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Thank you Mr. President . Donald Trump is for only the rich and for Putin.

Without a doubt Putin has some dirt on DJT for him to be acting this way. He’s putting his ego before his country. Sickening.

Trump is nuts and Republican politicians are cowards and ignoring their responsibilities to rein this nutcase in. My deepest apologies to Canada and the rest of the world. Except to Putin - he can suck it.

Trump is trying to run the United States just like Putin \n And how he runs his\n country! Geeesh!

Trump is an ignorant puppet of putin

Putin advise Donald Trump to disassociate ourselves with all of our allies and to break down our defenses so he can then come in and start a war with the United States of America then we would have no allies that we can count on because of all the enemies that Donald Trump has made in once Putin can take over the United States of America and start bombing us then we are f***** and we will learn how it feels to be bombed and lose many of our people here in the United States just like Ukraine is going through right now and other countries that are fighting for their freedom and their people! Y'all have to understand this s*** is bigger than tears and Donald Trump is too f****** dumb to understand and to see what Elon musk, putin, Kim Jong-un all are plotting against his dumbass to hurt the United States of america, to hurt his own people, Donald Trump do not give a f*** about the United States of america, let's be clear or his people, and he damn sure does not give a damn about the Constitution of the United States of America

Excellent reporting. I was beginning to worry that your average American was all for this madness. AND wonder if Putin has some sort of hold or is blackmailing Trump….

Im English, what a fantastic understandable speech. Trump has gone mad, a lot of people will start turning against him, especially him siding with putin the murderous dictator in modern times. All people in power should stand united in a crazy world. Well done canada and their superb leader.

All sane Americans know this isn't about tariffs, it is about separating the US from its allies, lining his pockets with the collected tariffs while simultaneously weakening and destroying the US from within as a service to Putin.

Is Trump just a Putin physcophant or has the WH been compromised. It sounds more and more like the latter.

Yes this move does look like it could be connected to Putin. If Canada financially struggle then they can't help if needed with the war in Ukraine which is a plus for Putin. Bad move Trump US could be left out in the cold in future if he starts doing this to his allies and siding with Russia. Wake up Trump you're going down the wrong Path.

Trump is putins puppet

Trump is doing all of this because of Putin. He’s deliberately alienating all our allies to appease putin. We are all in trouble.

Satan is in charge of The United States Of America .... Putin is in charge of Trump, Vance and Musk

Wonder what Putin has on trump...

Agree, this is to DUMB to be true. Is he in the pocket of Putin? This is on top of the miss-use of the Precedency to benefit from crypto freud. What a clown U have in the White House

The only way to achieve peace is by getting both sides to the table. You're not freaked out about people talking to Hamas... Why are you so worried about a world leader who is trying to achieve peace talking to Putin? Because, as bad as he is, he's not as bad as Hamas...

Old meatball trump is doing putin's plan to destroy all alliances.

Exactly make it make sense that the orange Cheeto allies with Putin

Trump is being played by Elon Musk. Elon is during the work of Putin. Elon is Trojan Horse, and Trump can only see dollar signs.

Twice in a week Trump is humiliated by a world leader, Trump thinking he can be a president of a country like the ceo of a corporation. He blackmails people offering them scraps from the table of his last meal as if they should be thankful. How on gods earth did America vote this clown as it's leader. Putin has spent 3 years trying to get into Kiev and in a few weeks has managed to get into the Oval office of the Whitehouse. I sit here in the UK watching what is going on in America like many around the world cringing and at the same time laughing at how such a scumbag could achieve what he has done. Trump and his arse licking lapdog are making a laughing stock of the US and you seem helpless to stop the shitshow that is coming your way. I feel for you and hope his stupidity will lead to a very quick exit for the now most famous clown in the world.

It's not about immigration or fentanyl. This is about following direction from putin. He has divided the people within our country and now separated us from our allies. He has removed trusted anerican press from the white house briefings replacing them with the government run russian media. We are the united states of russia. Get your vodka here

This is all for one Russian. Vlad Putin is soooooo happy today.

I am an American and love my country and its people. But TRUMP and Musk and Vance are villains ?! They must be defeated. And they will be stopped. We need to stick close to our neighbors and our friends in the world. Putin is not a friend. I hope our Canadian brothers know we real Americans want cooperation and friendship, not a trade war.

Wouldn't be suprised if the plan of Trump is to put maximum pressure and weaken Canada to annex them later on. Woudln't be suprised if Trump made a deal with Putin to trade Canada against Ukraine (or eastern europe).

I did not vote for the racist rapist felon running our country. The United States is no longer a democracy. He has made it a Dictatorship. Nobody wants this but him.\nIMPEACH IMMEDIATELY \nIMPEACH IMMEDIATELY \nIMPEACH IMMEDIATELY\n\nthe felon running the U.S. does not speak for me. This is unfair to the residents of the U.S. \nNobody wants this but Donny Dum Dum.\nIMPEACH \nIMPEACH \nIMPEACH \nIMPEACH\n\nWORST PRESIDENT EVER\nWORST PRESIDENT EVER \nWORST PRESIDENT EVER \n\nGIVE US AMERICA BACK \nGIVE US AMERICA BACK \nGIVE US AMERICA BACK \n\nIT'S NOT ALL ABOUT YOU DONALD. SHUT YOUR F'n PIE HOLE\nDONALD GO LIVE WITH PUTIN. LEAVE US ALONE!!!!

Trump is the best Putin asset to split the west in parts, its getting ugly, I never thought to see that in my lifetime, its UGLY.

Agent Orange openly and repeatedly says he ADMIRES N Korea’s Kim author of one of the most hellish deathscapes the world has ever seen. Literally starving the N Korean people to death. And Trump again recently said he wanted that same kind of authority over “my people.” And yet a majority of white Americans voted him in anyway. How spiritually lazy and morally bankrupt we have become. All support to Canada and Ukraine and ZERO for Putin and Kim.

Finally a reasonable discussion and response. Trump needs to stop the chaos and forge strength. We need to support our allies and fight against dictators like Putin.

That is because he is aligning himself to be a dictator “like Putin lIke Elon Musk and his friends from South Africa American citizens you are not rich enough!

Thank you, Prime Minister Trudeau. I'm angry and disgusted by my country's government, whom I did not vote for. Unfortunately, you are correct that the trade war and POTUS allying himself with Putin will harm lots of Americans -- and Ukrainians and many other people worldwide.

If our military insiders know that Trump is compromised by Putin, why are they not doing their duty to protect us from enemies both foreign and domestic? Are they waiting for Trump to do so much damage that his approval rating reaches a specific low before acting, or are they useless to protect us? I hope it's not the latter, considering how much tax payer money has gone into the US military over the deades. Talk about waste and abuse.

The US was partly responsible for the collapse of the Soviet Union. Mr. Putin was a KGB officer during that era. Mr. Putin realizes the depth of Trump's ignorance and intends to take advantage of their relationship in order to bring the US further along the path to economic collapse. Payback for its role in the collapse of the Soviet Union as well as an opportunity to rid the world of a dimming superpower.

We understand. We live just south of Lake Superior. We don't want this either but it's important that no country should bow to the United States. Let us be clear- Our president lack moral character and integrity and is no more trustworthy than Putin. Trump isn't concerned about Fentanyl, because if he was, he wouldn't be gutting the agencies that track it.

Well Canada more free today then USA today...\nBelieve me. What we see in republican party today I saw before.2001 2003 russia. putins political party. It's mirror now in USA

Complimenti a Trudeau dall'Italia! Purtroppo in Europa servirebbe un leader cosí, con la capacitá di dire le cose in modo chiaro e diretto: Trump sta facendo cose stupide che danneggiano il commercio internazionale. Putin è un dittatore assassino.

Putin has Trump by his pu***. We the people like Canada and Ukraine we don't like putin Russia. F Russia. Trump is a Russian puppet. Wish I would of voted for camel Harris. Trump is a chump

Bottom line is Trump & Vance & the people who voted for them are complete idiots. Easing sanctions on Putin? Saying Ukraine started the war? Next Trump, mirroring his buddy Putin being in office since 1999, will try to stay in office for years & years.

Americans are going to have to learn the hard way how stupid they were by electing two dishonest spoilt brats into the White House. Putin's Puppets,

THE AMERICAN STILL DONT WANT ACCEPT THAT, PUTIN THE RUSSIA DICTATOR IS THEIR NEW LEADER, PERIOD

Trump is Putin,s puppet,,,.

I'm an American who did not vote for the boar in the white house. I stand with Canada, Ukraine, Mexico, Greenland and Panama. Trump is behaving as if he made a deal with Putin to destroy the American economy and America's international relationships. We are making enemies of all our allies.

Trump is a spineless thug likes licking Putins boots

This is the fall of America in real time - it’s so frightening. ? betraying our friends around the world. Trump is an asset to Putin - can’t we throw him out of office?!! Trump is unAmerican

Canada. Mexico and Europe Nato oh my why can’t tRump get it siding with Putin he isn’t our friend

Thank you, Trudeau. All democracy leaders should stand up to communists Putin and Trump.

Trump is capitulating to Putin. Whatever Putin has on Trump, it's got to be VERY compromising!

Trump being played by Putin and severing our excellent relationship with Canada our good neighbor and harming us in the process wake up America this d not good.

Who needs allies when you have Putin. Aparently.

I stand with you, Canada, Mexico, Ukraine and EU. This admin is a joke. Down with PUTIN AND HIS WH POODLES. Impeach and REMOVE!!! They are an INTERNATIONAL embarrassment. ?