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I am fearful for what Trump wants to do here. We should never be provoking our border countries. Seems like an act of war. Also, guaranteed we need to work on addiction issues in our own country. Fentanyl doesn’t just come from borders. And I am sure Canada hasn’t enough crossing from their borders that is hurting us! F T rump!

How eloquent, from the man who weakened us enough to make all this possible….that will be your legacy JUSTIN.

Very classy speech and brave enough to call out Putin. These tariffs will hurt Americans and Canadians.

Trudeau is an idiot and put us in a vulnerable position via his policies and snarky rhetoric toward Donald Trump over the last decade. He's a child and can't be gone soon enough.

From America, the world really acts like we owe them something.\n\nWe get called imperialists when we help, cowards and weaklings when we don’t, we get reprimanded and shit on about how we should get our nose out of everyone’s business. The rest of the world seems to have a hate boner for the US yet can’t even be bothered to figure out how to not start new world wars, can’t even be bothered to take in and handle their own refugees, can’t even be bothered to help your own people.\n\nWe The People are growing real tired of our treatment on the world stage. Furthermore, we have our own issues. We have to focus on our own country and people, because as it stands many of us are struggling to figure out how to pay rent without picking up 2nd jobs or side hussle’s. Please understand this, we voted for Donald Trump. Flaws and all. He didn’t cheat or steal his way in. He isn’t a threat to democracy, or the stability of Europe. He’s and American president for America and if any non Americans wanna take issue with that. Then come get your citizenship and vote for it, but until then, stop crying about what America is doing and focus on your own country. Who knows, if you do your own country might actually be notable enough for you to understand my frustrations :)

From Germany: We stand with Canada. I hope Canada and Europe together can do enough against the madness of Trump and his buddys.

Oh great everything just got more expensive on both sides of the border...thanks! As if we aren't broke enough

These terrible consequences stem from a single mad leader whose ego is as inflated as his unpleasant demeanor. His reckless ambitions and self-centered decisions are dragging millions of ordinary people—both in his country and others—into unnecessary suffering. As if people didn’t already have enough problems to deal with, this maniac comes along, sowing chaos and adding to their burdens. His actions are not just destructive but reflect a dangerous disregard for humanity, leaving a trail of devastation that will take years to repair. Leaders like him remind us of the importance of vigilance and the need to unite against such destructive egotism.

Most of us know not to believe what Trump says about these tariffs (or anything else). He is a scourge to the world. As a US citizen am beyond disgusted that he was able to gain enough votes.?

Trudeau your not trying hard enough. I stand with Trump

Canadians are not smart enough to deport all of the illegal immigrants in their country. They have weak and stupid leaders.

THIS IS ALL ON PURPOSE TO DAMAGE THE COUNTRY. \nTrump is dismantling the country to fulfill his promise to Putin. First he disrupted the government by firing millions indiscriminately. Then he alienates our allies around the world so America can no longer be trusted. If that isn’t enough he then tanks the economy. Now he is publicly aligning himself with Russia. Trump and his cronies are Russian assets and they are destroying this country before your eyes, on purpose. You would have to be a fool not to see it.

It’s not a trade war other countries have been taking advantage of the US for years…enough is enough

I appreciate the approach from PM Trudeau and can feel his regret for having to do this. As americans we have to fight against our own leaders meanwhile their job description is to be in service of their constituents. How hard is it to make sure everyone has enough and no one too much or too little?

Canada is already heading into an economic crisis, and what Trudeau just did might be the final nail in the coffin. This is his last big mistake — and he’ll soon blame Trump’s policies to cover up his own failures.\n\nLet’s be clear: Trump’s tariff policies aren’t some random attack — they’re based on a simple reality: The U.S. doesn’t need Canada. Here’s why:\n\nEconomy Size Comparison:\n\nU.S. GDP (2024): Over $28 trillion\nCanada GDP (2024): Around $2.3 trillion\nThe U.S. economy is more than 12 times larger than Canada’s — the leverage is completely one-sided.\nTrade Imbalance:\n\n75% of Canadian exports go straight to the U.S. — Canada’s economy depends on the American market to survive.\nMeanwhile, only around 12-15% of U.S. exports go to Canada. The U.S. can replace Canadian goods easily through Mexico, Europe, or Asia, but Canada has no backup plan for losing U.S. access.\nPopulation and Consumer Base:\n\nU.S. population: Over 330 million\nCanada: Around 40 million\nThe U.S. is 8 times the market size, meaning American businesses would always prioritize the U.S. market over Canada.\nNatural Resources & Energy:\n\nCanada’s oil, gas, and timber exports rely heavily on U.S. buyers.\nThe U.S. is already the world’s top producer of oil and gas thanks to its shale industry — it can easily survive without Canadian energy.\nCanada, on the other hand, would struggle to find new customers fast enough to avoid collapse.\n\nDefense & Global Influence:\nThe U.S. holds dozens of trade agreements with major powers like the EU, Japan, South Korea, and Mexico.\nCanada’s economy relies heavily on U.S. investment, which could be cut off or redirected if necessary.\nBottom line: Trudeau is dragging Canada into a crisis of his own making. He’s gambling with his country’s economic future, knowing full well that in any economic war with the U.S., Canada loses — fast. When the fallout hits, Trudeau will shift the blame to Trump, but the facts are clear: Canada needs the U.S. far more than the U.S. needs Canada.

Canada and America should work together. Trudeau is the only one talking about a trade war. Think about that... Trump imposed reciprocal tariffs on many countries who later came to the Whitehouse and invested billions to bring business here. Canada has enjoyed the American gravy train for long enough. Just look at the comparison between how much money goes into Canada and how much of that America actually sees a return on.

Every single country has huge tariffs against our country. All Trump wants is for them to pay us the same we pay them. Why any taxpayer would be upset is against it is beyond me. Course Trudeau just said he was going to sacrifice his citizens in a forever war that is already lost. Thank God Trump will protect our citizens and just wants a even playing field. Canada has gotten away with robbing us long enough.

As an American I can't make this make sense. I still can't make sense of a single person voting for this incompetent charlatan let alone enough to put him back in the White House.

He is so full of it! America is just finished giving them free money! Canada is a welfare recipient of America and we've had enough!

Your resignation effectivity cannot come close enough! You’re just like Zelenskyy. You’re putting your country at great economic risk!!!

Bring it on...!!!\nCanada has lived in the comfort and shadow of the U.S. long enough. Let's see who cracks first.\nNo one needs Canada.

Don't get sucked in by this piece of garbage. He's excited to kill Canadas economy and finish implementing the Great Reset. You will own nothing and be happy. \nHe talks about fertilizer while he heavily restricts fertilizer in Canada. Ugh.... \n \nYou can't hate Trudeau enough.

Are Canadians dumb enough to buy this bull shit

Listen to you're trying to change the American people who voted for Trump that's never going to happen will back him forever.. I've heard enough of this mess

Stand with Canada. We do not go to war with our neighbors. We help and work with one another. IMPEACH DONALD J TRUMP!! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!

From United States. I pray that trump gets impeached and those who were horrible enough to vote for him wake up. Trump is awful

Only a 700 point decline in the stock market? Dear lord that is not enough. 30 to 40% before all the cancer is cut out.

Putin Russia warned as far back as 2009 or earlier Ukraine not join NATO to aim missiles on the Russia border, did it not? Zelenskyy is a puppet comedian fake leader selected by European globalists to do their bidding. Before the war the ppl of Ukraine are weary and tired of Ukraine government neo nazi ideology, terrible policies, their wealthy oligarchs and blatant corruption. US finally did admit Ukraine had toxic biolabs before mainstream and their political analysts denounce it vigoriously. Too late now, Ukraine will continue to lose the war with Zelenskyy as president. President Trump is in the WH. So what integrity some ppl claim our country had and lost... like in the last four years with a weak corrupt party president? Trudeau is goin out hopefully not soon enough. Lol.

Trump wants Trudeau gone, impo, and while I agree that he needs to be gone asap, this is NOT the way to go about it. Carney will come in and he’s even more of an extremist than Trudeau. This is only going to hurt the citizens of BOTH countries. Pierre is the only hope and he can’t get in fast enough as far as I’m concerned.

The prime minister should not call Trump a very smart person, but what he is in fact. A dump, arrogant, egocentric criminal. His constant lies need to be exposed and publically corrected. Maybe if enough people do this publically it will drive Trump so crazy and he will react so crazy, that even his most loyal minions will realize they will need to get rid of him!

It is sad that another country's leader has to address the American people in a way that the American Congress can not seem to muster up enough sense to realize and speak about.\n\n CONGRESS! GET YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR BUTTS AND GET IT TOGETHER.

Deterioration of relations? That's an understatement,\nAn increasingly large percentage of Canadians now see the United States as our enemy - 27% a couple of weeks ago. As of today, I expect that's up to at least 50%.\nPrior to November, that number would have been negligible. Pollsters never thought it relevant enough to ask before a few weeks ago.\nYou're running out of allies, America. Soon it will just be you and Russia.\nWhich, I'm sure, will delight Putin and his agent, your Felon in Chief.

Can we get a real leader in Canada? \n\nThey will be back at the negotiating table soon enough.

Bad for Canada. Bad for America. Bad for the world. The question is whether the majority of MAGAs abandon Trump after a recession begins because of Trump's policies. I'm not sure. Maybe? For sure, they'll try to blame Biden. And some just want Trump to fight the culture war and are willing to accept the consequences of an economic downturn so long as trans people are restricted on the bathroom they can use. Some are rich enough that they wouldn't be affected by a recession. As if world events weren't already volatile enough.

The world is going to make Trump a 2nd class leader. Every country that stands for democracy shouldn’t let Trump fly into their airspace, or let him come to your country. The countries that have laws that don’t let felons into their countries should apply these laws to Trump, you need to show Trump that enough is enough, and you will not bend to his mafia style of governing. If he our you need to communicate it should be done over a secure video communication, and record it in case Trump threatens you, your country, or if he just goes off the rails in general. If he does threaten you, or your country, or goes off the rails you need to broadcast it to the world. There is strength in numbers, and if the US politicians won’t stand up to Trump, then the rest of the world needs to do so.

Putin's puppets have marching orders to divide our country, trash our economy, destroy our security, remove us from NATO to eliminate allied relationships. Then Donald can just hand over Ukraine to a murderous thug named Putin. Pretty much on track, I'd say. They have been bought and sold their souls to the devil.\n\nI support Canada and hope they continue to stand up to the bullies. It breaks my heart that enough people voted for an adjudicated rapist, 34x convicted felon, conman, pathological liar, malignant narcissist grifter who is now calling the shots. He is Putin's puppet... pure and simple, Donald's a traitor!

Now are there Americans clever enough to listen, that's the question!!

?Trump is indeed a traitor. It will not come soon enough gor that man to be imprisoned.?

Now think about it...Putin's plan stage 2. Isolate America after UK's brexit. Individually, EU contureas are not strong enough.

Well spoken, PM Trudeau! Australians stand with you in this fight. It is very disturbing for us that the USA has shown such a decline in mental and moral equilibrium! We need more honesty like this from all world leaders. ENOUGH of tiptoeing around a complete tosser, orange moron is not helping anyone but himself.

Make That Make Sense. Here you go Trudeau. . If US aligns with Ukrain, as very very sad as this situation is, Trump would be declaring opposition with Russia. Then China aligns with Russia. Then WW3 starts on North American soil. Did Trump word everything right? Absolutely NOT. NOPE. However… I don’t want a war either. Trump should have just stayed out of it. \n\nLastly Trudeau you liar. You said “no one wins in a trade war…”. Yet you respond to tariffs with tariffs. You just started a trade war!!!! \n\nHow’s that for making sense enough for you!!

I don't know about you you but the $66.5B we've given to Ukraine could've been used here to give to our veterans. It's time we stopped getting screwed and put our nation and our people first. Zelensky is an ungrateful petulant boy. They can fight their own battle. We have enough problems at home to deal with. It's time someone with balls stepped up. Good job Trump let's make us great.

I know it isn't nearly enough, but please, please accept my deepest apologies! We don't not accept or support this government. We are victims of this dictatorship.

Proud of you Canada, don't let that mango moron bully you. No doubt he will be trying it with us in the U.K soon enough.

Is Trump’s performance in the Oval Office really what the GOP equates to strength? Kicking our ally while they’re down, who’s been fighting one of our supposedly greatest adversaries who invaded their country? Berating him for not wearing a suit, or not being grateful enough, or being too hateful to the man who invaded his country and kidnapped Ukraine’s children? If this is strength, why doesn’t he treat Putin this way? It’s only weaker allies where he pounds his chest. Bully. Coward.

Trudeau can puff up his chest as much as he wants. He stole millions from the Canadian people. \nCanada has suffered long enough.. liberate them from this absolute fool.

Sure took stupid a long time ta figure this out,now get the border,.SOLID,TRUMPwill get theres fenced in soon enough perhaps.

To MAGA Canada is Woke Commie Central, not a friend and ally. It's been made clear enough; they prefer Putin and the German AFD to the likes of us or their European allies.

All of this was avoidable. We could have had a reasonable leader use logic and good sense to move our country forward. But no, just enough Americans willingly voted for vengeance, or chaos, or a combination of both. Another group felt it was too damn difficult to do their own research before they cast their vote. And now, everyone will suffer greatly for the mad king's folly.

Trump & his administration, including Musk, are TRAITORS!! Please know that half of American voters did NOT vote for this traitor. We, non-Trump Americans, are NOT in agreement with this traitor. We stand with Canada & our other allies! “Hate” is not near a strong enough word to describe how we feel about these traitors’ actions!!!