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As an American, I support Canada 100%. There’s no rationale for these tariffs—only Trump’s ego. Call his bluff. Make it hurt. We need all the help we can get to dislodge Trump from power.

We’re so screwed. Thank you so much for this Trump voters. \n\nStop calling Trump “smart” too. Being a conniving grifter does not make someone smart.

Trump wants to make America great again. Well, he has a strange way of doing it its time

Why is Trudeau the only one to tell the emperor that he has no clothes. You can be sure with a 90 % level of confidence that Trump will sign an executive order suspending mid-term elections indefinitely. He is going nowhere after his current term ends and will ament the Law and the Constitution to make this happen . He has put a pause on cyber security activities against Russia without being asked and got ZERO in return.

I have been a pro-America citizen for almost 79 years, but our administration is dead wrong. Canada is the best neighbor we could possibly have, and we have slapped them in the face. This administration loves authoritarian leaders and dismisses the interests of our long-time friends and allies. Why would we ever believe our president when he promises to make life better for us. He does not care for any of us, unless we are one of the few with money and/or power.

Has anyone noticed how all the fake paid profiles are working overtime? On YouTube, Facebook, Yahoo, TikTok.....Get ready, the real war is coming soon. Make sure you pick the right side.

Who cares what this grifter thinks? He’s a short-timer who has fucked his country over and now he’s looking to make a splash before the door hits him in the ass on the way out.

Trump will be speaking (whining)to a joint session of Congress today,which will be nothing but lies and grievances, and nothing about helping Americans. Trump is not playing with a full deck,both mentally and politically .He has no idea what he's doing because he's incompetent. He lied to the American people and he will never makes America great again.

it is not about drugs or neighbour...he wants Canada , he wants oil, he wants to make it 51 st state

I know trump said he had nothing to do with Projekt 25. But the longer he sits the more points from it go into his politicts... It makes you wonder

Trump works for Putin. The goal is to destroy America in every possible way. Once you accept that, everything Trump does makes perfect sense.

I'm British and Trump has truly made a mistake by making an enemy of Canada and embracing Russia.

Don't make deals with Trump. He will break any deal on a whim.

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.

As a German - apart from the content which is no less than justified - just technically comparing Trudeau´s speech with Donald Trump´s verbal outcome - what an incredible difference in niveau & tone. Isn't it almost tragic how little skill it took to run the U.S and even worse, how low the common-sense-threshold must be for a half of the American people to make this happen a second time. Embarrassing.

The difference between Trudeau and Trump is so stark it makes me want to cry. What happened America. Why? What happened to you that you voted in Putins puppet and Elons yes man.

What Trump is doing makes sense in the context that he is a putinist and in favour of dictatorship

They got JT mad af, nigga said 'MAKE THAT MAKE SENSE' lmao, I hear you JT !

As a US citizen, who voted for Trump three times, i never thought id agree with Trudeau. \nThe US cannot win a trade war, the US versus the world. It's simple mathematics, and in the geopolitical realm, What Trump is doing is going to push countries away from US influence. \nI'm all for putting the US first, I'm all for cutting the federal government fat, and I'm all for making sure we the people come first, but I'm also smart enough to know that anytime the US has gone into isolationism, it's led to global conflict.

Canada doesn't get it. This wasnt about fentanyl or any other alleged issue. The point is to make them grovel.

We could have just sat down with the Canadians and Mexicans and had trade talks/negotiations; but no, Trump has to make a spectacle of it. SMH

Ukraine 3 years of USA money and artillery to fight a war that impossible to win with his country flattened his people killed soldiers women and children that European country's have sat back an watched waffing what the USA should do \nIreland own people living on the streets with 100.000 Ukraines taking up housing with able body men here that's suppose to to be soldiers living it up here \nEurope are sitting back prompting him what he needs in guarantees from the USA \nHow many more must die for him , Crazy while he spoofs from country to country for arms and money with billions already wasted \nTrump is correct, to stop funding a war , its peace he wants people need cop on \nFunding more money to maim and kill will not make peace

I better start learning the Canadian national anthem for when I Make it up there. ?

Im confused...where is the US border patrol? Canada doesn't check people going into America, right? Its US border patrol that checks people coming into America, no? Why is Canada getting blamed for the US border patrol problems? Just like criminals going from America into Canada, is it not Canadian border patrols' responsibility to keep Canada safe? This makes no sense that Canada must do the American border patrols job.

In WWII a lot of Canadian factories were converted to make armaments and aircrafts. They are needed around the world right now- especially by our friends in Ukraine.

Trump is a total idiot, it's beyond any logical explanation. All successful countries have been built on trade and immigrantion (attracting talent). Getting rid of both destroys the country, instead of making it stronger. UK and Brexit is a perfect example.

Everything makes sens when you see Trump as a Sleeper agent from the URSS era

What is the orange man doing seriously.... This will make all consumers suffer

You need to realize what Trump's real agenda is. All he really wants is money. He wants to make himself and his rich buddies richer. His plan to do that is to cut government spending radically, and impose a sales tax to fleece American consumers. Once he's got the cash flow the way he wants, he will cut corporate tax and capital gains tax so that his companies and his investments can make a lot more money and so can his rich buddies, while still being able to pay off his lackeys in the senate and congress. That's it. It is that simple. Everything else is a distraction to make the media forget his real plan.

Trump can make love with Putin now?

Foolish people make their own lives difficult, while stupid people make others' lives difficult in addition to their own difficult lives. Long live the Canadians and the Americans.

Looking forward to watching the Dems makes fools of themselfs tonight

Will the rest of the free world have to turn their backs on America before the cult followers of Trump to wake up and face the truth that their orange god is a disgrace and makes a rock seem intelligent?

How has everyone so quickly forgotten the reason for these tariffs. Canada has not stemed the flow of fentanyl. They contuine to poison their own people and ours. We ask them to stop or we impose tarrifs, they say they will stop, then they do not stop. Trudeau is full of bullsh!t go to our northern border in WA or NY and just ask the locals. They see the illegals all the time. They cross the border and then call for help. Its gotten so bad that if you do call to turn yourself in and get a court date, border patrol has a daily wait time of 1 1/2 to 2 hours just to make initial contact. Think about that, what about the criminals and smugglers who dont call.

Canada costs the US billions, you sir haven’t been very been in a real fight you make peace by talking to your enemies fool there’s your sense and if you don’t want to do this make tariffs reciprocal this won’t hurt us it will hurt Canada

MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN thanks a lot

This will certainly make it awkward when US farmers attempt to buy canadian chicken to recover from the US avian flu crisis...

The rural parts of America, where people wear military style clothing, work out so much they have oversized body muscles, and style their head and facial hair so crazily, driving heavy duty trucks with anti -American government bumper stickers, they are the right wing domestic terrorists. In those mountainous rural counties you will come across poor grade roads with gates and chains at the entrance to hundreds of fortress compounds. The women are way too thin, often with frightened, glazed looks in their eyes. Both the men and women will give anyone a way too long piercing stare. They live too far away from any place to work so many of the carefully obscured building complexes, often jammed against sheer tall walls of rocks, have to be making something inside!

I cannot believe on his last days as PM, he finally started fighting fentanyl, under the threat of tariffs and he wonders why they still put them in place. It’s probably because they want to make sure that he keeps doing what he should have done for Canadians along time ago. But trump should not keep the tariffs in place after Justin is gone it will only hurt both us Canadians and Americans.

I don’t care what side you are on! Please, some trump loyalist make it make sense.

Drama teacher is always drama teacher. Trump can place tariffs at any time. Canada must stop rely on USA for everything. Grow up! Yes, we need to reply with the tariffs as well, but stop making your drama as usual. Trudeau, go away and let Poilievre negotiate a deal with Trump. Stop wasting the Canadian taxpayers money and pretend you care. Trump is not a Russian friend. He is keeping us away from the 3rd world war. The war in Ukraine must to stop.

Make it make sense Trudeau on why you support antisemitism in your country?

take back everything you instated for trump with border security and let them deal with there own drug problems... and start refusing american goods at the border... tell them we only pay a set amount or send it back! when the US asks why we did it we can tell them it was to cover the costs of tarriffs that trump thinks the government pays... well lets make his words ring true at their expense!

We are with you Trudeau. We need our true American allies to rise up and get Trump out asap!! The White house is ruining America , the people and the World got their own self gain. Meanwhile Katy Perry is going into space or the oscars are going on . Ypu could not make it up.

Thanks Trump, appreciate you making America looking like the bad guy. I didn't vote for you but we all get to feel the pain

As a Swiss I stand on the side of the free world. I stand on the side of Canada & Ukraine. To the Trump-Regime in the US: you stand alone. You‘re making America regret again!

I love, when he changed to trump, he suddenly reduced his vocabulary drastically - just to make the orange clown to understand him :D\nP.S: the woman in the backround is cute!

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

I you want to stop Fentanyl to come into the US, you need to make sure people in the US are not getting addicted to Fentanyl. I don't see the Republican administration to do anything against that.

I feel bad for the American people, I have friends there and they have a hard enough time as it is. This just makes me sad. I also have friends who have died due to fentanyl, fix our border on both sides, damnit. And catch these assholes who are killing both our countries citizens.