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Why are u all surprise Trump is totally unfit to be a person his mind is very small his thinking is outdated and yet all his cabinet is moron.

I am Canadian and I am glad Trudeau is actually hard on fentanyl. Surprise. If so, I would like to know if Trudeau, and his successor whoever that may be, and the Liberals of course, will be just as hard if not harder on fentanyl dealers, users, and criminals. Start by talking to British Columbia, currently ruled by the New Democratic Party (NDP), and getting them to change their soft on drugs and crimes approaches. I await to be impressed by Trudeau, his successor, and the Liberals.

I never been to US, but I always thought they speak English. I am so surprised to learn that they actually speak Russian ?

Putin is hoping the US loses all its allies. I’m surprised Trump doesn’t just call it the gulf of Russia.

i am surprised to see so many canadian idiots still endorsing this clown. Trump imposes tariff today for a reason -- this clown simply has inherently different philosophy and that is the reason Canada is punished today. Set aside right or wrong from the US side, a truly responsible leader should mitigate damage instead of soliciting them, and seek ways out instead of putting oil on fire.

CNN also reports:\nIn a bold and surprising move, Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that he will be initiating the peace process between Zelenskyy and Trump.\n\nCNN political analyst quoted that this is a brilliant move by Putin!

I think it is time to use all the unused land to grow our vegetation and any thing else that gets planted to use for the Canadian. We do have the brain and the finances to grow our own fruit even if it takes a couple of years for the plants to produce the vegetation to supply the need. We need to manufacture our own goods. It is only one simple issue we will face but it is one we can handle! Oil, gas, car parts and cars...do it here and get some of the unemployed individuals Living on Provincial Checks off their butts and put them to work. (any that can at all} It might just surprise people at how many would have a reason to get up in the morning and the self confidence they need to get rid of the very thing Trump said was killing US people and stop it from coming in from the US! If we are going to tell it lets tell the truth!.

There is no economic war! A war is a war. The tarrifs is a fuse for an escalation, and this is likely what Trump plans. I wouldn't be surprised that the former suggested a partnership to Putin to militarely attack Canada, and the world, by the way. Lets think about this. One day, people from US may wake up with all your money in cripto money not belonging to US anymore. No need to be a psychic or prophet to see this coming.

Very proud of our Prime Minister!!! The Trump administration is currently destroying America. Canadians and Americans have been working hand in hand for more than a century and it's so sad to see that a bunch of billionnaires are using lies and manipulation to get their way. I'm also very surprised to see that the Republican politicians are reacting like puppets. Let's hope that truth and common sense will soon prevail in the United States.

Trump the new hitler 2.0 and I wouldn’t be surprised if brings in another nazi logo

Considering trump wants to be in bed with his idol putin, bullying and alienating our ally countries is no surprise.

It's surprising that he had time to speak knowing Taylor Swift is still on tour.

I am surprised at the amount of Trudeau supporters in here

Trump think he can bully the Canadian. He’s will be surprised to learn that he is destroying his own country.

Let's wait for a US-Russia, or should I rather say White House-Russia free trade deal. I wouldn't be surprised at all.

Not surprised this slanted bias reporting from CNN

At this point it wouldn't surprise me if Donald Trump started Covid again.

I'm quite surprised that every country thinks America is a friend. My dear folks, AMERICA DOESN'T HAVE FRIENDS, ONLY INTERESTS. And not the American people, but the government itself, since they allow billionaires to do whatever they want and intervening in many things that are not their damn bussiness.

Here gather the brainwashed population of the world. No surprise that they gather on a CNN post. Truly incredible

People voted believing that Trump will create a better economy for the American people but surprise surprise that guy will starve us to death.

Trump is a closet communist \nI’m surprised no one noticed

I am surprised you are all surprised when it comes to tRUMP!

Don’t trust any politicians . Don’t be surprised if there isn’t more to this

I'm an American. Trump and company are Russian Collaborators . They are NOT acting in America's interest. I'm on Canada's side here for sure. Trumps tariffs must be some kind of fishy scam. I bet its some kind of money grab? It would not surprise me.The White house is under Russian Control.

Trump thinks the Russian aggressor in Ukraine is blameless so are we surprised that he thinks starting a trade war is America's fault?

I don’t understand why everybody is surprise by what Trump is doing! Are we that dumb! He does not care x the country, its citizens, least of all the constitution! He is and has been working to destroy everything that makes this country what it is! Please wake up!!

It wouldn’t be surprising if Trump has made a deal with Putin to source critical Canadian goods through Russia. After that, he will likely set his sights on taking over Canada. Canadians should be ready to defend themselves in more ways than one.

Trump wants to be one of the handful of large, powerful autocracies in the world, he will continue provoking democratic allies to create strawman excuses to engage in conflict with and cede from them and look for any excuses to invade/annex, and in the end he most likely believes he has the power to compete with and overpower other autocracies. In the end, he sees them as the winners in the race of countries and he wants to be top dog over them, too. By consolidating wealth, industry/resources, control of information and technology - with his past attacks against the military - will it be any surprise if plans come to light of intentions to build a private army?

Canadians are just dumb, thats why this lying freemason can decieve the people who live there, these puppets dont work for the people, they serve the evil entity behind the curtain, the true controllers of this flat earth, surprisingly this puppet left it out in this scripted garbage, fentanyl is made by the people he serves.

I am surprise Canada is reacting so badly against the US. Canada should focus on countering China and not the United States

I stand with Canada also! For those of you who voted for Trump, does this surprise you. He stated everything he's doing now. I didn't vote for him. So don't come whinnying to me.

I can be wrong but It wouldn’t surprise me if this is not about the tariffs but a manipulation of the stock markets. Imagine trump reverses his decision again and the stock markets rises again im sure there will be some people who benefited from that #followthemoney

Trudeau has pleasantly surprised me with his newly found spine. Well timed, Sir.

I always thought trump is the Manchurian candidate . Slowly destroying within . Just surprised or not that ordinary American can’t figure that out. Trudeau was never have a good approval rating and now he have resigned from his party soon that he rating suddenly gone up because of this tariff. Good luck American . Stay strong Canadian , time to trade with eu

Surprising how despite me voting for him the first time, I wasn't proud of his stance u til after he announced his retirement. But when it comes to protecting our country, party lines dissolve. We all have the same sense of pride and the same education as to what that means.

I hate that this will fall on so many deaf ears for the people brainwashed by conservative media. CNN sucks too but I would be very surprised if this full speech showed up on Fox for any decent amount of time or without a shitload of spin before during and after

Only reason tariffs will hurt the economy is because the masses have been conditioned to buy ? that's not necessary. People have gotten so used to having things done for them that they can't bare to not have everything done for them. The mental stupidity the news keep trapping the zombies is not surprising. When we gotta hunt for our food the weeds will be exposed

CNN comment section glazing the worst leader we have ever had, not a surprise. Maybe if CBC sees this comment section they will turn their comments back on.

If you know about Donald and his character it’s not surprising. Ignorant voters put him in office, now deal with it. Biden was bad? Donald is worse! MAGA would vote for anything because they have no clue about government and economy. They think a blonde imbecile will be the answer to everything. Putin is the real boss not Donald.

American here. It's obvious Trump is a traitor and a Russian agent who is following orders from Putin to dismantle the US government, and destabilize/destroy all Western alliances. It shouldn't be a surprise: Trump has had dealings with Russian oligarchs for the past 40 years. Trump is a clear and present danger to the US, the West, and the world. He will probably be the cause of World War 3 since he has put the US on the side of Russia - which destabilizes the entire world order.

As a Canadian im surprised people complain about trumps tariffs because of politics but keep their mouth shut on the carbon tax.

I'm surprised how many Americans are upset with this move against Canada, from the left and right. I'm not letting Donald affect my friendships I have down in the States with friends and family.

Oh what a surprise, Trudeau is a tough guy and taking a atand knowing he will be out of office when the blowback comes. What a leader. What a hero.

The canadian economy and Canadian families' lives have already been damaged by Justin Trudeau himself. So, I don't really know what he is really on. By the way, the reason Sophie left him was because she surprised that woman on the left banging Justin in their bedroom.

CNN happy and supportive of Black Face himself. Not Surprised!

Not surprised. Trump, you're an idiot. You will lose all your allies and significant trade lanes because you have no idea how to run your country and negotiate. Your economy and people will suffer. If you isolate US from the rest of the world, who will come to your aid if Russia decides to take you over? Where will the Americans flee to? Mexico?

Don’t be surprised Trump is trying to force his allies into a position where he will ‘claim’ they’re a danger to the US, so he can convince he owned and controlled political party and goons to ‘defend ‘ America and justify a war on those countries to gain control of their territories :(

Americans act surprised that Trump has already gone rogue…ignorance truly is bliss…so many Americans will lose their jobs because of these tariffs…Trump has yet to address the fall out of his actions… times are very scary.

surprised about the confidence and clarity to this man to speak

I’m surprised that USA isn’t trying to keep a good relationship with its neighbours