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A leader of a nation should be able to unite people. \n\nAll Trump does is to divide people. Both at home and abroad. \n\nIf this what the majority of Americans want, so be it. Just don't fool yourself into thinking the rest of the world to just take it up the rear.

As an American, I welcome all countries being threaten by Trump and his version of America to fight back. Arguing and reasoning with the other half of America isn't working for us. But maybe, a reality check by hurting their wallets will. Do it--don't hold back. Don't bow down to this wannabe dictator. The other half of America can survive--those who voted for Trump will not.

Trump is violating the trade agreement he himself put in place the last time he was in office. That is how solid his word is. He will violate anything to try and get his way.....ask Jean Carroll....she will tell you about being violated by Trump.

trump shouldn't treat Canada this way, what a shame?

Great, now the fentanyl will be made in USA and even easier to get. Trump might be the stupidest person on earth.

Think the US will Sanction the leadership Canada and Mexico in retaliation....? Sanction the countries.. threaten to remove them form SWIFT...<< that would be a bit extreme but it is trump at the helm.

Trump has to stop his own people from buying those drugs. Stop blaming the Mexicans. The liquor is in the stores, I don't buy any, it's not the drug it's the people mentality.

People have to wonder, wth trump is doing causing everyone to go against each other. Trump is up to something behind the scenes causing all this chaos and high prices

As a European I am so sorry to hear this. I love America, but this is going to cause so much harm in the relationship between the countries of the west. It is only a matter of time before Trump does the same for goods coming from the EU.

We stand against orange bully. Trump can’t threaten us.\nCanada strong ?? ❤??❤️

Then you should have worked with Trump on the illegals crossing your border into the USA ! USA, USA, USA !!!!!!!!!!

Voters also wanted a bipartisan immigration bill, but Trump and the Republicans stopped it so he could use the issue to his advantage in the campaign. That’s how much Trump and the Republicans care about the border problem. I will never vote Republican again,

What Trump said about Canada leaching on US economically and militarily is true..so why don't Canada rulers face it and fix the house from inside instead of, using the dispute as an election leverage ? How far their hypocrisy and opportunist minds can go ????

Trump is willing to destroy his country starting with poorest people.

Canadian here. The tariffs will hurt. And this may just be the beginning of a sprawling trade war, but make no mistake, Canada is not for sale, and Canada, despite its soft spoken nature, is determined to keep going on its own way. We have free trade with the EU and Pacific nations. For any US companies who find themselves caught up in tariffs for their export markets, consider setting up your export shop here, to keep your Canadian customers, and continue to have access to European and Asian markets under free trade agreements that are respected, and operate independently of any decision made by President Trump. Businesses need predictability and stability, and your neighbors to the north can provide that to all of your export markets.

Can u really believe or trust what Trudeau and the Mexican say? ?. I don’t blame Trump

Trump didnt learn anything from the 2018 tariffs

Trump will increase it to 50% then. Canada will go down faster than ever

Expat in Mexico. She is correct the USA needs to stop the Demand for Hard Drugs but Mexico should Stop caravans? trump is Dealing. Trudeau is a Lame DUCK.

Trump is a terrible business man facts period. He's using tariffs against Canada and Mexico. We loose

Canada should focus on its immigration. Any drug dealer can easily get Canadian citizenship. I think what Trump doing is better for the world

trump lies to his nation and others nations too. fentanyl is not even a real issue. theres like 1 percent of usa fentanyl coming from canada. i hope americans will get rid of him. this is an unjustified tariff against an ally country and its unacceptable. usa are responsible to take care of their own borders in the first place.

If Trump wants to stop the use of Fentanyl by Americans, maybe he needs to educate the American people of the dangers of Fentanyl and punish Big Pharma and Doctors for prescribing these addictive drugs to patients. Tariffs would NOT solve the problem.

Twelve days into the Trump Administration's second term and we are already at (tarrif) wars with Canada, China and Mexico. We have another 1,450 more days to go before this administration ends. God help us all ! ?

The regular people will suffer. Canada and Mexico will suffer more. The US economy is very big and dynamic. It will absorb tariffs. Trump's foreign policy is going to be very predatory. These trade wars have the potential to spill into other areas: Diplomatic and military in which Mexico and Canada cannot match the United States. The next four years are going to be turbulent.

trump touts tax breaks then takes them back in price hikes! ?

Trump loses support and trust from allies.If other countries follow, this will be a serious crisis of the United States.

Canada should shut down power to NY. And watch Trump give in

Trump tariffs will destroy Canada and Mexico economically.

I don't know why President Trump is trying to bully his neighbors with tariffs. Well, they are retaliating now. Let's see who suffers.

The 1.6 billion dollars Trudeau said he “pledged” to border security is to be spread out over 6 years! Which basically at this point none of it has beeen spent. It is a laughable amount to try to appease trumps request and trump is smart enough to read the fine print in the border security bill o know that Trudeau isn’t taking border security seriously.

I get why trump would tariff mexico. But why canada? I hate all this bs.

EU should abide by Trump,,,As the japanese Abided by Reagan in 80s Semiconductor War!!! ;))

Canadian already can't afford anything. Everything already too expensive! \n \nNow Trump make it even worse! ?

This president will bring the U.S. to bankruptcy, like Trump did within everything he touched. As a Canadian, I’m happy to be rid of a petulant neighbour that thinks he’s exceptional.

Tarriffs are irrelevant if other countries and individuals simply stop buying from or trading to the US. I can't buy US products now for ethical reasons. Trump being oblivious to his fan boy's ?? .

Russia, China and its BRICS partners appreciate Trump and the USA for their hostile attitude towards Canada, Mexico, Latin America and Europe. They will certainly take the opportunity to strengthen their business relationships with all of them. The BRICS are open for business…

Ok trump then get tfo and take your kind with you

I Love President Trump !!! ?? ❤️

I’m a black American , I support President Trump on deportations of illegal aliens .

You said it was Sunday last week? Wasn't that after Trump made announcements. They were probably making a last ditch effort before our reinforcements showed up.

Cnn host is a trump hater she should be fired immediately.!

Let her fly if she meets all the specs and passes all the tests. Trump won't last much longer, Emily will be flying long after Don's gone.

Well done President Trump \nWell done \n??

Be afraid because the Trump administration means business!

Any assets they have will go to Trump. It’s another money grab.

Yeah! And Trump want México stop this mass Venezuelan. If USA can't, how they pretende México doung it. Venezuela has ti work on it!

I fully support him great job trump

Possible solution..... Boisterously verbally downshift the agenda..... Fool them into thinking okay back to business normal.... To de-escalate the excitement..... Donald Trump's a lame duck anyway..... You can say anything he wants to they'll still accept him..... What difference does it actually make to him....

Why do those of us on the political left keep allowing those on the political right to dictate the terms of public conversations, even when we have the facts on our side? It is estimated that 1.7% of the world population is biologically intersex. That's roughly the same as the percentage of the world population that is naturally redheaded. Trump's executive order states that the US government only recognizes two biological sexes.  This means that as far as the US government is concerned, biologically intersex people don't exist. This is analogous to having an executive order saying redheads do not exist.  It's nonsense.  So, why aren't biologists from all over the country pointing this out? The percentage of the world population that identifies as transgender is at most 0.6%.  So why are we talking about transgender people when there is a larger group of people that Trump's executive order discriminates against?  Here's why: because folks on the left insist on allowing those on the right to set the terms of almost every debate we have in this country and folks on the right are happy to ignore intersex people (whose existence conclusively establish that their views are false) and those of us on the left stupidly follow their example in doing so. If we are serious about protecting trans people, we need to be smart about this. Let us reframe the public debate to focus on intersex people.  This will make exposing the lunacy of Trump's executive order much easier when engaging a general public that is too ignorant, lazy, and indifferent to educate themselves about trans people. So, let's help out the lazy ignorant masses by adopting a simpler (and more science-based) approach to the debate over whether there are two biological sexes by making the simple, scientifically sound observation that biological sex is bimodal, not a binary.  And not amount of executive orders can ever change that fact.