition period.
