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Trump made a major blunder. We're coming after your money, smart guy

Trump is not smart, he's Russia's useful idiot.

My only gripe is that he called trump a 'smart man'. \nWe all know trump is a moron.

He just called trump stupid. ? Well it does track. Trump is not a smart man. Just listen to him ramble.

The only lie told in that speech is that Trump is smart man..

Smart guy??? Trump can't even read properly. He's half illiterate.

Thank you, CANADA, for standing strong against U.S. / Trump. But do not give credit to Trump as being a smart person. The world is figuring out how narrow minded he is.

Calling Trump smart is stroking his ego. Hès a dumb guy doing a dumb thing. Just like getting involved with the Russian mafia and the kremlin as a younger man

Saying Trump is smart is Canada being nice.??

Smart guy Trudeau. Knows how to appeal to Trump with the biggest lie of all time: you are a smart man ?

Trump is not smart at all, he is dumb and dumb people do dumb things. Prime Minister Trudeau is very polite to Trump.

Trump is not smart. He is losing his mind from years of Adderal abuse.

No Teleprompter, No name calling, just calm logic. Trump, in his abject stupidity, does not realize he is hurting Americans as much as Canadian, nor does he care. I would only challenge Trudeau on calling Trump 'smart' - only Trump thinks he is smart. He is a semi-literate moron.

I cannot stand Trudeau... but this is one of the best speeches he's made... well, apart from calling Trump 'smart' ! Putin must be having a giggle fit over this stupidity.\nTrump is a traitor to the USA and its people ?

Agreeing with the WSJ's assertion that Trump is a very smart guy is an exaggeration.

trump's not smart. Just say it, it's okay, everybody knows ?

I like how all the PMs feel the need to compliment Trumps “smarts” and how often Trump calls other people “not smart” or “low IQ”. He must be very insecure about his intelligence, I wonder if he was bullied at school for being a dum dum.

Calling Donald Trump smart ?

It's worth noting that Trudeau did not say that Trump was smart, he was citing the Wall Street Journal. I'd bet that Trudeau's estimation is a little more restrained.

Sorry, Trudeau is wrong, Trump not a smart guy.

Come on, how can you say Trump is a very smart guy.?

Smart guy?! Thank you for being polite. Trump is the moron and the lying idiot that other idiots supporting

The sane people here in the USA support you 100% And we are Anti-tRump also. and tRump is NOT a smart person, he is a spoiled 6 year old that needs to be sent to his room

Why Trudeau, still gotta stroke TRUMP'S ego?! No,he is NOT a very smart guy!!! No, he didn't produce jobs! I wish Charlie Angus would've gave the speech. He don't kiss a**!

do not praise trump in any way. he isn't smart and above all he is not trustworthy

Please Canada don't hate Americans hate Trump. Smart Americans hate him too it was dumb American voters that did this the smart ones voted for Harris.

Unfortunately none of the cult maggot members are smart enough to understand that Trump has chosen to hurt his own people

I stand with Canada. I despise trump. I do take issue that trump is a very smart guy. He's an illiterate idiot.

He lied too. Trump is not a smart guy.

I disagree with Trudeau that Trump is a smart man. I consider a man as smart if he contributes positively to the world. Trump is nothing but a con man and a convicted felon who is stupid and dumb as a door nail!!!!

Trudeau 100% doesn't think Trump is smart

I'm sure Trudeau knows Trump is NOT smart at all!! But he was trying to be polite and say Trump was only being dumb in this particular circumstance.

Trudeau is lying. Trump ain't smart. Trump is an imbecile. A disgusting imbecile to be precise.

What an idiot. He is making everything worse for Canada. And the nerve to bring up Putin and insinuating Trump is on his side. Then to put down the American people to say Your government is doing this. \nIf he were smart, he wouldnt have made a news conference till his temper calmed down. Then just plainly say we are making the same tarrifs to the US...which essentially is a wash. We dont need Canadas imports. The only reason we go to Canada for supplies is because of regulations, EPA , green deal and special interest groups. \nNow that is over we dont need them.\nCanada has refused secure their border for years.

I'm so glad he called Trump Donald and not president. Trump smart???? Now you are just flattering him. Everyone needs to stop flattering trump, licking his ass, and kissing his ring.

Trump isn’t even close to being smart. He’s a Russian puppet

'...but Donald, they point out that even though you’re a very smart guy...' No one with any intelligence thinks Trump is smart, that's why he's never allowed his college results to be released. Don't give in to him Canada, Mexico, Ukraine.

He was being polite and saying that Trump was smart but that's a complete lie. Trump is an idiot. One of the dumbest people on the planet. He's going to destroy his country and he's on track to destroy much of the planet.

Justin Trudeau lied through his teeth when he said the Trump is a very smart guy.\nI've seen absolutely no evidence of any intelligence in Donald Trump.

He was 99% true. The one thing he got wrong is that Trump is not smart, he is a complete idiot. History will remember Trump as the worst, the most corrupt, and the stupidest President we ever had.

Why does everyone think Donald Trump is smart?

Intelligent and professional. The only fact we should be checking is if Trump is a smart man, because I’ve seen no evidence of that.

PLEASE STOP LYING! tRump in NOT a smart man!

Trump is not a smart guy just quit that frfr

When Trump becomes Donald and Smart becomes Dumb.

The only lie told by Trudeau is that Trump is a smart man.

But is Trump a “smart guy”? I think we need to fact check that statement

Lol\nI love that Trudeau has to call Trump smart but this particular action stupid.\nIn the meantime, he knows just as well as everybody that Trump is an idiot. Little Donald isn‘t smart, Little Donald is a moron.

Trump is NOT a smart guy for the people. He is for himself as he is stealing the wealth of America for himself. May the idea of March be with him ?

Trump is NOT a very smart guy. He is the dumbest person on the planet and is destroying the US a piece at a time.