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As an American getting into a trade war with our neighbors to our north and south makes no sense. Of course Trump is chummy with Vladimir Putin, they're so similar. Both need to be removed from office.

As an American from South Carolina, I am so impressed and appreciative of Canada and Prime Minister Trudeau. His speech is Sincere and Caring… so Refreshing!! I am with Canada and Ukraine!!

Look up the King of the North and the King of the South… it’s like watching prophecy unfold in front of your eyes!

Just one note it was going to be a GOLDEN AGE FOR ONE PERSON AND HIS RICHEST BILLIONAIRE FRIENDS AS THEY SCREWED THE REST OF THE AMERICAS AND OUR FRIENDS TO THE NORTH SND SOUTH .

I'm American, and Canadians should just instantly shut the oil pipe into the USA down...\nStart dealing with Europe, Asia, South America, and elsewhere throughout the world...\nCall trumps bluffs and I promise you he will fold like a cheap folding chair...

We in South Africa stand with you Canada. ❤❤❤

This is what happens when a convicted criminal is president and South African slave owner run the country.

Ontario and Quebec are threatening to shut down electricity exports which supplies the entire North-Eastern grid, along with oil refinery products out of Sarnia. There is also the likelihood of a 15-25% export tax on oil exports out of the mid-west, which the government will feed back to companies to help with cashflow. Ontario, as the world's largest buyer of Kentucky whiskey and California wine, have already stopped those imports and striped the shelves bare. Canadian consumers are boycotting US products faster than a Dylan Mulvaney Bud Light commercial. Snowbirds spending their money down south next winter? Nope they are going to the Caribbean instead.

Canadians, Never EVER forget that the people down south voted for this. This is who they are and they will do this again whenever their allies give them the benefit of the doubt. They will toss out their facade of good faith at every chance where choosing to suck up to authoritarian regimes and playbooks feels like it will lower egg prices by idk 30 cents. Again, they voted twice for this tool. THIS IS WHO THEY ARE.

this guy said he would resign. Oh Canada, we are so afraid to the south. - cry me a river Trudeau

Donald Trump has plan to invade Canada, Mexico and other countries in South America. If he will do it no Russia will support him that why he started make friend with Putin.

Am I the only one thinking that we had a good PM, and media really manipulated popular opinion as to which he had to stand down? i mean look at what is going on down south, when emotions are allowed to rule? Trudeau wasn't doing anything wrong, he just go chopped for nothing... sad

There is a lot of talk on Fentanyl headed south, but no mention by Canada of how much of the drug heads north. I can't be zero. There has to be transit of the drug from the USA into Canada.\n\nBut what I truly don't understand, is that what heads south is not crossing through the Canadian border. All south bound traffic needs to go through US Border patrol agents. So by that measure, how is Canada not doing its job? I've crossed into Canada many times and have been asked to pull over for a search of my vehicle more times than I've been searched on my return to the USA, which was once, my very first crossing in 2002. \n\nMy only guess is the problem isn't fentanyl, that's just a distraction and by design a way to get people believing in something that isn't true and to help further the rift.

????why you say American do you mean Central American or south or north stupiiiiiiid

American voters who voted for Trump! This is a leader, not just handsome (which trump is claiming to be and is not), this is intelligent, (which trump is not), this is smart (which trump is not), this is articulate, (which trump is not) this is smartly countering trumps stupidly. Trump is the failure America that trump created with the help of those racist voters who approved this nonsense trump has been doing. And worse of all you were supposed to see what colonisation has done to South Africa and other countries and you allow Elon to colonise an already colonised country, the USA).

As a South African. Wow what a speech. Americans have not voted well. America is so important to the world, such that we feel around the world that we should also have a vote for american president ??

I pray Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia can find ways to work together and strengthen each others economies and other developments.

If you are Canadian, you should work hard to get South African Elon *'apartheid'* Musk's Canadian citizenship revoked. \n\nHis crimes:\nHe is actively working against Canada's national interests as well as being part of a foreign government (USA) that is trying to wipe out Canada's sovereignty .\nAnd \n*Keep boycotting X and Tesla*\n\n.

Trump takes his policies from old South Park episodes because he is a joke

Prime Minister Trudeau did great job of standing up to bullies from south.

BRAVO Prime Minister Trudeau!! To my incredible Canadian neighbors -- You cannot imagine the shame and humiliation I am filled with as I sit in my home, which is located south of your beautiful country. Please believe me when I say I am sorry. I am truly sorry, for any hardships my country has unnecessarily brought to your door. My fear is, 4 yrs from now when his term is up, there will be no peaceful transfer of power to our next President. He who shall not be named, will most likely refuse to leave office. I wish I was a wizard standing on Platform 9 3/4 right now.

It's like watching South Park.\nI just had some Member Berries.

No. It must be madetough on US citizens, but you can’t look back on a friendship that only you saw, he always saw as transactional. Please just leave the US out of your minds and back away, as he plans to use your country against NATO. North America, is just America to him he literally thinks he’ll be the one to take over while leaving behind Puerto Rico and South America. He doesn’t know about the Somoan islands, onset has hit. I beg all Allies to just leave US to deal with this Russian agent Krasnov, and the A alliance pals of djt.

as a us citizen, wud be funny if this changes the name of our continents to north canadian and south hispanic

the kind of leader i wish we could have south of the border ?

Canada is pretty cocky right now, but with US pulling back from Ukraine it’s gonna strain EU security and economy which will totally fuk Canada.we can always focus on South America and be ok. Canada will struggle.

I just can't help thinking that, eventually, things are going to go south with Russia, and it won't end well for anyone.

Just remember world not all of us voted for Trump. Just the ignorant uneducated low lives that can’t critically think. They can be found in the armpit of the US also known as the South or the same states that lost the civil war which ended slavery. Most of you probably never heard it because no one wants to visit that part of the US.

These demonstrate how LOW INTELLIGENT is Trump, well said Trudeau from South America

These Canadians speak differently then they do on south park.. ?

What a clown ? dude on the right has a South Park Canadian mouth ???\n\nBro Donald is gona crash your economy ????

Trudeau for president! Let Canada annex the rest of ‘Merica as the 11th Province ?. Except Canadians are too smart to put up with the “menace to the south” even as a territory!!!

nice, a new south park episode..

Yea well trumps is doing the same to south Africa it's called bullying

Fentanyl is just an excuse for the tarriffs as only 0.2% of Fentanyl crosses the border into the U.S. It’s drug cartels from South America that are trafficking the majority of drugs as well as gangs in the U.S. as well. \n\nBut it’s telling that Trump just ignores the fact that Americans themselves have a huge opioid crisis or what he’s doing to stop it but instead he’s blaming Canada which is just BS!\n\nTrump is a traitor to American Allies!

As a Canadian and not a fan of Trudeau I have to say he's earned respect as a leader.\nNot like the trumpy pile of ? south of us

Ok, to be honest, this is exactly what the other side want, reactions/panic. Trump loves it...but be honest... he is a buissnessman(!), don´t ever forget that!! My heart struggel so hard with this one... How? Why? When/Ever?\n\nTo Canadian Prime minister: I hear you and will make a change as a born child 1976, Euorpean. US was the ONE-country to discover as a young fellow! I will for now on also hearing Canadian news and other countries like Australia, France, Great Britain, South Africa, Japan, etc. Democracy <3 \n\nUS we hear you still but this is NOT ok!!! It would be to go against our absolut nearest neighbour hood! Our most trusted!! We love them!!! How can you??!! We would never do that!! Our countries are united and will stand together, beside what one person or government says, that is democracy!!! Stand up US people!!! \nWe are united, we are one! Don´t let his words get you, ever!

This man is right. The drugs are allowed by our own American law enforcement because they take money from the cartels. It's been done that way for years. The weapons that are smuggled to the Cartels in Mexico and South America are made in the USA.

South Park’s right, I have no idea what he’s saying, all I hear is farts ?

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.

It's not even Putin who is laughing the loudest, his military and economy are in tatters. It's Xi Jinping, who has had the Pacific at least handed to him on a plate. All he's had to do for it is send a few warships and a sub around the South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand. I don't think anyone in the US administration has noticed. Nice one, Donald.

SOUTH RUSSIA.

Unfortunately this is becoming a common trend with your new president even with South Africa saying South Africa is oppressing Afrikaners who are the richest and wealthiest in the country all because we took Israel to the ICJ defending racists? Maybe the DEMS were correct

We should of charge the goods that have to come across the ocean and made a high speed rale from alaska to south America and turn are side of the planet into the biggest riches contente the world has every seen

Most of the Drugs in Canada come from the USA. The drug trade comes from the south and moves north into Canada not from Canada to the USA.

I am watching from Papua new Guinea south pacific island \nTrump and is team are useless

Time to pay your fair share. The American taxpayers protect our entire continent with our Navy we should tax South America and the rest of North America and Greenland for protection. Look up the Navy numbers and look at how many boats we have. We are the strongest geographical Nation in this world. Because of the ocean surrounding us. Everyone knows that it would be damn near impossible to take us over but they're finding it far too easy to divide the American people. Find your nationalism.??????

Not a fan of Trudeau but his in the right here Trump administration is out feeding disinformation about Canada South Africa and who knows who’s next

What's it about? It's about money. It's about a gangster family in the Whitehouse, and oligarchs in the administration, all trying to make as much money as possible. There's no other explanation possible. That's the only explanation that comes close to making any sense. Now more than ever, even if these tariffs are short-lived, Canada needs to move away from U.S. trade. This is necessary for the long term survival and prosperity of Canada. We need to make every effort to increase trade with the pacific rim, Europe and South America. There may be some short-term pain, but it has to happen. Given the events of the last few years in the U.S., Canadians have to realize that things can get even worse, and will likely never be the same. There is very little reason to believe that the ties Canada has had with the U.S. will ever be what they were, or indeed any reason to believe that that is even desirable now.

South Park the movie in real life ?????