GOOGLE TRENDS MORNING BRIEF

September 9, 2026

Canada (primary) & United States (secondary) — answered with sources.

BLUF: Both sides of the border woke up to a U.S.–Iran escalation that has Brent crude near $100 a barrel, after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard claimed to have captured a U.S. undersea drone shipping around the Strait of Hormuz. In Canada, the search board is a trade-war heartbeat — Susan Collins telling the White House it has “underestimated” the tariff damage, Lutnick’s Mexico talks, and “guerre commerciale” all trending — while a nationwide Costco chicken recall tops the list. Domestically the story of the morning is Ben Shelton dethroning Carlos Alcaraz in a five-set US Open epic that set up an all-American semi-final.