{"id":"1794099070985-news-segment","slug":"allies-split-over-trump-summits","title":"Allies Split Over Trump Summits","summary":"Israeli President Isaac Herzog tapped opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot to form the next government after Israel's main parties recommended he be given the mandate over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Neither candidate had won enough support for a majority in the Knesset.\n\nThe vote left a fragmented Knesset; parties seeking to end Netanyahu's long tenure coalesced around Eisenkot, a former IDF chief of staff.\n\nNPR reports HUD data showed the largest one-year decline in U.S. homelessness in more than a decade, but the number remained near 700,000. This is a book/podcast promo, not a factual claim.\n\nNPR reports Israeli President Isaac Herzog asked Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu's main rival, to form a government after parties recommended him; neither won a majority.\n\nNPR reports a gunman killed 6 and wounded 15 in Krakow's Main Square before police shot and wounded him.","publishedAt":"2026-11-08T00:51:10.985Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"News Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: NPR reports HUD data showed the largest one-year decline in U.S. homelessness in more than a decade, but the number remained near 700,000. This is a book/podcast promo, not a factual claim.\nSource: [npr.org](https://www.npr.org/2026/11/07/nx-s1-6033491/homelessness-in-the-u-s-saw-its-largest-drop-in-more-than-a-decade-last-year) POST news:5947a5fa90aa5910: (https://www.npr.org/2026/11/07/nx-s1-6033491/homelessness-in-the-u-s-saw-its-largest-drop-in-more-than-a-decade-last-year)\n\nTRUE: NPR reports Israeli President Isaac Herzog asked Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu's main rival, to form a government after parties recommended him; neither won a majority.\nSource: [npr.org](https://www.npr.org/2026/11/07/g-s1-152536/netanyahu-israel-government-eisenkot-herzog) NAMES: Gadi Eisenkot = Israeli opposition leader and former ID (https://www.npr.org/2026/11/07/g-s1-152536/netanyahu-israel-government-eisenkot-herzog)\n\nTRUE: NPR reports a gunman killed 6 and wounded 15 in Krakow's Main Square before police shot and wounded him.\nSource: [npr.org](https://www.npr.org/2026/11/07/g-s1-152532/gunman-opens-fire-in-polish-city-of-krakow-killing-6-people-and-injuring-15) (https://www.npr.org/2026/11/07/g-s1-152532/gunman-opens-fire-in-polish-city-of-krakow-killing-6-people-and-injuring-15)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"NPR reports HUD data showed the largest one-year decline in U.S. homelessness in more than a decade, but the number remained near 700,000. This is a book/podcast promo, not a factual claim.","sourceName":"[npr.org](https://www.npr.org/2026/11/07/nx-s1-6033491/homelessness-in-the-u-s-saw-its-largest-drop-in-more-than-a-decade-last-year) POST news:5947a5fa90aa5910:","sourceUrl":"https://www.npr.org/2026/11/07/nx-s1-6033491/homelessness-in-the-u-s-saw-its-largest-drop-in-more-than-a-decade-last-year","claim":"Homelessness in the U.S. saw its largest drop in more than a decade last year - Homelessness declined after years of record-high levels but it still remains at nearly 700,000. The Trump administration and homeless advocacy groups cite different reasons for the drop.","author":"NPR"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"NPR reports Israeli President Isaac Herzog asked Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu's main rival, to form a government after parties recommended him; neither won a majority.","sourceName":"[npr.org](https://www.npr.org/2026/11/07/g-s1-152536/netanyahu-israel-government-eisenkot-herzog) NAMES: Gadi Eisenkot = Israeli opposition leader and former ID","sourceUrl":"https://www.npr.org/2026/11/07/g-s1-152536/netanyahu-israel-government-eisenkot-herzog","claim":"Israel's president taps opposition candidate, not Netanyahu, to form a government - Gadi Eisenkot ran as the main rival to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but neither won enough support to command a majority. Israel's main parties have recommended Eisenkot form a new governmen","author":"NPR"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"NPR reports a gunman killed 6 and wounded 15 in Krakow's Main Square before police shot and wounded him.","sourceName":"[npr.org](https://www.npr.org/2026/11/07/g-s1-152532/gunman-opens-fire-in-polish-city-of-krakow-killing-6-people-and-injuring-15)","sourceUrl":"https://www.npr.org/2026/11/07/g-s1-152532/gunman-opens-fire-in-polish-city-of-krakow-killing-6-people-and-injuring-15","claim":"Gunman opens fire in Polish city of Krakow, killing 6 people and injuring 15 - A gunman targeted random people as he drove into Krakow's Main Square, a major tourist spot. Police shot and wounded the gunman during a gunfight.","author":"NPR"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/11/07/nx-s1-6033491/homelessness-in-the-u-s-saw-its-largest-drop-in-more-than-a-decade-last-year","name":"[npr.org](https://www.npr.org/2026/11/07/nx-s1-6033491/homelessness-in-the-u-s-saw-its-largest-drop-in-more-than-a-decade-last-year) POST news:5947a5fa90aa5910:","kind":"news","verdict":"TRUE","author":"NPR"},{"url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/11/07/g-s1-152536/netanyahu-israel-government-eisenkot-herzog","name":"[npr.org](https://www.npr.org/2026/11/07/g-s1-152536/netanyahu-israel-government-eisenkot-herzog) NAMES: Gadi Eisenkot = Israeli opposition leader and former ID","kind":"news","verdict":"TRUE","author":"NPR"},{"url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/11/07/g-s1-152532/gunman-opens-fire-in-polish-city-of-krakow-killing-6-people-and-injuring-15","name":"[npr.org](https://www.npr.org/2026/11/07/g-s1-152532/gunman-opens-fire-in-polish-city-of-krakow-killing-6-people-and-injuring-15)","kind":"news","verdict":"TRUE","author":"NPR"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1794099070985-news-segment-allies-split-over-trump-summits","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/news","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1794099070985-news-segment-allies-split-over-trump-summits","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1794099070985-news-segment-allies-split-over-trump-summits and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Brian","text":"A CNN correspondent posted on X that President Trump is expected at two big summits in Asia, and the reaction from allies is all over the map."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And the line everyone's passing around is that Canada's Doug Ford said he was doing cartwheels."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Right. Will Ripley posted that. But we can't confirm Ford actually said it."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It's one of those quotes that's almost too good to check. If it's real, it's not diplomacy."},{"host":"Brian","text":"No, but it does show the split. The post says China, Japan, Mexico and the UK are taking a much more careful tone."},{"host":"Bella","text":"One ally celebrating, others choosing their words. That's a real shift if it holds."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It is. The midterm result, as the post calls it, has leaders repositioning."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But we should keep this as a claim, not a confirmed fact. The summits themselves are still just expected."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Fair. But the reaction, the uncertainty, that part feels true. Nobody's standing still."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Because when Washington sneezes, everyone reaches for a mask."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Exactly. Now the question is whether the President turns that into leverage or chaos."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's the argument. And it brings us to an old name."},{"host":"Brian","text":"You're about to bring up Bill Clinton, aren't you?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"A poster on X named Mad Milker is going after Clinton for warning that Trump's tariffs would raise consumer costs."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Oh, I know the type. The post basically says: remember NAFTA, Bill?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"Right. Clinton signed NAFTA in 1993. The poster's point is he doesn't have much standing to lecture on trade."},{"host":"Brian","text":"For anyone who wasn't around, NAFTA was the North American Free Trade Agreement. It wiped out most tariffs between the US, Canada and Mexico."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It boosted trade, but a lot of factory towns never recovered."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Right. And that's why the poster says Clinton has no business warning about tariffs now."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But the warning itself is still worth hearing. Tariffs are a tax on imports, and consumers feel it."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's the standard economics. But trade deals also have costs. You can't pretend one side is free."},{"host":"Bella","text":"I'm not pretending. NAFTA was a mistake in many ways. But replacing it with broad tariffs isn't a fix."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Oh, come on. Tariffs can also protect jobs and force better terms. That's a real point."},{"host":"Bella","text":"They can protect jobs in one industry, but they raise costs for everyone else. That's the trade-off."},{"host":"Brian","text":"So what's your move? Just let countries dump cheap goods and hollow out more factories?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"No. Targeted tariffs on strategic industries, maybe. But a broad tariff is a sales tax on your own people."},{"host":"Brian","text":"But the President uses tariffs as a negotiation. You don't get the deal without the threat."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And if the threat becomes permanent, consumers pay. That's my problem."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Okay, but tell me why Clinton gets a pass. He signed the deal that sent jobs to Mexico."},{"host":"Bella","text":"He doesn't get a pass. But that doesn't make today's tariffs smart."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I think the difference is Trump is willing to break the old trade consensus. That's why leaders are nervous."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Nervous doesn't mean beaten. And if the Ford quote is real, some of them aren't nervous at all."},{"host":"Brian","text":"No, Doug Ford seems fine."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's the thing about trade fights. The loudest guy in the room isn't always winning."},{"host":"Brian","text":"But he's not losing either. That's the story."},{"host":"Bella","text":"He doesn't have to lose to hurt consumers here. That's what I keep coming back to."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And I keep coming back to the fact that the old consensus failed a lot of people."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It did. But the answer isn't to make everything more expensive and hope other countries blink."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Some countries do blink. Canada is reportedly talking differently after the midterms."},{"host":"Bella","text":"If that Ford quote is even true. We can't build a trade strategy on a cartwheel."},{"host":"Brian","text":"We can build it on leverage. Every summit, every comment, it all feeds into that."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Leverage works until allies start shopping elsewhere. Then you're alone with your tariffs."},{"host":"Brian","text":"They can shop elsewhere, but the US market is still the biggest prize."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It is. But prices here go up in the meantime. That's a cost real people pay."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I get that. I just think the alternative was a slow bleed. Neither is great."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Maybe we can agree that trade policy is a mess and the reaction is mixed."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's fair. And if the summits happen, we'll see if the President turns the noise into a deal."},{"host":"Bella","text":"We'll see. But for now, the Ford line is still just a claim."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And still funny, if true."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Then we'll keep checking it."}]}