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It was never about the fentanyl! He made demands, they complied. This is going to cost us all a bunch of money while he tanks the economy

Who are the primary fentanyl customers? ?

Trumps playbook is easy to read. He puts down the economy with tariffs, buys millions of stocks when they are cheap and then he stops the tariffs saying Mexico and Canada have successfully stopped fentanyl. Economy goes back up and he just got richer on all of your backs.

Canadian here. My husband and I listen at you here on CNN Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and we couldn't be more proud of you and your team. You say intelligent words right from the start and you deliver a strong message in a very strong manner, beginning with this: the US is declaring economic war on Canada, as well as strong arguments, and that fentanyl is just a pretext, which we all already know, that getting closer to Russia and cutting ties with its allies is Donald Trump's current course of action, and the fair question to ask is why is this man putting himself at the service of the Kremlin which is totally unnatural for an American.?

The fentanyl is a smoke screen Trump and his minions are going to put the money in their pockets he's such a spoiled child him and lap dog Vance

Well we don’t want to cut into Big Pharma fentanyl sales! ?

The fentanyl thing is such a con. Who is to say how much they are doing? Do drugs enter the country stacked on a flatbed? No, they are hidden. Therefore to say they aren’t doing enough is bs.

Governor Trudeau, you’ve allowed our country to be ravaged by immigrants and fentanyl. Plus we give you billions of dollars in aid just cuz you’re our neighbor. Additionally, i thought you resigned?

Shocker that this was never about fentanyl ??

Boomerang ?, yes, it’s not the fentanyl, but the ego of Donald which is bigger and longer than the coastline of Canada.

This has nothing to do with fentanyl. The strategy is to destabilize the country, in the hopes of creating a desperate public that will somehow either elect a pro MAGA government or allow the US to march in and establish a kleptocracy.

The fentanyl excuse is just that an excuse, trump wants to make money from tariffs to give a huge tax break to the billionaires in the USA including musk, he is not worried at all about fentanyl, he doesn't care about other people, but he does care about tax breaks for himself and the billionaires who support him. I support Canada and Mexico in this trump fiasco, and I hope Canada and Mexico really make trump squirm. trump knows tariffs will hurt the US citizens but he knows it will hit the Lower and middle classes the hardest, not causing him and the billionaires nearly as much trouble. He is hoping that the tariffs will bring in enough money for him to be able to give the billionaires including himself a huge tax break.

Not sure why its surprising that Canadians are united against this trade war. We dont put up with this ? ?! The absolute gall of America to blame fentanyl on Canada, when it has been killing Canadians since 2016. Lets not even touch on the illegal guns imported in from the US. They certainly arent hopping on a plane from Mexico. Just wait for whats coming, as Our Allies are watching us and we are aligned with the world on our side ???

Wow - it’s almost like it wasn’t about fentanyl at all.

Stop the fentanyl.

Our president is destroying our country and our relationships with our closest allies that have shed blood on our behalf. It’s an embarrassment. Fentanyl has nothing to do with it. Putin is the one that benefits from this chaos.

I don’t think Trump was truly trying to punish Canada because of fentanyl , or because of the illegal crossings. It’s just because Canada is more woke and more democratic. He’s just taking the culture wars abroad.

Do people actually think that Trump will tell the truth? He's the father of lies.\nDo people think that fentanyl is NOT made in the USA?\nWhy does the USA have SO MANY DOPE FIENDS??\n\nTo all republicans that voted for Trump and you have lost your job or are hurting....GOOD FOR YOU!!!! I wish things become unbearably WORSE. Trump showed ya'll during his first administration, ya'll saw what he did while not in office, and we WARNED ya'll but some way ya'll got amnesia. Basic elementary understanding economics will tell you that:\n1) Tariff is another tax on the people in the country that is issuing the tariff\n2) Cost will always be lower four years prior (except for the period near the great depression) than the current year.\n3) Did ya'll forget about the damage the pandemic did and how some merchants were price gouging...and Biden was going after price gougers?\n\nI could go on and on but I assume that if you didn't listen or pay attention for 8 years, you definitely aint listening to me.

Don’t let his BS fool you! Look around in your own communities. Look at the health care system. How many do you know that don’t have a GP so can’t get proper care even though they are sick. The ER tells us we have to have a general practitioner to get anything done! And then there are communities like on Vancouver Island that have closed ER’s in many cities leaving the injured to drive for 2 to 4 hours to the nearest ER. Have any Canadian citizens not heard of fentanyl deaths? Or had someone within 6 people from them have related addiction issues. How many homeless people wander the streets of your communities? This list goes on and on including things like affordable groceries , affordable homes , affordable utilities! \nACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS! Do Justin Trudeau and his parties actions over their term in office really covey their concern for Canadian citizens? I say NOT!

Fentanyl are being here in America he only use that has a threat to scared i

Now that Extortionist/2025 Dictator has Unleashed his Tariffs and saying it's about Fentanyl is just a cover up for Something Devious? I Truely feel that he is doing this to Align himself with Genocidal putin. He doesn't Care about People just like Terrorist putin that marches his own Troops to their Death. AMERICA, WE NEED TO ORGANIZE / PROTEST AND VOTE THIS EVIL EMPIRE OUT!!!!

This isn’t bout Fentanyl or illegal immigration crossings. This is about rare earth minerals and imperialism. Just like Putin with Ukraine.

I am Canadian, and I want to speak to the USA, as a concerned citizen who valued the relationship that we once had between our two countries: please realize that we do NOT want to declare this as any form of “attack”, that these are solely defensive measures against your current administration’s lack of respect towards us as a people and as a country. \n\nPlease rest assured that we KNOW that not all of you voted for Trump, that there are those of you who realize what your current president is truly doing and do not support it. This is NOT about fentanyl. This NOT about money and how much each country was giving whom. We had a respectable trade deal that we were following, previously signed by Trump. We have always had a positive relationship together, business-wise and friendship-wise. Please also realize that, once your administration is no longer in control of our narratives in such a destructive manner, or it gets replaced by one that reverses this destructive policy, we will definitely reconsider our former relationship and we will work towards rebuilding it. \n\nIt is unfortunate for both sides here. We are aware of that. But “Canada Strong” is our way to remain forever a sovereign and free nation. Nothing more, nothing less. Always remember that.

We the majority of Americans do not want a trade war either and agree that fentanyl was just the 'excuse' used. Thank you for being such a good neighbor and partner in peace. I am sorry that you must do that which needs to be done, and I pray the good Americans and good Canadians will endure!

This a a Russian agent weakening the USA for Russia. It’s not about Fentanyl!!

Trump also accuses China of fentanyl. The truth is, China produces a precursor or an ingredient of fentanyl and legally exports to pharmaceutical companies all over the world. Not like the drug dealers in the US call up China and say” hey China, hook me with some fentanyl, bro!”

The CIA is selling Fentanyl

Well said PM Trudeau. Scrap those border plan billions and the Fentanyl Czar. If the Amer-I-can border is such a worry for this embarrassment of a USA administration (worst in history and that is saying a lot), then let them invest in border controls to keep out the overwhelming flow from our beautiful country of fentanyl and illegal immigrants that DOESN’T exist. This is hateful and Trump and those who voted for him should be ashamed. Shame on you. We will not visit your country, we will not buy your products…you are no neighbours of ours (yes, we spell neighbours with “our”…). Trump is hateful.

rump just pardoned our biggest fentanyl seller. he was safely put away for life.

Canadá must also sticks Trump administration with trade tariffs. I also wonder what is crooked Donald Trump is going to do with the fentanyl drugs- addicted Americans, when they are cut off of fentanyl?. No fentanyl, no Medicaid, no food stamps, no SS I checks.

This sounds more like a cry of desparation to me. The question is: If you all-of-the-sudden managed to stop the flow of fentanyl, why couldn't you have stopped if before? It just wasn't important enough? This isn't about fentanyl, though. President Trump is going to use this to hedge support for our takeover of Greenland.

Doesn't more fentanyl go into Canada from the US than the other way around?

So this was supposedly all about fentanyl. Its not a supply problem from Canada/Mexico. Its a demand problem from the USA. Maybe they should take the log out of their own eye before talking about the spec in other's. Its the thinking of a 3 year old.

Trudeau’s a liar. He once said confederates were causing trouble in Canada.\nTrump is trying to broker a peace deal. You have to use diplomacy with Putin.\nCanada always had tariffs on the US. Trump tariffs are for a reason.\nYou should have dropped your tariffs you always had on us.\nBy His own admission He did not increase the number of fentanyl stops.

Why are we blaming fentanyl on Canada and Mexico? Or even China or Colombia, or wherever the hell it's produced? Last I checked, there were no Mexicans or Canadians coming over here and injecting people with syringes in the middle of the street.\nThe US refuses to legalize drugs, or even decriminalize them... and then we're surprised how there is a rampant black market with - gasp - unsafe drugs. GTFOH (, America).

Fentanyl seizures going “into” the US from Canada is now so low is almost non-existent. Meanwhile Canada just seized 8.5 tonnes of cocaine going “from” the US into Canada just this week. Canada suffers way more illegal drugs and guns coming across the US border than the US has across the Canadian border. This is all the dumbest trade war declaration in history.

trump says “because fentanyl “ because he can’t say “vlad told me to”

Trump really cares about Fentanyl ? I highly doubt it.

You were simply asked to secure the border and stop the flow of fentanyl but I guess that China is lining your pockets to much to care about that.

The tariffs are because of fentanyl use in the USA!? What does one thing have to do with the other? The US has to control what people consume.

Well said PM Trudeau. Scrap those border plan billions and the Fentanyl Czar. If the Amer-I-can border is such a worry for this embarrassment of a USA administration (worst in history and that is saying a lot), then let them invest in border controls to keep out the overwhelming flow from our beautiful country of fentanyl and illegal immigrants that DOESN’T exist. This is hateful and Trump and those who voted for him should be ashamed. Shame on you. We will not visit your country, we will not buy your products…you are no neighbours of ours (yes, we spell neighbours with “our”…)

This guy is a joke. The people of Canada don’t even stand behind this guy. Worry about your borders and fentanyl problems.

Fentanyl should not be wiped off the surface of the earth because it is a drug used for medical purposes.

The criminal USA wackoman seems to want to continue the 3er reich that was running on fentanyl as it seems that he is hooked on it and energized, doing bad things for The USA without taking a rest.\nYOU ARE FIRED!!!

As a businessman, Trump was using Fentanyl crisis as a lame excuse. No matter how much fentanyl is controlled across borders he was still guaranteed in imposing the 25% trade tariff. \nCanada govt invested so much into the border security recently and visited multiple times in Washington to discuss this 25% trade tariff but all of them forgot that Trump is a very aggressive and stubborn when it comes to money!\n\nI am glad Trump has made Canada and even Trudeau bold and self dependent now!

Fentanyl is getting into your country because you have corrupt boarder security officials and an incompetent system that can’t detect it properly.

Fentanyl and illegal migration are side shows to the actual intent to force Canada into joining the United States… this is not fantasy to Trump, this is his actual objective…

saying our border is safe is such a joke. Canada depends on US intel to catch fentanyl smugglers and human traffickers across the border. But, the assilants are out on bail within a week of being arrested in Canada.

Fentanyl coming in from Canada to the USA is 0.02 %. Soo... trump is lying about that. Truth is that Melania likes Justin Trudeau. He's younger and Much better looking than Old Man trump, And THAT gets under trumps thin skin. Soo thats why he's trying to belittle Trudeau in front of America and Canada. If trump didn't have $$$$ ? No woman would give him a second look even. He looks like and talks like a Ditty Ole Pervert just like His Pal And Good Friend Geoffrey Epstein did leering at young woman. Soo that's why he's shooting off his poisoned mouth wanting Our Great Country as the 51st state. Canada's tougher than he thinks and he'll see that When the Going gets Tuff, Canadians stand up for Ourselves!!!

What is Trump doing on the problem of fentanyl? That is the question? Is this the blame game on our best and closest allies?