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So for everyone fawning over Trudeau's ability to be articulate, that is impressive to you only because the U.S. has had a piece of steamed broccoli named Biden as a figure head for the last 4 years.\nI can't say I understand Trump's strategy with respect to Canada, but I absolutely know that Trump is no Socialist like Trudeau is. I am happy to wait and see how this shakes out because Trump has been right on so, so many things. No one is perfect, not Trump and not Trudeau. Maybe it's not about drugs. Maybe Canada could offer to go back to respecting individual liberties and free speech in return for the elimination of U.S. tariffs. Sounds like something Trump would agree to.

I do agree to this president. The russia and other countries that hate north america are just trying to weakin their territory

Blame Canada! Blame Canada! You've abused the US for the LAST TIME! LOL. I can agree with one thing he said. Putin is a lying murderous dictator.

Europe has just announced an 800 billion Euro defence plan; I bet they’d be very interested in Canada’s critical minerals. Canadians will not forget this; this has damaged our relationship with the U.S. and it may never recover. We cannot forget that Americans voted this man back into power knowing who and what he is; they somehow believed that he was magically going to lower the cost of eggs, end a war and save the economy. Canadians will never trust that Americans won’t again elect someone so stupid and pathetically unfit to lead their country; we have to start cutting the trade ties now so that we will never be this vulnerable again. I do agree with Dumpty that we need to pull our weight militarily, so we need to invest in our security and we also need to align ourselves with Europe since Dumpty is clearly aligning the U.S. with Russia.

As a Canadian, I don’t always agree with Trudeau but much respect to him for this statement & the rest of our country’s leaders for getting together to navigate this storm!!!❤❤

We agree with you Mr. Trudeau!!! Sane Americans don't want to be a part of this!!!

The stupidity of trump is incompetent for him to take sides with Russia over our allies will weaken our country and maybe allow our real enemies to invade our country because of his actions getting rid of people who have experience and knowledge in the job they been doing for years all this action just to be able to get close with Putin to be a dictator also in a country that has been free for over 250 years I want to see if people that support him and the republican will agree with him over the wishes of the American people.

I'm Canadian. I didn't vote for Justin Trudeau, and - to use his phrase - it's not in my habit to agree with him, but this is spot on. Thank you Mr. Prime Minister.

God Bless PM Trudeau. This American agrees with you. God Bless our allies in Canada. ❤

Just remember not all Americans agree with this ridiculous American presidency.

From France, I agree with the prime minister Trudeau. The heart goes with canadians.

My friends would not have it where I paid them $5000 and they paid me $1000\n\nI don't even want to hear your lies Trudeau. You are calling Americans stupid right to their face. \n \nBecause only somebody really stupid would agree that America paying Canada three times more than Canada pays America is honest or the way it should be.

Ohioan here. Mr. Trudeau is such a mature, smart, and reasonable man, and straight to the point. I agree with him on everything except for one thing. He called Donald, smart. I’m sorry Mr. Trudeau, but I must disagree. Donald is not smart. In fact, Donald is not fit to hold office. Donald, must be removed from office along with the rest of his clan.

One of the rare times in my life that Canadians can actually agree with JT on something

As an American I'm 60 yrs old. And I totally agree With Canada's Prime Minister Trudeau 1000%. I never wanted Trump. And let's make this clear by all means. To those that voted for his dumb ass I hope u you got what you wanted. HE DOES NOT GIVE A CRAP BOUT AMERICA ONLY PUTIN WHO WITH TRUMP BEING THE ULTIMATE ASS KISSER TO HIM TO DESTROY OUR DEMOCRACY AND THE PEOPLE WITHIN IT. GOD HELP US ALL. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PRETTY. TRUMP IS THE DEVIL HIMSELF.

Please don’t think all Americans agree with trump there are also innocent people feeling the heat here with this dictating administration.

Hell NO! The US people did NOT agree to this. This is TRUMP's doing. Screw him. How do we rid ourselves of him. He is a disgrace and a traitor.

Although I don’t agree with Trumps actions let’s not forget what Trudeau and his party did to Canada…

American I agree with Canada a trade war not a good idea

As a Canadian this is the first time I’ve ever agreed with everything Justin Trudeau has said, he was bang on on every point

As an American the citizens don't really have a choice on what trump decides to do. If you want to match his 25% tariffs I think you should. We qlso don't want to help putin hurt others. We want to work with Canada our allies. I don't personally know anyone that doesn't agree with this but that doesnt meant they do not exost.

It’s Trump !!! We the (most) Americans don’t agree with what he’s doing either ☹️.

I am a Canadian and agree with Trump. Working on my citizenship! Tired of conservatives, liberals and democrats!!\n\nJustin Trudeau will fuck this up, like he told Zelenskyy to not take the deal with Trump!\n\nJT is a traitor to Canada… Oops, I mean New India.

I don't agree with this one single bit. Why is he making trouble for our allies? I am no democrat. Nobody, not even the majority of those that voted Trump wants him to cause trouble with our friends. They didn't vote for this.

Where is the Republican senators do they agree with America 25% of

Its funny to me that its ok for you to stick up for canada but you dont agree with our president trump sticking up for american people

The only thing I don't agree with is referring to trump as a 'smart man.' He's a fucking moron.

imagine this guy lecturing anybody about anything? wasnt he freezing bank accounts and arresting people who didnt agree with him politically? his own party wants him out. the guy is a charlatan just like his buddy... the comedian in kiev

I vote for trump but i 100% agree With Trudeau

I agree with you about everything what you said, PM Trudeau.\nGreetings from Croatia, Europe????..

The one thing said I definitely don't agree with, is when he called Trump smart. Nothing, nothing, could be further from the truth and Vance is his clone. Other than that, it was well said. A smart man doesn't file bankruptcy multiple times and doesn't not pay people who worked for him. He's an idiot!!

Canadian here, but in no way possible will I agree with anything Trudeau says or does. He is a goof and needs to go NOW!

It’s hard to truly put into words how hard it is to be an American right now who doesn’t agree with our government’s actions. I’m honestly just so sad.

You can give an intelligent speech but if the people who need to hear you are part of a mass cult, your words fall on deaf ears. Sadly, the only people listening already agree with you.

I’m an American, and I strongly agree Canada retaliation to trade war even though I voted for dumping trump

So Canada agree to spend over one billion and still get slapped to the face with tariffs.\nYou Think Ukraine signed the peace deal with Russia and expect the war to go away?

Respect for Canada from Romania! I used to agree with Trump and Musk on some things but I can't state how much they've fallen in my eyes. Trump ally of Putin? That's insane..

Respect for Canada from the USA. We don’t agree with this madness that’s been unleashed. We could use a leader like Trudeau in the USA! May God help us all.

Canada is a puppet state; it agreed with every sanction the US put on other countries, but guess what, it's your turn now.

Y agree with dems on this , hes making anemies left and right .wgat is trump thinking

The only part of this I didn’t agree with was when he called Trump smart. A flaming bag of hair clippings has more intelligence than Trump.

I agree Never been to Canada but Canada are nice and polite 100% agree

The really sick thing is that it was trump who signed the Free Trade Agreement himself in his first term! This is part of trumps project 2025, put the Canadian economy in shambles to make it easier to ‘annex’, he has a God complex, he will even ruin his own economy so he can fix it before the mid-term election, so he will be a hero! He is a vindictive person who will not honour what he agrees to, he throws out accusations and insults with a sneer and wants to be Putins friend! So many Americans are horrified by their Governor trump! He wants a military base on the Northwest Passage, that is why he wants Canada!

Im agree with Canada ????????

My indigenous American background has tought me better than this and we stand with Canada, UK, Mexico and Europe. It's shameful what is happening here in the US and I just want everyone to know that there's many of us that do not agree with what's going on. We don't stand with Russia or any dictatorship. Now let's see how many hate comments I get and from what side, it'll be crystal clear who's who. Ukraine we also stand with you ??

I agree, this isn't about Fentanyl. I'm starting to think it's more about putting such a wedge between the U.S. and Canada that Trump will feel emboldened to do whatever it takes to take over Canada, making it the 51st state, after all. I know that sounds ridiculous, but tell me when he truly HASN'T been ridiculous!

My apologies as an American citizen. Please understand half of us do NOT agree AT ALL with this absolute lunatic. I did NOT vote for him, and I'm more disappointed as the days go on.

7:48 welp, guess we're going to war then. Jesus fuck JUSTIN, President Trump has literally just this week made it clear how important respectful speech is to him (frankly, I agree). This global politics thing isn't a first-name affair, and it's one thing for the media to have a snarky quip about a world leader, but quite another for the leader of another country to declare it publicly. You've essentially left him no choice but to stand firm -- there is no wiggle room now. You and Zelenskyy may well have lit the final fuse for World War III. Cheers bud.

As a Canadian, I may not have agreed with everything Trudeau has done in the past 9 years. However he’s handled this American threat with class and dignity and I’m proud of our response. American/Canadian relations will never be the same. After all of this is over, there is a lot of apologies and healing that has to happen before we can even start thinking about rebuilding this relationship.

My response to the USA people: We will give you access to the Arctic, we will work together, we will sign new deals for the minerals and electricity that you need, we can work together to do all these things and beyond.\n\nWe will defend the continent together, we've always been your friends. Just ask what you need, and we will politely agree. Always been that way... why the sudden change? Just leave our economy and sovereignty alone. What is this?? Why are we even having that conversation today ? Your 80-year old president wants to destroy the World, the same world we all lived in for generations, for what? He won't even be alive in the next 5-10 years. Was your President offered good money and other people are running the show? Seems likely to me.\n\nI have no words honestly.