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Why are we doing this to our next door neighbors? How does anyone benefit from this? This is a very distressing turn of events and whoever is advising DT needs to be fired. I also wonder if all this theater and bluster coming from the WH is to distract us from other things? What is it that they don't want us to think about?

Only thing I disagree with president Trudeau is\nDonald is not smart \nEverything he says and does is dumb

All these people here who say they stand with Canada are mostly likely those who voted for this criminal to be in office.. the only thing he accomplished is avoiding prison. Nothing he does benefits the usa people. Fires federal workers, bankrupt usa companies and etc.. he has to understand that bringing companies back into the usa take times..

A very d u M b thing to do indeed

Trump must be impeached—he must leave his post. Vance must go as well. These people have no place in the American government. They are destroying the country, undermining democracy, and dismantling everything America stands for.\n\nThey support terrorism, justify putin, and enable murder. The only thing they care about is money and personal gain—human lives mean nothing to them.

Mr. Trump you don’t run a country like your business. Like Canada PM said it’s a dumb thing to do.

Lol bro i have a farm and there is not 1 thing i need from canada i make everything myself even fertilizer ? you are a clown stfu

The Emperor has no clothes, but Orange Mango McFelon thinks that the rest of us are as stupid as he is. Musk thinks we are stupid. Vance thinks we’re stupid. We most certainly are not. We see right through all this bull$hit. \n\nAll Don McFelon and Elon Muskrat want from us is our tax dollars. Why else would Elon Muskrat need our personal information? What are Muskrat’s pimple faced workers doing with our personal information? Am I going to wake up one morning to discover that my bank has been cleaned out?\n\nMy fellow Americans, there is something extremely fishy here. This con artist must be stopped. We need to protest and call our Congressmen to help stop all this lunacy. This is a Five Alarm Fire. We all need to come together to stop this madness man and all those that support him. \n\nWe need to stop fighting with each other, come together, and protest DT. They want us to focus on other things so that we don’t see what they are actually doing—-stealing our tax dollars. They must be stopped.

Trump is going to destroy America. He needs impeached. These tariffs are going to make things so expensive most people will have to live in ramen noodles.

Trudeau has done these things only because Trump, has pushed him to do so. He’s also desperate that his party, the liberal party win the next election.

You cannot appease a bully. It never works out. Neither putin nor trump. American egoism and stupidity made this whole thing possible. Let's hope they can learn from it.

The thing is... the USA is sick and tired of being broke and we want a fair deal.Weve given Canada billions to make it a great country now we want billions to make USA a great country again.We want money and we are entitled to it.

All our president is doing is charging them the same thing that they charged us and that's it, it's reciprocal

Shut up Justin no one likes you in Canada and we can’t wait for you to leave. You are the king of lying and have put other countries above your own people for the last 10 years. \n\nYou are the reason we are weak and there for the taking. \n\nDon’t give me that patriotic bs when you spent your entire tenure doing every unpatriotic thing you could. \n\nDon’t listen to this moron talk about economics, he’s a communist narcissistic drama teacher who doesn’t know wtf he is talking about. \n\n\nJUST QUIT.

Sad very sad. But Trump broke the deal with Canada and Mexico. Now, all of us are going to suffer the consequences of Trump and Musk doings. And there is nothing we can do. That is the saddest thing.

If govenor trudeau doesn't want this the he could join us. What was the last thing you bought from canada other than maple syrup

I only disagree with one thing he said (saying Trump is a smart guy lol).

It's a drug WAR pushed by CHINA, CANADA & MEXICO! USA LEGAL CITIZENS have been PERSECUTED BY ALL! NOW that we FIGHT back everyone is crying in their cereal! We have been on the receiving end of bad deals for the USA for decades & no country spoke up for us! Things are changing. It will be a rough way for awhile.... But in the end all will see that TRUMP IS RIGHT!! A BALANCED SCALE IS THE ONLY WAY EVERYONE IS TREATED FAIRLY!!!

The American dollar is not going to be worth anything by the time Trump gets through. They are cutting things too fast and it's going to blow up in their face ?

Go Canada! You have done more then is required, yet trump is being an idiot. No reason for trade war only thing I can think of is he is dead set on making you the 51st. Fight

Only people who stand with Trump are those too stupid to stop supporting things that are against their best interest.. Or the filthy rich.

He can huff and puff all he wants. But, he's leaving soon. Nothing he says matters. Things will change soon for the Canadian people. Why you're even giving this waste of space airtime is beyond me.

I think he meant to say they had done Biggly things

Fun Fact: Trudeau's ancestor was the daughter of Major William Farquhar, who ensured Singapore survived as a fledgling British outpost, then got bullied out of the job by an ungrateful Raffles. Today many things in Singapore are named after Raffles, but Farquhar's grave in Scotland defiantly claims that He founded Singapore. Good to see that his unbowed spirit lives on.

How sad and unnecessary to allow one stupid person and a group of rich friends destroy every good thing and replace it with filth. Why did you vote this obnoxious thing into power?

These are things our government is doing in full sight in order to distract all attention to the chaos ensuing, so that the WH can pursue even more nefarious projects behind closed doors. Poisoning democracy in an attempt to bring us to our knees before oligarchs and fascists. Trump has made it clear he seeks to be a dictator. Please research how fascism develops. Please people, don’t swallow propaganda initiated by the putin regime.

First thing I've liked from Canada!!!!! Hell yeah Trudea!!!!! Trump SUCKS!!!!! LONG LONG LIVE UKRAINE ??

The next thing president Trump should do is stop all porn sites from operating in the United States

Everything he says he's done are things he only did because Trump forced him to do it. The Canadian government is one of the world's largest drug dealers and criminal organizations.

I agree with our Canadian friends & neighbor.....100% doesn't make sense.....I say fight fight fight Canada......we would do the same thing if our borders were threatened by any means from anyone. The majority of Americans stand with you in solidarity.

My only thing I'd like to see is him postpone any carbon tax increases until this is over. It's going to be a double whammy with tariffs and carbon tax.

I am ashamed of our corrupt government and the magat cultists who helped put them back in power. I hope you're all so happy.. things are just grand ?\n True Americans stand strong with our brothers and sisters, our allies around the world! ??We will NOT stop fighting! FDJT FDJT FDJT!

Canadians should stop lamenting over small things. Canada and USA are allies, but not twins and decisions taken by the US are to protect the US citizens and the US economy. If you are not happy, do the same, protect your country and your economy and stop crying. ????

The only thing blistered is trudeau Ahole. ?

Dear trump supporter,\nFor 10 years we tried to warn you, we tried to make you see the truth that trump was neither your savior or your friend, \nbut sadly you let emotions and narcissism control you and did not listen, \nyou voted for him anyway because you are all terrified of admitting you were wrong.\nNow the whole world is telling you the same thing, will you listen, finally?\nSincerely,\nThe World

We dont want this either. Really horrified with all things Trump. ?

Yes I think that is a dumb thing done by one person abondoning and hurting allies and friend.

Unheard unimagined things have become reality in US and Canada alliance ?

I care less about his opinion than that of CNN. Which is saying a lot. He is far and away the worst head of state in the Americas. I've left things in the toilet more qualified to lead a country.

As a European having lived in both Canada and the United States for prolonged times, my view is this: Canadians are basically the same as Americans but with Health Care. They have a common heritage and history and this is like a brother turning evil and hurting its siblings. Trump is smart? I don't think so, he comes across as a low IQ individual born with privileges, heck he has been bankrupt what is it four times? Right now he thinks he is making America Great again but instead he is on a path to bankrupt even the US Economy. These kind of things in history often have caused actual physical War and he talks about Zelenski is toying with a 3rd world war. Wouldn't it be funny (and not in a comical sense) if in fact Trump causes the 3rd world war with his actions instead?

Lets see Trump talk like this to his people....It's hard to deal with someone who is constantly changing the goal-posts on the fentanyl crisis (whatever that is...)to other petty things. Trump is a very dumb person, who really is not in control of his administration. Musk is the real guy running the show going by what he's been doing. As a Canadian, Americans have always been looked at as my friends who I would have no problem standing beside if things went real bad. your Mussolini dictator is not doing anything good for your country, he is trashing it before your eyes.\nSo long comrades, enjoy the free vodka provided by Russia.

Just a rewrite of the nafta agreement. Trump did this last time. It lasted a month and done. All this media for nothing. Trudope said the same thing 8 years ago. ?

Well done Canada. Trump thinks because he is a bully that everyone will fall down and accept whatever he tells them.\nBullies are a thing of the past. The USA is absolutely FU*KED.\nWell done all who voted for this idiot and dictator Trump. Fools.

My god… the difference between a true leader and the thing we have occupying space in the Oval Office. Absolutely incomprehensible.

I voted for Trump, but it's hard not to agree with Trudeau on this even though I find this guy to be extremely unpleasant. There's no reason to start trade wars all over the world and in particular with our neighbors. It's one thing to threaten tariffs and a very different thing to actually apply them. If you do it has to be accompanied by a lot of diplomacy so that the other country is not overreacting, but Trump has been super combative prompting our neighbors to respond in kind to save face. While past deals may not have been great for US, this is not the way to handle our differences. Billionaires like Trump and his friends will be fine, but the majority of ordinary folks in the US and Canada will suffer. Very dumb, indeed.

We here in the 3rd world depends on both those countries, things might be more expensive there, but consequences here are death. Only a very few people win, guess thats the plan.

For those haters of Trudeau. The man stands strong and he will not get intimidated from the Trump administration. That is a strong speach and all of that wouldn't happened if Trump has just one active good braincell... So you'll see how bad the economic gonna go... And damn the americans will suffer for the price for sure... But let me say one thing, there is so much good people still in USA... We should stand strong together.

Well telling trump he’s doing a dumb thing to do isn’t gona help

A smart guy doing stupid things? Stupid is who does stupid things , right Forest?

Dismantling U.S. democracy day by day, losing democratic allies, letting a billionaire to performer unlawful things, bowing to the bloodthirsty dictator Putin—aren’t there enough red flags? Why aren’t Americans protesting in mind-boggling numbers? The streets should be full of protesters by now.