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Trump says he needs nothing Canada to offer…..yet oil and gas tariffs are only 10%.\nHmmm….\nI say shut off the taps to America, flip off the switch for electricity and make him come crawling back. Because that’s the only way American voters will understand what he is doing. America needs to revolt and end his reign of stupidity, because this is just the beginning of his\ntyrannical dictatorship.

Canadians, please understand that half of America is as appalled as you.

I'm not sure Americans can understand this without name calling, repeating the same thing over and over, and pausing to s*** his pants

Donald, we have done big thing. This is a very dumb thing to do. - using words that Donald can understand. Great speech.

I'm sorry, Mr Trudeau. I don't think Donald understands working together, fundamentally, as a concept. Appeals to partnership and friendship fall on the deaf ears of a narcissist. Are you still accepting applications for new provinces? I heard you might be interested in WA state or Oregon. Asking for a friend.

THE TARIFFS ARE NOT SANCTIONS. THE TARIFFS ARE JUSTICE. DO NOT BLOCK OR OVERLY TAX AMERICAN GOODS, AND YOU WON'T GET TAXED EITHER. TARIFFS ARE FOR TARIFFS, THE TARIFFS ARE NOT SANCTIONS. UNDERSTAND

While Canadians' outrage over Trump's policies is still understandable, we now witness Americans who ought to stand with their president choose to support this hypocritical person, Trudeau, who has persecuted and still persecutes many of his fellow citizens, including truck drivers and anti-vaccine activists, in the name of freedom of speech. Words cannot adequately describe such behavior. \nIn this terrible time of the U.S. national debt, everyone must be with their president and no one else.

MAGA wont understand a word of what Trudeau is saying

Not Your Government But Their Government Because I Definitely ? Didn’t Vote For A Wannabe Dictator.. I Understand That We All Have To Suffer From Their Stupidity Of Electing A A ??Hole

Thank you for honesty and eloquency PM Trudeau. While your tariff will hurt us, I understand this criminal residing in the peoples house is causing this response. Please know many Americans are disgusted with the convict, and the ignorant, kool aid drinking ass-holes that voted for him.. and yes that includes those evangelicals that claim to love God...

Speaking clearly, easy to understand. no pontificating no bloviating….

Trudeau you really are a BUFFOON\n\nYou still don’t understand why Trump put TARIFFS on Canada and Mexico??? \nEven the slow Democrats by now have figured that out!!\n\nLighten up Buttercup!!!! ?

All I can think as I watched this was “wow I wish we (America) had a president like that!”. Rational, understanding, intelligent, calm, and concise. Instead we elected a narcissistic megalomaniac who is insane and incompetent. \nCan we trade presidents please???????

It's very simple to understand... no NATO in Ukraine because too close to Moscow. That's all Putin wants. \nAnd Canada doesn't want to understand that... So President \nTrump is going to punish Canada for wanting to continue the war like Biden wanted.

He addresses Americans like we don't already understand the tariffs Canada imposed on us. Do the math.

Trump can't understand what you are saying , he needs a IQ translator, he needs da da do do language

help me understand here whats going on .. hasnt canada had several taxes on american goods for years? vat or whatever

just don’t understand why these leaders like to come on the air and do nice talking to protect themselves. \nDon’t they witness how well Argentina J . done to his country.

Canadians, you do understand that anything american we buy will be 25% more expensive, right? Not because of Trump, but because of Trudeau. You apply tariffs on what you import, not export.

Don’t blame us all!! I don’t understand how that orange freak’s followers think tariffs are going to help. Fight!!

Canada doesn't seem to understand that we don't need them. We can make everything in america its simple. Thats the route trump is going. Sorry canada but time to take care of yourself. Its sad but canada should be able to take care of it's ppl on its own

Well said Prime Minister Trudeau, very clear precise without name calling and shouting but this is exactly how intelligent leadership respond. My only correction would be to your statement that trump is a smart man; no sir but I understand the need not to obliterate him.

Please don’t say ‘they’. Say ‘Trump’. Most of us don’t want this either…. Most of us understand how stupid this and do not understand the thought process of this dictator that somehow got back into office over here. He is embarrassing, uneducated and will hurt our country with his ridiculous rhetoric, lack of vocabulary and bullying tactics with our allies. It is inconceivable for many of us. I appreciate your every word. I wish you weee our president. Please know ‘We the people’ on both sides of the border are going to hurt from Trump’s stupid unfathomable decisions. I hope you can look through and see past the people here or not on the side of the decisions being made and know that once Trump is out Office, we can establish our ties with you and continue with the friendship we’ve had for so long and create agreements to profit both countries and caused the least of services in the most stability for each other. It’s a shame for what is happening and completely unnecessary.

Donald doesn’t understand the concept of tariffs. He sounds dumb and everyone who doesn’t understand tariffs, please know we the consumer are the victims of the most dumbest decision.

Respect. Unfortunately Putin's puppy is too drunk with power to understand.

It’s understandable. Why should one constantly subsidise the other. I can’t for instance work for a living and give my friend a wage for nothing at all while my own family misses out. This is basically what is happening. Nothing more nothing less

Thanks Trudeau for speaking the truth. The US is insane right now. I don't think trumpers understand tariffs.

Mmm....????.\nWhy are we even listening to a guy who resigned to lead our nation ?\nNobody understands he and his party are the root of the problem ?.\nHe's a complete incompetent, and he's the one responsible for all this mess.\nNow, he's worried about the border and the fentanil crisis, when everyone in BC knows that the mountains are full in laboratories producing fentanil..\nNow, he's worried about Canadians and crisis..\nWhen he's leaving the country sunk in the biggest debt of all times...\nSeriously, this is FUBAR.\nEnough is enough Trudeau, you already did enough damage, step away for the benefit of Canadians.\nGo, just go away and forever.

Trudeau is a true leader. He understands we are victims of trump. I am so ashamed and angry of what trump and his accomplices are doing. They will destroy America and attack democracy across the planet if not stopped

I don't really understand why this guy is unpopular with some people in Canada. He seems like a good leader, unlike ours.

I just just don't understand what these blanket tariffs achieve for Americans. Firstly, employment in the US is at an all time high, if the aim is to bring back primary and manufacturing industries then it's just a myth. It's just pointless and mindless. Nobody wants to go back to working in heavy industry, people want high paying, highly specialized industries, this doesn't create that, it just makes cost of living higher so wages have to go up and cost of bringing in raw materials goes up, all things that discourage start up companies that employ well educated and skilled Americans

This is what happens when we have idiot businessmen in charge of our government who don't really understand economics and politics.

Dont understand why trump is messing with canada, its actually fucking dumb. Trump talking about ww3, if America dont stop everyone will be against us. Drugs coming through different states from mexico to make it to Canada not from canada into the United States.

It doesn’t make cents and it’s not common cents to understand the 25 per cent ?

I am annoyed with CNN for turning this into a WAFFLE Soapy...At Last Trudeau has grown BALLS and he was presenting a Polite, Rational, Understandable, Logical, Factual explanation NOT only to AMERICA BUT more so to Canada and the World that Trump is NOT actually a SMART man but rather a deranged and dangerous illiterate with NO interest other than HIS EGO...SO CNN in your wisdom you ignored Trudeau's replies to questions from the press and gave oxygen to your WAFFLE MONGERS LIGHT WEIGHT comments.\n I have never been a supporter of wishy washy Trudeau....until this polite and measured presentation by him which was brilliant as an Educational tool not only for the American People BUT also for ALL of those ALLIES in the FREE World that TRUMP has absolutely NO RESPECT for and has been singularly responsible for the FREE World ALLIES to seriously rethink their allegiances with Chaotic America due to Donald's apparently Love affair with Putin as a fellow Dictator.\n America listen up.... The U.K./Europe are cranking up their home based on their door step DEFENSE INDUSTRIES etc which will be GREAT for Europe.... BUT not so GREAT for America''s employment going SOUTH.\n I was born in 1936 in the U.K. and have first hand experience of the TORTURE Ukraine is experiencing as the RESULT of Putin INVADING Ukraine....Donald and his Attack dog Vance are dangerous illiterates.

Wolf - you are not of us. Your prosperous life on the border does not reflect us.\n\nHave a normal person on your cast and you’ll understand why we liberals now voted for Trump.

Americans dont want this either....we do not understand why NO one in office will help us. TRUMP IS A DICTATOR

CNN has a great way of trying to turn things against the Republicans it’s Canada that has benefited the very most from our US Canadian relationship Canada is very strict immigration laws which is good. What is bad is they allow people from other countries outside US and Canada to fly in and go through the border into United States. from my understanding, and for the most part, probably because I hardly ever listen to CNN news is most Canadians lost trust in their Prime Minister

I thouh that this was about Trudeaus speech when I hear 50 plus percent more the voices of the cnn staff . Do americNS NOT UNDERSTAND ENGLISH? AS ALL THAT IS BEING SAID IS A TRANSLATION TO AMERICAN ENGLISH. I

Clearly Donald Trump does not understand the simple concept of Tariffs...when reporters ask him questions he deflects the questions., President Trump is not acting according to the oath he has taken as President. Its obvious this is a revenge trip for all of the legal issues against Trump over the last years,, he is taking it personal and damaging so many critical pillars within the US and its all gonna come down and thats where he thinks he will personally win ie get his revenge.

The majority of the American people are with you Canada, we didn't want this either. This doesn't have anything to do with drugs. The problem we have is President Shit-for-Brains doesn't understand that tariffs are a mistake because he's a moron who also appears to be a Russian asset, always doing Russia's will regardless of how it will effect the USA.\n\nTrudeau knows how to be a leader. I wish he were OUR president.

This is sad but you must understand that the richest man in the world is ruling over America now and Trump merely wants to be included in the Oligarchs that want to take over. Oligarchs once ran the Soviet Union I guess they are trying to figure out how to do this again. An Oligarchy and a democracy cannot coexist. They are in contradiction to each other…

S\nWhy interrupt PM’s speech with USComments ?! So rude - as if listeners cannot understand what he is saying in plain English.

If you are an American citizen and you are siding with Canada, you are a TRAITOR!!! As an American, a woman of African descent and an immigrant, I 100% understand why my President has taken the hard but necessary decisions that he took. It is time for other citizens of the world to realize that the USA is NOT HEAVEN, and America is NO SANTA CLAUS!!! This country has wayyyyy tooo many problems to continue with the foolish foreign and economic policies that we have pushed in the past...CNN it is about time you start speaking truth!!!

To the people of Canada, I'm sorry. We appreciate you and understand any measures you take. There are still people of reason and integrity here.

I’m so sorry, Canada. Don’t take it personally. trump is insane. Totally crazy! It cannot be reasoned with. I now understand how Hitler got into power.

America first. Sorry you don't understand or want that. The bandaid needs to come off

I feel that Americans supporting Trump still doesn't understand what a tariff means ! Lol

I still don't understand why trumps not behind bars for treason!!! Can only be one reason! The money!!! All Republicans are just too weak!!!

I don't quite understand.. How are all these comments against Trump? On every video it's anti Trump.. Yet majority of us Americans voted the clown in!!! Just doesn't add up.