Former president Obama delivered a keynote speech at a Canadian think-tank gala in Toronto on May 9 and met with Prime Minister Mark Carney afterward. MAGA figures and Trump allies responded with public criticism, with some claiming the meeting violated the Logan Act (which prohibits private citizens from negotiating with foreign governments) — a claim legal experts have rejected. The substantive context here is that Obama is a private citizen giving a speech, not conducting diplomacy, which is why the Logan Act argument doesn't hold water.