Close Reading

I live in Belize and I'm praying for you Americans. You all have a tyrant on your hands! This is unbelievable.

Isn’t it tragic that Trump is wreaking havoc with the fentanyl excuse by causing economic harm to Canada and Mexico while having an addict billionaire doing weird drugged out gestures while destroying the government and Americans’ lives on land, air and sea! Nero trump and Caligula Musk…just so dystopian!

I live in Canada and have watched Victor David Hanson, American historian, as far as I'm concerned one of the most credible resources regarding what is going on, after listening to him we only have ourselves to blame for the fiasco we are in.

It’s just one big scheme for the Bro/Oligarchs to make money while destroying the US and World Economy. They are all betting the short today while everything crashes.\nUnfortunately the American People and their lively hoods are all being held hostage by THIS Pathologic CRIMINAL !! Good luck Canada- Every Country should freeze this maniac out and Not do business with him!!!

Dear Mr. President Trump, would you please reconsider welcoming these wonderful fellow North Americans living in these TEN Canadian Provinces, not as the 51st State, but as TEN States, when being invited into the United States of America? These Canadian Provinces being Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan.\n\nSuggested is to make Canada’s existing 10 Provinces into 10 individual United States States. Canada will benefit with a strong 10 State influence within 60 United States governance affairs. Benefits are 10 more States on a balanced display welcomed as 10 white stars within the beautiful United States of America field of Blue of our Flag. Other countries will see North America’s Great Power when 60 glorious States, when combined, and working well together, communicating best when communicating with each other only in English, when English is the United States official National Language. No more Government waste of having multi language signage. Another geologically considered North American country, Greenland, with 4 more territories may wish to add four more States, as well as the many existing United States Territories across the globe may desire Statehood. The Sun will never set on the United States. As for 10 Canadian States, think of the  benefit of 20 mostly conservative thinking U.S. Senators which equals a larger majority of conservative votes in the larger U.S. Senate when composed of 120 Senatorial political leaders. 120 U.S. Senators keep the Filibuster procedure balanced. 10 Canadian Provinces converted into 10 United States States equals many more conservative House of Representatives votes enhancing the conservative majority of political leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives. So many good reasons why Canada’s 10 Provinces, with a mostly conservative thinking population of thinkers, should be transformed into 10 new United States States, not just one United States. Yes....10 more States that is the helpful way forward for the United States to have a very dominant conservative thinking population of United States Congress Political Leaders, resulting in a long term more stable United States Congress representing 60 United States, thinking more conservative, thinking more logical, thinking more common sense thoughts, thinking more capitalist job creation thoughts, thinking more tax cut thoughts, are just some of the benefits of having 60 United States of America States on  display, and functioning efficiently going forward for all the World’s Countries to marvel at.

Iam so sorry about this Canadians. This is just bully shit. Americans love you guys .we stand with you all. We know are lives will get worse before it gets better for us not because of Canada.its because the orange man.?

Lets be clear, we are were we are today because of our governments and the absence of polices. Trump simply wants the drug crime and human trafficking to stop. Our government response is to apply tariff's on Americans goods and services. There ego's are more important then Canadians lives. The libs, ndp and dem's are all part of the problem. WAKE UP

Thank god my state won out blue, even if just barely. I would feel so embarrassed living in a red state. Wait nevermind I still am ashamed to be an American for the first time in my entire life, even though I didn't vote for him. Glory to Canada and Slava Ukraini, can't believe I have to remind people of this

I live in northern MN by the Canadian national railway, I get stopped by these trains for 20-30 minutes daily, they are loaded with every type of goods, mostly chinese shipping containers! They go south full and north empty! Stand strong real Americans, there is nothing to fear but fear itself broadcast by globalist!

Perhaps America's president should look at the programs Canada implements and make American a great place to live again, and the American people would not be enticed to take Fentanyl to get through the miserable lives some have to deal with on a daily basis!

It's embarrassing to be American right now. Sorry Canada the draft dodging felon living in the White House is 78 years old. With any luck he'll join his buddy, Jeffrey Epstein, sometime soon.

As an American, I want to apologize to Canada…. I lived and worked in Montreal, Quebec for 3 years. Trump has underestimated the strength of Canadians. Canadians unite and fight with all your might!

Justin, there are a lot of Americans that completely disagree with Trump. We know he lies constantly, and we don't believe a word he says. I'm right here in Mi, can I come live there? America is an embarrassment right now.

True Americans stand with all people who are fair, honest and DEMOCRATIC in their thinking...that includes the people of Canada and Mexico. I'm not altogether certain about the Chinese but we'll see if or how this impacts them and the reaction from there. That BUM knows precisely who those tariffs will benefit and it's not the people who work so hard in order to live their lives. I'm not crazy about Free Trade either but it is what it is.... This is retaliation...pure and simple. Anyone who crosses him will live to regret it...he'll make certain of it. He must be stopped and stopped NOW!

Can i please come live in Canada. I am embarrassed to be american after how he treated zelensky and kissing putins butt. I will move in a heart beat.

This is absolutely the worst the USA Canada relationship has been. I lived in the US during Bush2.0 and have many American friends. This isn't personal (unless you continue to support Trump).

As an American that lives in Canada, this is strongest Trudeau has looked in years, but don't fooled. There's lot of garbage and corruption that follows him in the years he's been in office. But at least he's showing strength on his way out.

Trump is a traitor to America. Americans are stupid and elected a useless clown to The White House and now they have to live with the consequences!! Trump is a liar!! Nothing coming out of his mouth is the truth but all bullshit lies!!

Bravo Canada. I didn't vote for Trump and I can't explain why any American with critical thinking skills would. Yet many Americans voted for a bully whose main interest is serving himself and not those wo voted for him. I can explain why someone like Trump would want power - I can't explain why voters would want that person in control of their lives.

American living in Canada here. Canada should cut off all oil exports to USA until Trump has been removed from office. He cannot be trusted.

Trump confuses power with ability to create. He grossly overestimates himself as a dealmaker and is weakening America like few before him. He can't handle the economy, he can't handle diplomacy, he can't handle security, he can't handle the common good at all. He is a moral and ethical disaster. The world is recognizing it. Why do Americans still believe him when you can watch him fail live?

You mention that Americans are 30% more expensive than Canadians but you dont mention that the US is far more unequal with a Gini coefficient of 0.41 vs 0.35 in Canada. Now there is also a known issue with using GDP data to calculate productivity and that is that in sme countries the labor of GDP is much lower than in others. You then end up with Irish productivity being the second highest in the world only because most large US corporations operating in the EU register there to pay lower taxes but most of that revenue is just on paper for Ireland. or with Guyana whose oil and mining revenue makes it productivity equal to that of the US. Maybe that is the case, but is it? and if so why is the average wage in Guyana so much lower? so choosing only one specific stat can make any point of view seem true. you have to look at the bigger picture.\nnow the issue is Canada has been getting more unequal but it is still much better than the US. so what it means is that the higher worker productivity in the US benefits corporations and billionaires far more than it benefits the average American. now if we compare cost of living say between NYC and Toronto:\nCost of Living in Toronto is 37.5% lower than in New York, NY (without rent) \nCost of Living Including Rent in Toronto is 47.1% lower than in New York, NY \nRent Prices in Toronto are 59.2% lower than in New York, NY \nRestaurant Prices in Toronto are 34.5% lower than in New York, NY \nGroceries Prices in Toronto are 33.0% lower than in New York, NY \nLocal Purchasing Power in Toronto is 7.2% higher than in New York, NY \nand this is similar when comparing almost all large Canadian cities with a comparable US one. And whilst housing and NIMBYIsm is real issue you have very similar issues in the US which also has almost no mix zoning. But throw in safety nets and go ask Canadians if they want to change for the US system. I doubt most will. Sure some want things to change but some assuming everyone wants an ultra capitalistic society. most are ok with less growth ut better balanced growth (the exact opposite of the boom and bust US model)

All I can say,is that as an American we are doing our part to make the US a terrible place to live. Would not recommend, not worth the better job opportunity or relatively cheaper house.

As a Canadian, I am more afraid of the people than their healthcare system. And I am chronically ill and would be homeless in America. You seem pretty cool, but living in a place where children have to train for school shootings. I heard they cant even wear light up shoes for their own saftey. Just their hate of immigrants and people in general. Its not the first time that I have heard an American say they want to shoot down all the aliens. Also, wtf! We know you live in America. You dont need to have a flag every 2 meters. ????? even on your clothes. We get it! You're American! I feel like you guys get super offended by everything.

For 2 decades Canadian cities have had a condo building boom (for non-North Americans, a condo(minium) is a building built by developers with the intent of selling off the apartments individually, instead of the whole building being one large rental property - that's a rental building) with the rather strange peculiarity that the bast majority of those condos are small - studios, one bedroom and one bedroom + den (in North American real estate linguo, a den is a small room without a window). There are some two bedroom apartments, and three+ bedroom apartments are very rare. One of the reasons for this is a general mindset that apartments are for singles, young childless couples and retired empty-nesters, while families are supposed to live in a house of their own. Another reason is that some archaic building codes restrict the type of apartments developers can fit in a building. The result of this is that in a country which certainly does not lack space, there are now tons of small apartments (the demand for which has been going down in many areas), but it's too expensive to afford a larger space to buy (whether a house or one of those rare large apartments) once you want to start a family.

This is what the democratic administration funds with American taxpayers' money it's a fact no speculation. And there still acting like it's no big deal ant they will do what they want . And for thoes taking advantage of what is happening in America today to launch there own agenda within the United States . Don't do it this mess will eventually get cleaned up and then all the focus will be on you . Think about it because there are a whole lot of WHITE people that are not living very well either White , Mexican, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, all races. Stop crying ....

None of them look like asylum seekers to me. They’re dressed fairly well. What they are trying to do is jump ahead of the rest of the world, who are patiently waiting in line, for the chance to live the American Dream. I worked with true asylum seekers, over a decade ago, and they looked poor and tattered. No phones, had to go to Catholic Charities for jackets, etc. Thank God Trump put an end to this invasion.

Average American resident who lives on food stamps to get daily nutrition.

My experience as a Canadian as we keep personal political, religious, racist beliefs to ourselves. Americans I found tend to bond to people based on these personal beliefs all too much. Love the diverse culture I live within in Canada. Should review the data on shootings in educational institutions in the US , you might be surprised how many days in a year these shootings do occur.

They are “ILLEGAL “ whether they are wanted criminals or not, they are ILLEGAL and that means they should be deported. !!! STOP using American taxpayers money on these people. !!! This is all the Democrats fault. I was born in New York and thank God I no longer live there because just watching this video makes me want to puke.

New Yorkers voted for these politicians and DAs so let them live in the cesspool they created. I feel sorry for the Americans who can't afford to move.

Why American can call people........ criminals......when in the White House..\nThey breaking laws...\nWith a whisp of a pen....they want u to think like them...don't strengthen their...\nBull-shit cause they're not of rightous' paths...\nOnly brings more\nDevilment...seems\nAll this country has\nTo offer is corruption...making our lives hell....\nThis is Trump's ..\nGreat again....bull

They are lunatics and lunatics do not get to decide hiw we Americans choose to live

I hope Ecuador deports all the Americans living there! My city along has over 5,000 American citizens and some been charge in the USA (pedophiles ?) this problem is not happening only to you guys your people also come out countries.

Let us the American patriots use the 2nd amendment for once in our lives. That's the reason we have it. Just incase of an invasion. ? hell well even do it for free.

I live in Canada and even being most likely a victim of the US sanctions together with my family and millions other Canadians and permanent residents, I can't be pissed with the American government, We also have been suffering with a weak, corrupt incompetent leader, that we hope can be put back to his insignificance sooner.

This proves the tyrannical dems care only about future votes than endangering the lives of hard working American citizens from illegal criminals

American citizens homeless,,, illegals living in hotels, something wrong somewhere

FORMER luxury hotels being the key word. Once they’re all out they’ll be really pleased with the amount of damage done by people who don’t believe they need to take care of their own spaces. Every one of those hotels will get exactly what they asked for and no one will ever want to stay until they are torn down and rebuilt from all the damage. God bless elitist liberals in NY who don’t have to be anywhere near the crime and struggle but feel good about themselves for inflicting it on American citizens who can’t afford to live in penthouses. Hey libtards what comes around goes around. Maybe not in this life but I wish you luck in the next.

@mutteringmale\nMany places have natural beauty, however, the life of the people living there isn't. And there's no place like home...few Native born Americans leave America permanently, if at all.

Anyone who thinks this is okay & feel that these people are just looking for a better life by breaking a US law the second they put their feet on American soil, think of your children, grandchildren, and all future relatives. If you can't sympathize for your own, then appreciate the Americans who do love their children and grandchildren and future relatives! I'm pretty sure my own ancestors didn’t live in poverty and work in the most dangerous jobs in order to make it easy for criminals who expect a hand out after breaking the law and cutting in front of the immigrants who are following the rules & laws! They are welcomed here! You criminals aren't!

OBAMA THE ANTICHRIST AMERICA IS DOING IT HAS BEEN OBAMA HAS BEEN SIGNING GOVERNMENT PAPERS AND BIDEN SAYING I NEVER SIGN ON LIVE TV TO THE REPUBLICAN WHO IS HELPING PRESIDENT DONALD J TRUMP AND HE STARTED LAUGHING BUT IT IS NOT FUNNY THE REPUBLICANS BETTER WAKE UP AND STOP OBAMA AND OBAMA IS ON VIDEO STATING LIE TO THE AMERICANS AND THEY WILL BELIEVE YOU JESUS CHRIST SAID OBAMA THINKS AMERICANS ARE STUPID AND OBAMA COMMITTED FRUAD AND WILL BE STRIPPED OF HIS PRESIDENCY OBAMA HATES AMERICA AND THE PEOPLE JESUS CHRIST SAID IF YOU ARE LEFT BEHIND RUN ?‍♂️ FOR YOUR LIFE IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITIES RUN ?‍♂️ TO THE MOUNTAINS I CAN TAKE CARE OF YOU OBAMA IS SATAN'S SON AND OBAMA IS THE ANTICHRIST ALL MEDIA IS CORRUPTED EXCEPT FOR FOX NEWS THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO TELL THE PEOPLE THE TRUTH AND I WILL RAPTURE DONALD J TRUMP AND MELANIE TOGETHER YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN THROUGH NOR HIS CHILDREN MANY ATTEMPTS HAVE OCCURRED AND DONALD TRUMP DID NOT WANT TO WORRY THE PEOPLE DONALD J TRUMP IS THE RIGHTFULL ONE AND BIDEN WAS IN THE GOVERNMENT UNDER FALSE HOOD AND I GAVE BIDEN A OPPORTUNITY TO DO RIGHT I HAD DONALD J TRUMP WALK ?‍♂️ AWAY FOR A SHORT TIME I HAVE TO SAVE MORE SOULS AND YOU MAYNOT ALWAYS HAVE DONALD TRUMP REPENT AND TURN FROM THE WORLD ? THE DEMOCRATS CARE NOTHING FOR YOU AND THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN STEADLY STEALING FROM AMERICA AND THE PEOPLE OBAMA IS A EVIL MAN AND MANY WILL WORSHIP OBAMA AND OBAMA WILL HAVE A GREAT FALL SAITH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL

Put American citizens who are living on the streets in those former luxury hotel rooms instead of anybody entering the country illegally!!!!!

Confirmed Black Americans hate Africans they didn't send word to the homeland that the US literally has no boarders and once there you live like a King ??!

americans think it’s bad now, just try living in any other country please you guys are lucky

The Politicians in New York are going to BANKRUPT the State by giving a RIDICULOUS amount of money to these Law Breakers! Governor Hochul needs to go and let the Illegals live in her Mansion for a change! She along with other Politicians are defying our laws allowing Illegals to have benefits that American Citizens don’t even get! IT IS INSANE! The Democrats are BRAINDEAD!!!

I live 6,000 miles from USA but I was wondering if they report this stuff on your regular news. Is it really going this crazy there? I heard that the president got more votes from African American and Latino than any time in history.

I'm an Australian traveller who went on a solo trip around the US in 2023. I couldn't afford a hotel room in New York so I opted for a Hostel. The hostel I stayed at had many Latinos and upon speaking to them, they were living there for free in exchange for cleaning, reception work, etc. It shocked me that businesses were happy about this exchange of paying wages to actual Americans

$5000? They have more money than the average American living pay cheque to pay cheque.

Sane New Yorkers must, I say must, unite, rise up and take the strongest stand against their politicians and dim-whit voters! If they're in agreement with this insanity & rebellion then cut this state off from all federal funding and let New Yorkers pay for these illegals all by themselves. I don't want my tax dollars paying for any illegals. Especially when there are so many Americans living on the streets and/or not even getting by with this failed & fraudulent economy the Democrat Party has given us. Democrat voters aren't being kind and compassionate by wanting them here. They are enabling these people and by doing so, preventing them from growing up and raising their consciousness into a higher state of mind. By wanting to protect criminals, pedophiles, rapists, murderers, thieves, violence and rebellion from being deported, they're displaying for America they're psychology/consciousness of a death wish. This is a psychology of death and failure!!! The Democrat politicians and voters didn't vote for President Trump's agenda but the vast majority of We the People most certainly did. Chuck Shumer, Maxine Waters, all Democrat politicians and Democrat voters, YES, WE DID AND WE WON THE BATTLE!!! \n\nThese illegals are not weak and needing help. They're now uniting, protesting and waving their country's flag against their deportation, which they absolutely have no rights in America to do so. They have no rights here!!! That takes gall, audacity showing their rebellion against American voters and an unreality in their third world psychology to believe they do. We have been forced to deal with this abusive, violent third world psychology for far too long. They have a strong willpower so return to their country, unite there, raise their flags there and rebel against their corrupt government! They don't belong here as they don't have America's vibration. They just continue demanding and taking America by violent force. They are using and abusing tax payers' money and their goal of turning America into their violent third world hellishness must stop now! When they want to become part of America, get in line and make application in our legal immigration program. These illegals do not rate higher than those who are coming here legally!!!