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As a u.s citzen I'm appalled and ashamed of my president. The elites got what they want but doesn't mean it will last they talk about exposing corruption but yet are doing some pretty corrupt things why do we only get 2 choices for a president and lesser of two evils why don't we pick someone with morals and that have the best interest for our country and people not just the rich cause I've been struggling before during and after trump maybe we need new congress and stop this dumbass blame game of pointing fingers when dems and rep come together we can be unstoppable why are people so stupid and selfish like we have it easier than most country's last I knew we don't eat cats or dogs so that tells me are economy not as bad as other places just seems like the rich are losing and this will help them stay rich. I don't like Biden or trump but my god does no one notice the segregation that's pushing us apart? we were all for Ukraine before and now plp wanna act differently without facts or knowledge kids family's they are dying cause putin is a prime example of a dictator.... praying and hoping we come together to fix this and show our next generation on what not to do.

Trump is such a fool. He just manufactured an excuse to put tariffs on. He likes to show he is a tough guy by inflicting pain on everyone. This fentanyl excuse is maddening. No other country has this issue. Drugs are illegal and no one is forced to take them. Take responsibility for your choices. No one should die but no one should take illegal drugs.

Am I the only one seeing one of the most smart, clever and intelligent real politician of today? Talking like he has finished some good university, but still has brain and critical thinking. With pride and balls. Bravo! Without any choice and political choice. Just pleasure to see/hear this. What’s going on will be in history books. 100%

USA needs a President like this Gentleman, but the choices we get are garbage

Trudeau doesn't care about Canadians or USA! I don't care about his speech! He has harmed this country for the last 10 years so why the change of heart now when he already resigned! Trudeau waited for the last few weeks to secure the border when he had no choice when that should of been done years ago!!!

This was not my choice. I did not vote for the orange clown and his jester. Please Canada not all Americans agree with what is going on. After his reign, please help us heal from this and other atrocities that have taken place.

Trump is a Putins dick sucker, he is doing everything to destroy USA hemegony on world stage. You americans fucked up big time with this choice and you will feel the effects years to come. Nice big ocean doesnt mean shit to terrorists or ballistic missiles.

From Denmark: That speech is strong, Trudeau could be a good choice for a new leader of the Free world. ???

Sings great but no Trudy you haven’t done big things and don’t get to take credit for the good men that came before you. Good job taking the opportunity given here however I see another limp D trying to save his embarrassing career. But good for you getting all these gullible people to buy it. Half truths do not make the truth whole. 75 years of industrial decline aren’t getting fixed with friendly assurances and happy trade deals. During WW2 everyone lived on food rations, turned in all metals, kept their old cars running etc… and y’all are upset because inflation means you have to make some tough choices? I’m ashamed of every American that refuses to try something new since the last 50 years of the same old back and forth is what got us here in the first place. Obstruction and diversion. Division. Both parties are responsible. If Donald wants to destroy the faith of his faithful… let him. But going radical against half the country’s people isn’t going to end well for anyone. We should stop giving the rich all the cards.

I almost forgot what an actual leader sounds like. It's sad that so many of my fellow Americans let fear mongering and hate take root in their psychy to the point they thought a barely literate megalomaniac was the best choice to lead the country. This is one of the rare being black in this country is a benefit. We're used to being overburdened and neglected, so it's nothing new to us. But, everyone else is in for a rough ride. Good luck.

French here. Civilized countries to unite against USA. I feel sory about this. We have no choice.

Watch this closely. This is the sound of prudent, rational leadership. This was once the sound of our nation's leadership. Now, we have the voice of a petulant man-child driven by either selfish ego and personal financial goals, or sheer ignorance, working hard to tear apart our government and democratic society. To our congress: GET OFF OF YOUR KNEES! If you won't stand together then stand alone. BUT DO STAND UP AGAINST THIS THREAT TO OUR NATION. Fear is a reflex... cowardice is a choice!

Good. Everyone must STAND UP to the bully Trump. yes, it will hurt everyone, but we have no choice.

I feel like we just made a bunch of bad choices on the Civilzation25 game and now all the other world leaders are denouncing us and the reputation levels are hitting a bunch of red down thumbs

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

What an emotional vote that American people are paying so badly. Americans have been warned about the choice of Trump on power, but not believed.

The idea that a large portion of Trump supporters in the US will have lived through the past week and not regretted their choices in the voting booth, is alarming...

with freedom comes responsibility, with choice comes consequences.\nthis is what you get when you choose a treasonous scumbag for president. one false thing here is calling donald a smart man. i have never known of a smaller, more arrogant, more stupid, less qualified sad excuse of a man-child than the orange idiot. as a veteran commissioned officer of the united states of america, i, unlike our president, am bound by the oath i swore at my commissioning. i am ashamed of my nation for allowing a treasonous scum to sell our county

I'm sorry, that's not anti-Americanism. Word choices matter, and this was intentional. Think what you will of Trudeau or Canada, the reason people are turning away from networks like CNN is at least in part because you continue to pay people who are incentivized to frame everything as pro-America or anti-America. Some better choices might have included: frustrated, honest, distressed, resolved. Nothing Trudeau said was in any way anti-American.

I hope maga boys are proud of their choice. US is taking the russian route of self isolation that leads to all sorts of problems. shame such a shame.

As an American, I stand with Canada, Mexico, and Ukraine. Shut off oil delivery and natural gas. I know you do not want to do this, you have no choice. I live in Michigan, and working with Canada has always been a give. The auto industry is important. I pray for the end of this quickly.

As an American, i always want to support my country, but when they are attacking an ally and friend for absolutely no reason, i have no choice but to hope that Canada stands strong against Trumps bullying.

American by birth, Canadian by heritage, veteran by choice. May God help us in this new dark age.

Put aside party political differences, we CANADIANS will stick together, and to fight together. Average Americans, please listen: We are reluctant to have a fight, but we are not afraid of fighting and for sure we will hit back when we are insulted, threathened, imtimidated and got the 1st blow on our face without any reason. No one can leave a fight without a bleeding face and nose and you will be as miserable as we love to see. CANADIANS can be as nice as anyone can find on earth, and we can be as tough beyond your immagination. Now with the 25% tariff on on, we will have no choice. You will feel the pain from now.

American here. I am ashamed by my country. I am shocked red hats thought the orange baby was a good choice. \n\nGo Canada. We are with you.

Trump chose to do this its not Canadas choice and I simple do not see how its justified. This is a tax on Americans make no mistake its OUR prices that will go up as well as Canadians. This sure smells of Russian influence to me, its almost as if Trump is trying to hurt America, he is for sure tearing up the Government. If Putin had a wish list separating us from our staunch allies would be #1

I hope these countries know that this isn’t the choice of all of America. And we are sorry that this is what has happened.

It’s called a war on Americans that’s imposed by the uni-party that creates the illusion of choice. Wake up.

16:50 we know for a fact this is NOT actually about Fentanyl and border security. Trump has literally stated that this is tactic to try and annex us, to decimate our economy so we have no choice but to join America. I just hope that our european allies will actually have our backs.

We non-crazy people have to adopt the autarky strategy to make ourselves independent of the crazy people. In Germany we say „separating the wheat from the chaff“.? As long as the main trade rule, that we are all profiting from trade, is not sufficiently understood… Global prosperity would always be the better choice and we have backwards development. Inacceptable for young world citizens.

Well done, PM Trudeau. This American stands by your choice. It was an excellent speech because yes, our government has indeed chosen this economic violence where we, The People, will suffer and the oligarchs will benefit without a care.

Americans understand, unfortunately Canada has no choice but to protect their citizens and their businesses. The fault lies squarely with dictator want-to-be Trump and his corrupt MAGA maggot republican politicians, and those who voted for them ???

This president is making choices against Americans and against our allies which are being called “dumb” by the WSJ. “Whacking friends!” Why? I think it is PROOF that Trump is a long time Russian Asset. He is a traitor.

While I didn't vote for Trump... The idea that this will hit Trump voters almost makes the financial suffering I may have to endure worth it. They will finally feel the consequences of their stupid choices on a personal level. This is the only thing that will speak to them. Thank you Justin Trudeau. I am not looking forward to this personally. But it's important that we as a nation face the consequences of our actions.

As a Canadian by birth and an American citizen and US veteran by choice I detest Donald Trump. Trump is cancer that has metastasized to the whole Republican Party. General Milley was right when he said that Trump is the most dangerous person in America and by extension, the whole world. I stand with Canada, Mexico and Ukraine.

I hope MAGA understands this. Thank you Canada for not playing into F45’s vicious plans. As an American, I stand by your choices.

Trump doesn’t have a choice in the matter because of the sex tape.

Sir can you please stop lecturing other countries people. You with all your EU ally know a war coming and it's a bad one so instead forcing it to get more worse discuss ,be reasonable ,make deal with your enemy that benefits both side . That will possibly stop ww3 . Dont be arrogant, dont gamble with ww3 understand the situation make the right choice

This is how a President should conduct his self. Well spoken and talks with confidence and courage. \n\nWow…. \n\nKamala sounds like the better choice now ?

Congratulations America, welcome to the dawn of a new world for you where you will be isolated and shut out, all by your choice. 2025 will be the year the dictatorship of Trump and Musk was born and Trump is already talking about ruling beyond his final term. Yet the world will welcome American citizens who decide to leave their fledging dictatorship for countries who has real freedom.

Pull the camera back and look at the big picture. The US has been divided sharply down the middle of the political spectrum. Canada has been crumbling under stupid political and economic decisions. This trade war is uniting the common people both American and Canadian and supportive allies around the world. Corruption has bubbled to the surface and many things that conspiracy theorists have been mocked for is now commonly known as truth. The people will unite while the Oligarchs mutter “let them eat cake” and there will be a reckoning. Donald might be making stupid choices, but perhaps that is what we needed to finally wake up and unite.

As a Canadian, Albertan. I appreciate the support from our American neighbours. Unfortunately, we have no choice but to retaliate with tariffs. There will be no winners!

I’m sooo tired of foreign leaders say Trump is aligning with Putin! He never said that! Americans know he is trying to help make peace between Ukraine and Russia to end a war which is also in Canada and the rest of the world’s best interests! I hate the deceptive media! Canada, we are in debt up to our eyeballs and won’t be able to remain a nation without hard monetary choices but to say Trump aliegns with Putin is a cheap shot to get away with what you do now.

❗️Trump is destroying America, he also aims at destruction of Canada, Mexico, and European countries. Dump the trump, there is no other choice left for Americans.

Being the US's neighbor wasn't a choice. It's geography. For decades we worked together to create a safe and friendly border. Then a broken and rotted manchild fooled the ignorant into voting his toxicity into power and all that work stands to fall. I'm sure there are many Canadians that agree with me when I say, how I wish we could simply paddle our land over to the EU AWAY from the crumbling US, which will soon be welcoming the likes of putin and Kim Jong Un with open arms.

I listened to Kamala and her team speak equally articulate as Tradeaux, but Americans made their choice. Their majority might not be as good as we think them to be. Perhaps Trump is a representative of their majority.

Don’t buy anything American made, produced or sold by American company’s. We have a choice and a voice that the USA can hear, our megaphone is our cash.

Don’t talk about it be about it! We made our choice!! Canada ain’t never been our closest ally… you just live under the umbrella of our protect protection!! You have been putting 25% tariffs on us for decades now!! Play ball and games changed, but we’re not playing this woke liberal ideology anymore in case you haven’t got the memo!! and by the way, Justin Trudeau is corrupted, crooked and launder money himself

I live in the United States, and you have no choice but to take this action regarding our country. Mr. Trudeau, I fully support your decision to impose tariffs on my country; you have no other choice A madman holds us captive. More than half of the country feels the same way as I do. We are furious that our Republican senators and Congress are siding with Trump and Vladimir Putin. Thank you for holding our 'president' accountable when both the Trump administration and the GOP Senate and Congress fail to do so ??

America had the choice of a president with a brain and one without. They were mislead down a path about immigration being the problem and that the president elec with the brain was to blame. Now look at the utter shit show. We may be heading for war. If not an actual war, one played in economic destruction.\n\nAmerica was so scared to have a female president, they elected a mad man instead.