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As a Canadian, thank you all for your support. Honestly, it's not Trudeau or any other Canadian who can do something. It's you, the Americans. Put pressure on Trump

I thought this clown stepped down or something

Trudeau your country already told you to step down, Americans agree. If you cared about Canadians, you wouldn't have waited til now to do something

Something weird is going on here

I have the hardest time takeing justin seriously i swear! Its almost as if the guy used to teach drama classes or something ? hes very good actor

Ok, maybe Canada is starting to do something now...but where were you for the last 4 dam years??? Letting Chinese and other illegal aliens enter into our country!!! Only now you want to step up and do the right thing when you should've been doing it all along!!!! POS!!!!

I believe that there is a deep underlining in all of this. Could Trump be planning to literally give the United States to Russia and/ or China? Is Trump being blackmailed? This does not make any DAMN sense! This is the makings of a suspense novel. Something about this is totally out of sync. Someone, investigate this

This is so stupid. Trump is selling us (America) out to China, Russia and the other BRICs countries. Why else would Trump destroy relationships with our allies? Why else would he kill USAID? China gets to swoop in and be the hero now. I hear Trump is even killing the CHIPS act! Why!!? He's snuggling up to Putin and acting as if Ukraine was the aggressor in that war. Something incredibly fucked up is happening and this is only the beginning.

United States is 33 trillion dollars in debt….we have to something different

It is absolutely a shame what the United States is doing now. I want to leave this country and I was born and raised here . I have been a proud American a proud African-American woman. I am appalled and ashamed I was born and raised in Detroit right across from Canada so I am very close\n\nwith people that live in Canada and it’s a part of my history. I am at a loss for words. I hope that we can do something to stop this dictator. this liar, this cheater, this imposter.

Oh no Canadian blackface has something self important to say, everybody best a listen?

Oh, tariffs that are not blanket, uncalculated tariffs and are not meant purely as a slight and a political tool? What, did you consult somebody who's studied the economy or something? Sheesh

Wow, Trump is seething with jealousy right now. This guy is everything Trump is not, young, strong and articulate. Not a weak minded simp and boot licking Russian sympathizer. I, as an American that served, can only wish our leader with this kind of integrity and character. Sadly, what we have is the worst moron his followers, like the brainwashed dolts they are, voted him to the highest office in the land, responsible for the wellbeing of this country.\nWe are doomed as a country if we don't do something to stop the orange idiot!

I voted for President Trump 3x. But, what he's doing now, i don't like it! Something is off with him.

Canada is falling right into the trap . This was the plan all along. Canada it was simple help fight against drugs crossing the border and protect the border you missed it by a long shot it went right over your head your turning something small into something huge and I’m here to tell you it will not work out in your favor .

I was thinking, a few MO’s ago, when is he leaving office, Trudeau, he’s been in there for several years. About 2 MO’s ago this crossed our mind, saw something about it, that he was leaving after his term, don’t remember, than they showed another man that was going to be running, and we thought, we must be right, he has been in there for quite awhile, his latest term must be up. Now we see him again, puzzled; we’ll have to look it up…

US citizen here! We don't want this either. Our elected official is a deranged maniac and most of our citizens are pissed off. We love our Canadian neighbors and don't want this ridiculous tariff war. As for US supporting Russia well that is not something anyone in their right minds would do. Only stupid, crazy MAGA fools. Please know, most of us are kind and want the best for all humans. I can only apologize for myself. DJT is on his own. NOT MY PRESIDENT!

You know I'm'm reading all these comments about how much people support Canada and admire their prime minister and it makes me wonder who in America voted to give Donald Trump a 2nd term? How is it that he won the popular vote and the electoral vote? Either something is seriously wrong with our election system or Americans are bipolar!

I support Trump and I support MAGA. However a president needs to keep his word and Trump appears to have broken his word here. He asked Canada to reign in illegal immigration to the US and Canada complied. He said do something about fetanyl and Canada did. Trump said the tariff's were because Canada was not acting on these but now they have and we imposed the tariff's anyway. We look like liars and cheats. \nEven with Mexico we threatened tariffs if they didn't help with crackdown on illegal immigration, fetanyl, and drug cartels. Mexico complied and is also helping us. And we still slapped tariffs on them. We lied to Mexico too. \nAnd now we want everyone to trust us to negotiate a peaceful end to the Ukraine war with Trump threatening more sanctions on China and the EU. What the heck should they trust us and believe us after what we just did. \nWhen it comes to defining your character your willingness to keep your word overrules absolutely everything else. Our president gave his word that if these countries took certain actions there would be no tariffs. They did and now he slapped them both in the face with sanctions anyway. He broke his word. This is a dishonorable action. I hope it does not escalate from there. \nIf it was about promoting or building domestic industries, I think the Canadians could have helped us with that but now.... good luck now that bridge has been burned.

Robert De Niro’s statement on Donald is perfect. \n\n “I’ve spent a lot of time studying bad men. I’ve examined their characteristics, their mannerisms, the utter banality of their cruelty. Yet there’s something different about Donald Trump. When I look at him, I don’t see a bad man. Truly. I see an evil one. Over the years, I’ve met gangsters here and there. This guy tries to be one, but he can’t quite pull it off. There’s such a thing as “honor among thieves.” Yes, even criminals usually have a sense of right and wrong. Whether they do the right thing or not is a different story — but — they have a moral code, however warped. Donald Trump does not. He’s a wannabe tough guy with no morals or ethics. No sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself — not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him, blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his “friends.” He has contempt for all of them. We New Yorkers got to know him over the years that he poisoned the atmosphere and littered our city with monuments to his ego. We knew first hand that this was someone who should never be considered for leadership. We tried to warn the world in 2016. The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination. Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world. We lived with Donald Trump’s bombastic behavior every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up in body bags. The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior. That was the consequence of New York’s warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse. Make no mistake: the twice-impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we can’t let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously. So today we issue another warning. From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke — right here in the beating heart of New York — to the rest of America: This is our last chance. Democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator. And it won’t overcome evil if we are divided. So what do we do about it? I know I’m preaching to the choir here. What we’re doing today is valuable, but we have to take today into tomorrow – take it outside these walls. We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the hazards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into the White House. They’re not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice. Our future doesn’t just depend on us. It depends on them. Let’s reach out to Trump’s followers with respect. Let’s not talk about “democracy.” “Democracy” may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, they’ve already turned their backs on it. Let’s talk about right and wrong. Let’s talk about humanity. Let’s talk about kindness. Security for our world. Safety for our families. Decency. Let’s welcome them back. We won’t get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump, and fulfill the mission of this “Stop Trump Summit.””

First time i hear trudeau say something smart. In 5 years

Any chance he’ll use tonight to announce something about a financial reset since some of your folks have dollars now??

As an American I'm so ashamed and embarrassed. Please know this person does not support this. I think something hinky happened with this election because the country I have grown up in does not condone this. I don't know how to stop this, I don't know what is going to happen and I'm scared. This isn't the America I know and I know I'm not alone in this. Please know this isn't the people.

This is on every one of you in the USA. If you voted for him, you are a godforsaken idiot; you are getting what you deserve. If you didn’t vote for him, you didn’t do enough to talk about the issues with friends, neighbours and coworkers to prevent this tragedy. If you didn’t vote, you should be in prison; it should be illegal to not vote in any democratic country. If you didn’t vote look yourself in the mirror, and say “I am an idiotic ass “. Thoughts and prayers are not going to cut it for either of our nations. Get off your ass and do something.

To the US: you're now on a pedestal. Your government has done enough damage. We're getting sick of waking up every single day and hearing something new that the us has done ?

I'm an American whose ancestors came here in the 1700s. I apologize and I did not vote for Trump who should have been put in prison a long time ago. Everyday he does something against our constitution. Even an idiot gets it right sometime. But he is not a complete idiot. He is an evil savant.

Trudeu's mistake with this speech is that he is trying to explain something to PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP

It’s so obvious that Putin has something really good on Trump. How doesn’t everyone else see this?

Why is he talking for American people? Isn’t he impeached or something like that

This is what responsible adults sound like. In other words, something Trump's followers can't understand, and don't respect.

As an english person what a sincere and intelligent speech - something that trump would never ever be able to make

As an American living in America, Even I'm thinking being friends with the US is like having a pet bear... If we go rabid, do You have the ability to handle it? The way things are going, it's something to seriously consider.

Now thats a PM with absolutely CLASS ACT. IM EMBARRASSED TO BE AN AMERICAN. Never seen something like this. Trump the TYRANT.

Trump is extorting Ukraine for something we already swore we'd do if Ukraine gave up it's nukes. Trump is extorting Canada in much the same way. China maybe as well. It's not okay. The only tariffs he should be signing is on Russia.

Listen to the Prime Minister speaking 2 languages. trump can't even speak one past a grade 3 level. trump wants this in order to weaken all democracies in order for putin to take over the world. Why aren't we doing something people? Are we really going to let the hateful racists who voted for the presidunce win? I pray not.

All these “as an American” blah blah blah. Go do something then ?

Keep talking out of your ass you are not dealing with the Democrats you are going to start something that you cannot finish and anybody who is against America can leave with the immigrants you are going to regret going against Trump good luck buddy

This is something, a Leader of another country addressing us. It is really that bad!!! We don't blame you Canada, we know... Oh and by the way THANK YOU!!

Welcome to the Idiot's War... Word War Idiot... Whatever we call it, Putin has something on Trump... Whatever it is, it's gotta be something that even his legion of devout followers would be ashamed of... What could do that?

You know you done something really wrong when you piss off the Canadians. I am glad they are standing up for themselves and not putting up with Trump's stupidity.

Something tells me this will be the beginning of World War 3!

Charisma. Something the US president has zero percent of

4mi views in just 6 hours? Dude, I mean something is definitely changing.

I’m an Indigenous American here, I say if Canada was really our friend then they would understand that they have been taking advantage of our countries kindness for too long and it’s time they step up.. If us trying to do something good for our own country for one time instead of everybody else and it’s a problem like this then maybe we weren’t friends anyway.. That means u were only friendly bc u were taking advantage.. \nPlenty of other countries has decided to pick up their own slack and it’s time Canada and America and the other countries start focusing more on their own citizens.. \nThis man is ready to send Canadian soldiers to die in Ukraine right now for something that has nothing to do with them and now instead of negotiating an agreement it’s all about relation and hurting your own people to get back at others over something you took personally..\nI always liked Trudeau but if that’s how he feels about our country then that’s how we feel about his.. \nwe don’t care about Canada anymore except justing Bieber and Linus media group.. everyone else can go lol..

I feel like I'm supposed to do something but I have the power of a potato peel. ?

Truudy kills me ,with the tough guy thing. isnt he gay? im just saying . looks and talks like a PANSie in my veiw. thats something to be pround about. i thought you guys wanted him out sooo bad a few moths ago. you all too wishy washy foe me.good luck with all that

Mr. Prime Minister I’m a proud Canadian. I know that we are ethical and we have integrity. We complied with the fentanyl issue, but this is not about fentanyl, it’s about something more. Perhaps he wants to do to Canada what Putin did to Ukraine, without the military force, but with the monetary force.

Hmm, dont make it sound like you are the only one doing something about borders, drugs. Mexico is too! He will impose tariffs no matter what. But who demands it? That is as hurtful as the distribution of that junk

Something I don't understand. If tariffs on goods coming into the US hurt US citizens. Wouldn't a tariff on things coming into Canada hurt Canadians? How does this help you? What harm does it bring to the president?

Stop the drugs coming in. Pay your fair share. Then we’ll talk. You had time to do something about this and you didn’t obviously. Maybe you should tax/ rob your citizens harder so that you can continue to live like royalty. You’re not interested in doing what is best for prosperity in Canada. If you were this wouldn’t be an issue