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Donald Trump, as a U.S. President, was not sincere. During his campaign, he falsely claimed that people in the U.S. eat cats and dogs, a statement that has no truth to it. After becoming president, he continued to use the issue of fentanyl as a justification for imposing tariffs on Canada. His actions suggest that he is not genuinely interested in moving the country forward but rather using tariffs as an excuse, which could ultimately harm Americans

Wait..does this mean Canada is now going to have a 285% tariff on our dairy goods? Yeah, that's for all the people who don't know what's currently going on, and just jump on the Trump hate bandwagon without researching anything.

What a bunch of BS. They have been charging us tariffs for years. You sir, are a dictator who has killed many of his people with your demands.

Canada wants Americans to pay their tariffs but won’t pay ours

I am wondering if Fox is gonna show this speech, and how about Newsmax and, the other one that I right now don't remember, I really hope the Americans who voted for trump see how a real leader talks and behaves and I also hope that people realize that this president is hurting every single American Citizen, these tariffs will not help our country it will make it so much harder for every person in The USA to make a decent living. Please don't forget about this NOT NOW NOT EVER.

It's time for Canada to turn off electricity, oil and gas to the US. And tariff the crap out of any that you do let through.

Canada wants Americans to pay their tariffs but won’t pay ours

Following the imposition of tariffs on Mexico by the USA, I tell the President of Mexico that the message she is going to give on Sunday at the Zócalo should be given from the National Palace and that she should put on the presidential sash. THAT IT SHOULD BE A NON-PARTISAN STATE DECISION! Because all Mexicans are in the same boat!

Moving to Canada! Too many economists predicted these tariffs would kill our economy. CHURCH

I seem to recall the whole tariff thing started when Donald wanted to even up the 200 billion dollar subsidy to Canada which doesn’t exist, then he chose the immigration and fentanyl crisis that doesn’t exist … can’t wait to hear the next excuse. I would love to hear the real reason for this, and we will one day. I have no doubt that we Canadians will survive this nonsense as we always do.

Wow, Trump is good. Shook Canada to listen and work now. I am sure he has their attention, and an a few weeks, he will fix these tariffs. The point here is he is not playing any games with the world and he is putting America first best to work with then against America.

⛔️⛔️WHY DID IT TAKE THE TARIFFS TO GET THE FENTANYL CROSSING YOU BORDER SO LOW????

He sounds actually hurt by these tariffs

Really ??He’s calling Putin s Name.. what s he got to do with tariffs.. ? So sad

Trump is trying to manufacture a pretext for invading Canada. Trump will soon state that due to Canada's illegal tariffs that are stopping the supply of strategic goods necessary for the security of the United States, he is ordering the US military to invade Canada to secure the supply of those assets. US military of all ranks, you have sworn an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies. Trump is a traitor, he is betraying his allies, he is betraying the Constitution, he is dismantling the system of checks and balances that are enshrined in the Constitution. Trump is the enemy, do your duty and stop him. You have the training, you have the weapons, you have the reason. Fulfil your oath.

Does he mention any about the current tariffs on American products. Here he’s talking about their efforts to comb drugs…after YEARS of doing the minimum efforts to combat the drug flow into the US…. He’s deflecting…\n\nAnd idiots will buy his sales pitch….

If the liberals actually cared what was going on in Canada, they wouldn’t have prorogued parliament leaving us in effective in dealing with these tariffs. All these liberals do is virtue signal. It is very clear that they have their own parties agenda as a priority and us peasants can endure.

I am just curious. Why do I only see other countries leadership complaining about the tariffs? I don't see President Trump holding a press conference to stop tariffs.

what I am confused the most, beyond how dumb the tariff is, is why Trump needs a fentanyl pretext. it's so fake, and Trump is so shameless anyway. why even bother?

I am in the floral industry and we’ve bought lovely Canadian grown flowers for our business I am very sad to see this tariff occur \nCanada is also a lovely country and I have visited several times I love your country I’m sorry for the crazy decisions of our government

Canada will not stand long in fighting Tariffs against USA. USA has more consumers than Canada therefore producers will move to USA where there is no Tariffs.

Disputed liar has put tariffs on America forever!?! This clown is a pure joke

Bravo, Canada. Close the border, implement double tariffs, and set a date of May 1 to cease ALL trade with the U.S.

WOW Treudeu nailed it. Wish they just joined our European union. Imagine the strenght. Does Donald know how much American companies are in ireland alone. 25% tariff on Intel, google, meta etc .. or maybe we hit it were it hurts him most, his precious golf course. ???

Okay so it was totally fine for every other country to charge tariffs except America?

just wait to see what will happen in Mexico The president of Mexico will also respond with tariffs on the exports that the US makes to Mexico. Thousands of people are expected to gather in the main square of Mexico City. this weekend as support for people from Canada, and the United States who are affected by these tariffs.

Trump will destroy all the NATO allies then he can convert US to Communist and report to Putin. Everyone steering to tariffs this is just the way he can ruins the country before he die.

trump stated yesterday he was implementing tariffs because canada is stealing americann jobs and americas money. nothing about drugs. its not about that. he just wants to destroy everyone elses economy. he is destruction

It's not the U.S. government that's doing this, Prime Minister Trudeau, but rather President Trump and his cronies. This tariff war wasn't voted on by Congress or the American people.

Trudeau is no “friend” and a very poor ally. The USA only imports 1% from the future 51st state. Canada imports 25% from the USA. Gov Trudeau is lying about who gets hurt. It will be those above the border. Stop the fentanyl Justine. That’s the whole point of the tariffs. You are killing Americans.

Trump could care less how much the tariffs will hurt us Americans. He’s a dictator. The American people don’t support the actions he is taking. Only 25% of the US support him. They are uneducated and easily swayed people. \nMy ancestors are all from Quebec. Boy do I wish I had Canadian citizenship. I pray for Canada and their people. Please forgive the American people for being fooled by this dictator. ❤

Trudeau calling Trump a 'very smart guy' is a sop to cheeto's vanity. Cheeto is NOT smart - he does not understand in any way, how tariffs work

You're reasonable? Don't place your opinion on all Canadians. They don't agree with your leftist actions. If you were reasonable you wouldn't be placing tariffs on all American products exported to Canada. Now, reciprocal tariffs are fair. Why don't you tell your people the TRUTH

Not blistering enough. By saying that fentanyl is the “supposed legal reason” for tariffs, what he really means is that these tariffs are a criminal act.

I have watched several interviews with different Canadian officials who adamantly convey that it's not the American people causing the Canadians to place tariff wars. It's the President. They know that the a president will try to brain wash the people of America into thinking otherwise.

Trump is unraveling democracy in the US. There is no reason to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canada. They are our friends. This is unbelievable. Trump is an abomination!!

What happened to the 100% Tariff on Tesla? Havent heard mention of this in weeks...

You resigned anyway. So just leave. No one cares about your words and it shows, tariffs took place .

We don’t need any of your resources. We literally can get everything in our own country. You have be taking advantage of us with your significantly High tariffs and when we ask for a more fair deal this is how you treat us.

I never thought I would be more supportive of a government imposing tariffs on us than my own government, but hey Trump aligning the US with Putin and starting unnecessary and harmful trade wars with our allies is moronic and treasonous. The GOP used to be the party of free trade. That was literally their main plank for 40 years, and an idiot comes along who doesn't understand basic facts, such as how tariffs work, imposes them willynilly and vindictively, and the spine-challenged Congress rolls over without so much as a whimper. Meanwhile, an illegal immigrant from South Africa fires the people looking after our nuclear weapons, because he's also an idiot. And their fans lap up their clear treasonous acts.

100% tariffs and higher or ban all American products....we stand with canada....FDT AND ALL MAGA

25% tariffs on 0.05% of our exports and this guy's acting like the US will be done in a week! Lmao. What a goofball but we already knew that. Fearmongering at its finest. Canadian politicians desperately need this wake up call.

So Putin lied …. I mean Putins Bit ch lied about imposing tariffs if Canada and Mexico didn’t do something about the flow of fentanyl to the US and now that they did. He played them both ?.

Something sinister is going on. This is a phoney war. Follow the money. Who benefits? Billionaires of course. Artificially disrupt and manipulate markets and make a killing. Then watch the tariff war come to an end. As usual it is the little guy who suffers.

The lying murderous dictator is Trudeau and Zelenski. As a Canadian I can say Trump owes us nothing. Our clowns in government disrespected America and this is what it is. They will only use the tariffs to screw us. Trumps will help America.

The tariffs is ONLY a distraction so he can finalize the purge in all the departments and agencies quietly in the background, without too much focus

Canada we don't need yal. Canada alway get billions from America. Bye. Canada wasn't a country until all the countries invested billions every year into a program. Canada is a experiment. Drugs come across your borders look up all the evidence. You started yesterday on securing the borders? Why? Because of the 25% tariffs, right? Why your government didn't start before the tariffs? But you mad because you didn't stick to your word ,7 years ago about securing the borders. You playing mind games to the people who lack education. But people do read government documents. You waited til the 25% tariffs started. Take accountability for Canada government mistakes.

Honestly at this point I hope he crashes the economy. That is maybe the only last resort the Americans will see common sense and turn against their wannabe dictator and his crown prince before it is too late. You guys voted a dictator in because you thought Biden somehow caused the world wide inflation. Well what do you think 25% of import tariffs are going to do.

How can anyone think this is about the Border. As a Canadian I worry much more about what is coming from the US; guns drugs people... our border never was the problem. This is about precious metals. Ukraine didn't give them to him so he doubled down on the tariffs.

The reason for this is Trump wants industry back in the US, and as long as people buy things from outside of the US cheaper, that's not going to happen. Thus the tariffs. That's what they're for, protectionism. Why he pretends it won't be bad for americans or that they won't be paying more for products, I don't know. Perhaps his way of preparing people for bad times. Or the wishful thinking bit he swears to. Whatever. But what sane person would build up an industry predicated on Trump being consistent and willing to stay the course? An industry that would fall apart like it's 1920 the moment tariffs end? I predict noone.\n\nI have some experience with Clark, he was an insightful man during his command in Europe. It should be concerning when he can't see a reason for these actions, for cozying up to Putin and alienating allies. There's no end goal here that is in the US' interest. Trump's cabinet is not interested in this sort of thing, they are domestic dilettantes. There is no 4D chess. So what is the deal? Is it just his anger at Zelensky for not investigating Hunter Biden during the election? It seems... a bit too much for that, despite Trump being known as extremely spiteful.