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Trump is working for Putin. Do you all see it now?

Trump and Elon are doing Putin's work to weaken the USA and it's ally's.

The whole world needs to rid of Putin and Trump!

Trudeau is mad because this all happened on his watch.\n\nTrudeau is a fascist rotten dictator himself. And no less a narcissist than Trump, or Putin.

Trump is trying to bankrupt this country so Putin can come in and take over .

Swedish woman here ??\nThis is insanity!!!\nI have lived in both the US and Canada.\nThe Trump administration is going to ruin so much in the very near future, just because of the fact that Trump has some kind of tiny-man’s complex and wants to be Putins lackey so bad, that he is willing to sacrifice the wellbeing of the people of the country that he is suppose to shelter and help to prosper.\nJustin Trudeau is a smart, level headed politician that truly cares about his country and the people living within it.\nMonumental differences between two men with totally different agendas.

When are Americans going to understand that Trump is executing Putin's playbook to become America's Tsar.

Trump is doing Putin’s bidding, destroying our country from within.

Trump is destroying everything arround him, just like fuggin Putin…. Best regards from Denmark

Arrest JD Vance and trump for treason, Tuesday night speech. show the world we can fix this and send a trump signal to Putin. Trump is a national security risk.

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

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.

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...

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

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

I do believe that Putin has something incriminating on Trump that he has been blackmailing him with. Maybe something totally embarrassing from when Trump visited Russia as a private citizen several years ago.

Trump was cozy with putin in his first term whi is so many people acting like they didn't know that trump and putin are friends ?

Make no mistake. The Tariff talk started right after Canada's reaction to Trump's demand that Canada become the 51st state. That's what this is all about. Nothing to do with Fentynal. You can bet Putin had a hand in this as well. Well done US. You are now a Puppet State of Russia. How long before Russian replaces Spanish as the second, and then first language of the US?

The American people don't want tariffs on no country, this is unfair and we all will suffer for this stupid plan,this is Trumps plan and uncalled for. I am disgusted with Trump siding with Putin and Russia ,he has sold out the American people and Trump and Musk has siding with Putin. Wake up America and protest against these tariffs ,I am disgusted with Trump, please stand up to secure our democracy. I am mad and disgusted.

Trump is SO easily manipulated by Putin and others. All you have to do is tell him he's the victim and that he's very smart and he'll do anything you tell him.\nHis narcissism, greed and emotional retardation are destroying the USA. The number of Americans too idiotic to see it is frightening.\n\nPutin must be pissing his pants laughing at how easy it's all been.