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Every time Trudeau says “your government” he should be saying “Trump”. Trump does not deserve the respect to be called President.

Not a fan of Trudeau but at this moment I have no choice in the fight against Trump. Go Justin go

NEWS FLASH !! President Trump stopped all shipments of military equipment to Ukraine....A few hours later..... Zalinski has just messaged that he wants to sign the mineral deal with president Trump..He regrets how the meeting went at the White House. and he wants peace as soon as possible... Canada...all you have to do is STOP THE FENTINAL..and INVASIONS OF ILLIGALS.stop trusting Trudeau. He is leaving..He has been a dictator with your truckers and farmers. President Trump says Canada has to do more to secure its borders...and it DOES.

Trudeau speaks many words, I understand them, they make sense. trump speaks many words, I understand nothing, they make no sense ??❤??????

I love how Trudeau begins using words like 'big' and 'very' with much expression just like Donald Trump would when he speaks directly to him

American citizen here -- I stand by everything PM Trudeau just said 100%. (am so embarrassed I wish I could slink out of here) Americans will rightly suffer for the actions of dumb@$$ tRump. I'm sorry that the suffering extends across our borders. Stay firm Canada!!

It was nice of Trudeau to call Trump a “very smart guy”. He’s not. He’s one of the dumbest people to ever be in politics.

Trudeau is an example of a strong leader! Watch out Trump! Wake up fellow Americans, this is serious!

Trudeau is absolutely wrong....Donald Trump is not a smart man in the least.

Well done, PM Trudeau. You made us proud as Canadians. You said it like it is. Donald, and I noticed you refrained from calling him President Trump because he is certainly not acting like a president, Donald is siding with our enemies, snuggling up to a malicious dictator rather than taking a stand for right and for the common good. He has absolutely no reason to impose tariffs and is actually breaking legal agreements to do so, but we all know that Trump believes he is above the law. If you like this speech, go and listen to Premier Ford of Ontario as he threatens to tariff all the energy which flows into the States or even just cut it off. Nobody wins in this war, certainly not Americans. But Elon and Donald don't care. They are filthy rich and will just plan chaos and world domination in their sandbox while everyone else in the USA takes the hit.

Gotta disagree w/ Mr. Trudeau on one point, when he says Trump is 'very smart'--NO. Otherwise, Trudeau's speech was spot-on, and I love and respect Canada even more now. Most of us Americans cannot be proud of our country; we are held captive by a wannabe dictator and his stooges who are self-serving, vindictive, and UNpatriotic! To gather some semblance of sanity, I am taking the family on a Canadian Rockies tour in late spring--am tempted to not return home again.

I didn't vote for Felon Trump. He is an idiot and an embarrassment!\nI love my Canadian friends and used to live in Canada. \nWell spoken by Justin Trudeau!

Oh, this is how President present and lead?? Trudeau presidential. He speaks clearly and respectfully.\n\n I'm jealous, Trump should learn from Trudeau.

This is what real leadership looks like. Thank you Trudeau for speaking the truth to Trump. Unfortunately, it will probably fall on deaf ears.

Trudeau wasn't so tough with Trump face to face.

Damn! Trudeau just called Trump utterly unfit to lead America.

It is not lost on me that Trudeau treats the American people with more compassion and respect than Trump ever has or ever will.

Prime Minister Trudeau is far, far, far above the likes of Donald Trump. As an American citizen I apologize to the rest of the free world for our political and moral failures. Please be patient with us as we work to excise this political cancer from our culture. It may be a long haul but I keep my hopes high.

Well said, not a big Trudeau guy but I'm impressed. Pierre will bow down to Trump in an instant.

We the people I am so sick of hearing Trump name everyday and I mean everyday. And we know that we should not be friends with a war criminal. We were taught all our lives that no not is above the law. The FBI and the CIA got our back. The military and the police or the best in the world. And no one is above the law. And even though we were not prefect we was taken maybe baby steps but they were steps. Now we have one party who has soul out to Russia. How do you feel about being friends with Putin.? And now the MAGA party does not want to talk to We the people at town meetings. And I believe everything that Trudeau and the Mexico President over anyone and I mean anyone in the MAGA fascist party.

Bravo Prime Minister Trudeau. Unfortunately Donald Trump will destroy the US. Canada will grow stronger without US. It is regrettable that the current Trump administration is destroying the strong relationships between US with Mexico, Canada, Europe, UK, China, Middle East and Africa. Canada will always stand for democracy, freedom and justice even if this current administration refuses to do so. US and Canada has fought WWI, WWII, Korean war, Vietnam war, Iraq war, Afghanistan war together. As brothers in arms both have fought, bleed together against fascism. What Donald is doing in the US is as close as it gets to fascism in America. During this difficult time in American history more than ever America needs to trust in God. God bless America land of the free home of the brave. Let's pray that God will intervene through prayer to bring America to depend on Him once more.

Donald. Wow, you don't call him by President Trump? You F'd up Trudeau. Get out of office you clown ?

I'm waiting for trump to come out and say Trudeau started the invasion of Ukraine.

Trudeau and Ford need to settle this in a Cage match with tRump and JD \nteam canada would wipe the floor with them.

Bravo Justin Trudeau....they only care when money is involved, not about the world and least of all the citizens of this crumbling country...do what you must for your people and don't cowtow to the corrupt and fascist Trump government

Trudeau needs to understand he is dealing with a bully & a liar, he mentioned a quote of Trump being a smart guy making a dumb decision, there is nothing smart about Trump, you can’t reason with dictators….

I stand with Trudeau but Trump not smart!

Trump is losing favour in Canada too. Many supported him until the 51st state rhetoric started. Now he's actually allowing Trudeau to stay in power longer. The trade war is allowing Trudeau to stay relevant.\nTrump should have said I'm not dealing with Canada until Trudeau resigns!

I would like to have Prime Minister Trudeau for our President. Trump needs to go!

Love you Trudeau but Trump IS NOT a smart man.

Trudeau, a true leader. Trump, sick and evil. I am an American. I am a Texan.

Make That Make Sense. Here you go Trudeau. . If US aligns with Ukrain, as very very sad as this situation is, Trump would be declaring opposition with Russia. Then China aligns with Russia. Then WW3 starts on North American soil. Did Trump word everything right? Absolutely NOT. NOPE. However… I don’t want a war either. Trump should have just stayed out of it. \n\nLastly Trudeau you liar. You said “no one wins in a trade war…”. Yet you respond to tariffs with tariffs. You just started a trade war!!!! \n\nHow’s that for making sense enough for you!!

Trudeau loves Trump. Before these tariffs, Trudeau was one of the most despised prime ministers in Canadian history. Now people around the world are praising him. We don’t need people to stand with us, we need him and his party gone!

As an American, I would like to thank PM Trudeau for taking a stand against the trump administration.

This is how the leader of a nation should speak. Compared to Trudeau, Trump speaks like a 6 years old with serious braindamage.

The relationship between Canada and the US is because of Trudeau. He isn’t getting his way so he is making a huge mistake with his disrespect toward our Great President Trump. Canadians want Trudeau to step down. \nHow do I know? I have a huge number of relatives there. My mother was born there and my dad served honorably in the Royal Canadian Navy during the second World War.\nTrudeau is and always has been hateful toward Canadians. Canadians do not respect or like him. \nBy the way… we are boycotting CNN.

Anyone listening to Trump's psychoblabla after watching this will realise how dumb Trump is.\n\nAs a Canadian, Im very proud of PM Trudeau today.

I am a French Canadian. I did not hear it From Trudeau in English but I heard it in French, the real reason of the economic war is annexation. Fentanyl, immigration was just a Casus Belli. Trump want to put us on our knees and beg to join the US. We will have federal elections soon and we know that Trump will try to influence the outcome of the elections like Chine, Russia or India. We know has Canadian that USA is not a friend anymore. Trump is the dumbest of American President of the history of USA. Americans citizens get rid of Trump and Vance before it is too late.

Great job Trudeau. Stick it to Trump.

Here in the UK, we see and hear very little from Trudeau, but we’ve seen and heard quite a bit from him since last Friday’s White House debacle… Been VERY impressed with him, what he has said and how he has said it… Especially using Trump’s own “big things’ language…

WHy was Trudeau waiting for Trump to tell him to stop sending Fentanyl? US Shoudl launch military attacks on Canada's drug lord and middlemen who are doing this? Impose sanctios n canada and issue arrest warrants for Trudeau and his cabinet.

Why is PM Trudeau not talking about the reasons President Trump put tariffs on Canada and Mexico? CNN is a biased network highlighting only one side,

Trudeau speaking french was cool the only French trump know is Manaj a troix.

Lmao ??? Trudeau is on his way out Trump is going too make Canada great again. Trump is resetting geopolitics. Get ready world.

Dear Prime Minister Trudeau,\nI am an American living in America. You are doing the right thing. You are taking a stand against an ignorant, hateful, facist. Most Americans know that Trump does not care what happens to us, to our country, or to our Constitution.

Who convinced Trump of this? I like him but this trade war against Canada isn’t the way to go, really. I feel Canadians were mistakenly targeted. US needs allies not foes. Proud of Trudeau for the first time. I don’t live in the US but in Canada at the moment, not Canadian either, but I’m very objective in my perception about these occurrences. I hope America makes peace with Canada so strengthen both sides, hmmm.

I'm irritated. Re Trudeau's speech this morning, I want to comment on it. I want to say that I'm not a Trudeau fan, but his response to Trump this morning was excellent and I'm impressed. However... EVERY damn CBC YouTube page has comments turned off. WTF?

PM Trudeau got criticized heavily for meeting with Trump back at the end of November. Turns out he was being proactive and attempting diplomacy first, which is the Canadian way. In doing that he's had Canada ahead of the curve on dealing with Trumpler's dopey plans and insults. Trudeau now has new trade deals with other nations in the offing, we are moving forward without the US.

First. Drop Canadas tariffs against the USA.\n Does Trudeau understand that Trump has implemented Reciprocal tariffs. Which means you raise tariffs, ours go up exactly the same.

Not all American stand with Trump!! We love Canada and Trudeau.