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This man is pissing off all our allies. Faith based relationships that we've built for decades he has ruined in 2 months. Insane

I'm not American. I grew up hearing lots of hate bout USA cuz the US doesn't exactly have a good rep in foreign policies - always bullying other nations, starting wars for oil etc. but I've always preferred USA not just for the world order it brings, it allows different voices, criticism & scolding towards its leaders compared to China, Russia & North Korea. \n\nin the US, you can talk bad bout politicians in power, or probably make movies bout these kind of things like US invading other countries for oil, or testing out some cruel AI military robots on humans (movie name: Monsters of Man), & you won't be persecuted. but after looking at a bunch of executive orders Trump has signed, the way he (& JD Vance) treated Zelenski & Canada, I don't know if I still feel the same bout USA anymore.\n\nif USA doesn't wanna continue spending on Ukraine, perhaps USA shouldn't have sweet talked Ukraine into denuclearization thru the 1994 Budapest Memorandum. that's what you get for mendling with other countries' affairs. by stopping US aid & wanting a new mineral deal, Trump's refusing to follow the Memorandum (I added this sentence thru edit as I can't reply to the comment below).\n\nunderstandably, US & UK don't need to deploy troops in Ukraine as the security assurance in the memorandum wasn't clearly defined, but it also didn't mention that Ukraine should pay the US back financially, nor any mineral concessions. \n\nTrump always wanting a purely 1 sided deal will only isolate USA from more allies.

I’ve been struggling financially for almost 2 years. I can’t survive much more of this

Canadian here, for the past month we've been boycotting US products. Most of our grocery stores now put Canadian flags on Canadian products, and our liquor stores have removed US imports from our shelves. Canadians have a very good memory, the damage has already been done.

President Trudeau-I’m an American. We live paycheck to paycheck. We didn’t vote for Trump & the GOP. The Republican Party has been doing everything it can to destroy America & the hard working people that keep it running, for years. They’ve finally succeeded. It’s an evil party, filled with vile,malicious assholes. But even though we won’t be able to afford many more things anymore, I greatly admire & appreciate you & your country standing up to Trump. If only more of our own ppl would have done that, we wouldn’t be in this mess.

As a proud Canadian, we've always had your back U.S. but if your idiotic president wants to side with that Russian bastard, you're on your own. We support Zelensky and the free world not murderers.

Trump needs to go, as well as Vance, and UNELECTED Elon Musk. Wake up MAGA, you’ve hurt yourself, fellow Americans, and the world.

I don't think I've ever heard a Canadian politician sound so pissed off. Good for him.

Hey Canada….. put the hammer down as hard as you can. We’ve got to get rid of this guy. Don’t worry about us will be fine. Once the Orange boy is gone, we’ll have a big barbecue to celebrate.

WELL WE SEND BILLIONS TO CANADA,THEY'VE ALLOWED ALL ILLEAGLES TO TO BRING DRUGS AND CRIMINALS TOO ARE 'GREAT COUNTRY' AND YOU ALL DONT GIVE A SHIT,SO NOW I SEE THE COMMENTS YOU ALL ARE SENDING,YOU'RE WRONG,AND YOU LIE AND TELL ONLY 20% OF THIS NEWS,SICKENING TO SEE THIS!!!!?

I’ve commented another feeds, but good for you, Trudeau! As an American, I can’t express to you how disgusted I am with what’s happening. I voted against our current administration and I’m out in the streets to try to stop what’s happening. This is disgusting, good for you for fighting back! We’re going to feel a tear in the state, but our leaders need to understand that there are going to be consequenceswhen it comes to treating people like less than human.

This is so heartbreaking. It's like everything we've worked so hard for is being ripped from ynder us. For those who voted for this mess, SHAME ON YOU! SHAME ON YOU for not doing the work needed, to make a decision that did not tear down OUR country.

Another gang is going to attack the Capitol, then I want to see if Trump forgives them like he did with the other criminals who beat and killed police officers, and this administration is a joke, I've never seen an aide to the president of America with a chainsaw in his hand. Salute Canada and the Americans who are with democracy

I don’t like Trudeau much and I will very rarely give him credit. But frankly I’ve got no problem with his response. Fact is we are in a performative trade war with the US because their president can only think in terms of TV nonsense.

So many US citizens really don't understand how they've been taken for mugs over the years with tariffs. \nThe EU being the worst. Now you have a president that is trying to level the playing field and punish those that won't give up easily.

LMFAO………….. Great now we can see who does more for who!!……………. Shitty to lose the Canadian bacon and syrup!! We don’t need Canada, they need us a hell of a lot more!! You’ve rose our back for decades and that can end now

That P.C. should’ve resigned\nNobody would have a problem, tariffs just because of him (Trudeau) is the dictator!!!\nLook what he done to his people during the Covid and he want to lecture us Americans. I can live with 25% tariffs.\nI feel bad for Canadians, not their government. There is no democracy.

CNN got one thing wrong. They refer to Russia as an adversary. It's clear that we've changed sides.

Canada will be fine! It's the Americans that will be tariffed by many countries by the time the lunatic is done. He will burn that country to the ground. We'll see who's still standing! I'm not all that worried because besides food, which we've easily replaced what do we get from the US? Nothing we can't get elsewhere. However, the US needs our resources. The lunatic is going to speak to Canadian's later today. Someone tell him we won't be listening!

Please don't think we the people agree with what's happening. I love Canada I've spent many wonderful times in Canada. I don't understand how this can be happening. Please don't blame us the people we don't want this either.❤❤❤❤

The U.S. has a massive economic advantage over Canada in any trade war—no debate. The U.S. economy is 10x bigger, and Canada relies on American trade way more than the other way around. The idea that they have 'leverage' is just political posturing. They can slap tariffs on select U.S. industries to try and cause some pain, but in the long run, they *will* lose. Their leaders just don’t want to look weak, so they act like they’re standing firm when in reality, they’ve already been pushed off the cliff. The U.S. can outlast them easily.

Well done Trudeau. Congrats on being our leader. You’ve nailed it on the head as to why Trump is doing this.

This guy is an idiot we're just trying to be fair with trade they've been taking advantage of us for a very long time.. this guy is butt hurt because he spends that extra money on his airplane flights and Taylor Swift concerts..

Every American that I've met , have been proud , polite and friendly. So who are the Americans that Donald Trump represents. Decency and common sense can't be bought.??

I don't stand with a priminister who takes his peoples guns and freezes their bank accounts. I feel for their people. I've spent a lot of time in Canada, and I can say they never mess around at the border. I thought the tariff wasn't going to be levied against Canada. Not happy about it.

I should’ve moved to Canada sooner ?

I don't think I've ever seen anything in my entire life that says made in Canada???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

pay us back everything you've given you

Canada isn’t the problem here, Mexico is. The only country that deserves the tariffs is Mexico, they’ve been playing in our faces forever with the drug smuggling and the illegal immigration. Canada has been a great ally. This is really stupid.

It takes the PM of Canada to explain to the American people, in very clear and concise terms, the cost of having elected Trump. I've yet to see anything even close from any of our elected Democrats. But maybe, it has to come from someone outside, without the political baggage, even if we did have a strong, articulate political opposition to the Trump and the feckless GOP.

We've been paying your Tariffs for years, now we're charging you Tariffs and you come unglued, your kidding!!!

Good Luck with that! I mean, what's new? You've had a tariff on the US forever now. Next time Trudeau, you need to grow a set of balls and speak with the president. Don't address the US. Address the president of the United States in person, or at the very least the phone call. Congrats, you just screwed over the Canadian people. So again what's new?

Man, nobody's afraid of that.Soy boy, French Frank Castro one of the weakest, so-called men.I've ever seen in my life.Bad guy couldn't fight his way out of a wet paper bag????

He forgot to say the key thing to Trump: SHAME ON YOU. YOU'VE BROUGHT SAHEM TO THE UNITED STATES AND TAINTED THE IDENTITIES OF ALL THE AMERICAN COUNTRIES BY ASSOCIATION. SHAME SHAME SHAME.

Suffer Canada. You've added tons of tariffs on American products in the past and you're still doing it. Get your leftist act together. And you voted for Trudeau so that speaks for itself. Go cry to the choir.

did yall forget, these are reciprocal tariffs meaning they've been doing this to us for years. so your neighbor charges you every month for years, and you finally decide to do the same to him and you're the bad guy. no, not right

Mom of a soldier who's passed . Daughter of an Army major , proud adult army brat. ? my heart is broken . I'm now alone . Millions of moms , wives, kids who've lost our loved ones to war are very angry . We need to turn the anger to action .

I'm American, and while I've never been a huge Trudeau fan, that was an articulate, well-reasoned speech. Fantastic.

nice try Canada and we the people love you. but we've had half the country brainwashed by a russian operative and his rich weirdo nazi-wannabe's. and the under educated have been lied to endlessly into believing this is good somehow. ? when we figure our shit out we'll come back and ask for your friendship again. really, people of canada, it hurts so many of us to be doing this to the world. im so sorry.

You know you've pissed Canada off when Prime Minister Trudeau calls you Donald lol

Trudeau isn't saying this because he's stepping down. He's saying this because it reflects how we Canadians feel. We're beyond angry. You are not our friends now. You've made yourselves our enemy.

I just feel the need to apologize to Canadians. What Trudeau said was correct - we've always enjoyed amicable relations between our two countries. Some of my best friends are Canadians. The Orange Man does not speak for us. 77 million people voted for him - roughly 1/5th of our country. Do not assume the Orange idiot speaks for all of us. Some of us just want to live peaceful lives of consequence.

Bro, if you get Canada to be mad at you, the best neighbours anyone could ever ask for, you know you've fukked up.\nAlso, Canada come join us the European Union, we're waiting for you with open arms, we're true to our word unlike that Russian puppet in the White House.

I've got a hell of a idea let's say CANADA ?? should get BIGGER that would be a bit Chen idea.

I love how the analysis on these shows is basically rewording the clips they've just watched.

The people who killed Eric, my loved one who was murdered in the World Trade center, came in through Canada; not that I'm upset blut it. I just wish they never could've lied their way through to kill someone they never knew, whio WASN'T greedy OR evil but died for it anyway while we watched it happen. Does anyone know what that feels like? I felt like I was standing in the 9th circle of Dante's hell.\nJust like I feel right now. Being punished for something I DIDN'T do again. Punish HIM. He's the one doing it.\nMary Trump has never called him smart. She's his niece.

Who would've thought the commies could beat America 60 years AFTER the USSR dissolved.

This guy does not speak for all Canadians here in Canada. He had every opportunity every opportunity to make things better with Donald Trump. They hate Donald Trump so now they use the media to attack Trump and make him look bad Justin Trudeau you’ve done nothing for Canada for the last 10 years, but put us in debt put us in financial problems put us in Criminal problems. We have rapist here that we brought to Canada terrorist that live in Canada. We are laughing country because of what you’ve done so don’t sit there and make yourself look great and brave and think that Canada’s behind you you better think again you’ve destroyed Canada now you wanna be a big man up there and podium and talk how you’re talking that you think you know Canadians and Canadians are speaking out well that’s a lie if you truly mean what you mean get rid of the carbon tax in Canada let’s start lowering gas prices in groceries. Has nothing to do with them. American people let’s start growing our own stuff in Canada that that been discussing many times and that you’ve just throw it out the window bring back our pipeline. How about that to increase cost and money in Canada again you won’t do that. We’ll have a fight with Donald Trump now I’ll tell you you won’t win. God is in control. Evil has no authority anymore and there’s nothing that these evil leads can do they’re swamp is being drained as we speak.

Trump and Vance are complete morons. They've sided with an evil dictator and seem to have no concept of reality.

Canada, you've got Europe as your closest ally now. America has its constitution and its democracy to defend now. ????