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Trudeau you need to resign you have a hatred attitude Be a smart guy yourself and try to work with the President of America Take your big car plan business to America so you don’t need to pay any tariffs Well you do send your vehicles to America

Trudeau did not say Donald Trump you're a very smart guy he said the Washington Post said he's a very smart guy so CNN you got that way way off from what he said in his statement to Donald Trump so you should change that!

He lost me at “Trump is a smart guy”

Justin you are being very generous. Donald is NOT a smart guy. ??

Trump is in NO WAY a very smart guy but I guess he had to say that to call him out on being the dumbass that he is afterwards...

He's right about everything, except when he said Trump is a smart guy. Not only is he not smart, Trump is in fact the dumbest president in American history.

UNFORTUNATELY TRUMP IS ACTING AS A BULLY. \nHE IS A SMART GUY BUT THIS HURTS EVERYONE.

Just one correction: trump is not a smart guy.

I agree with everything Trudeau said except the part about Donald being a smart guy.

No Trump isn’t a smart guy . He’s dumb !

Prime Minister Trudeau was wrong about one thing. That was saying Trump is a smart guy.

You want to speak to 1 American, He's Russian... Don't call him a very smart guy . Canadians HELP !

I think there should have been some fact checking, I heard him say that Donald was a very smart guy.

He lost me at saying that Trump is a smart guy...

Hey Canadians, on behalf of the good people in America... I apologize for the ignorance and stupidity of one EMBARRASSING excuse of a leader that is not only sticking it to Americans in every way you can think ... I refuse to call him a president because he is NOT... He is a convicted felon, convicted on 34 felonies. He is a fraudster, a cheater, a LIAR, a thief, and a THUG! He is not a legal president because he cheated to get elected in the first place because he cheated in 2016 by having his Russian friends interfer in our election by smearing, and launching the wikileaks ĺeak that She had emails from her secratary of state days on an unsecured computer at the DNC Hillary Clinton, merely weeks ahead of the 2016 election.\nTrump also incited a seditious insurection in 2020 after losing that election failing his attempted coup to sieze power in an election he LOST! Donald Trump and many of the GOP that ran for thier lives on Jan. 6th 2021 now refer to the insyrection as a peacful gathering of non violent protesters... Trump calls it the best day ever!!! Think about that for a minute! The very first order of business Trump did after his inauguration was to pardon 1500 crimina convicts that either plead guilty or were found guilty of charges like sedition. And insurectionists. Many of them for violent crimes like battery on a police officer. And other charges loke trespassing on a federal building, and theft charges for stealing laptops and all sorts of things.\nDonald Trumps first act was to free all of them with a wave of a pen... he freed police bashers!!! And scum bags like Elmer Rhoads, and leader of the proud boys Enrique Tarrio... and all tge violent punks that tried to overturn a free and fair election!!! I is disgusting! HE a k so pardoned the biggest drug dealer in America that catered to criminals and murderers, the owner and inventer of the silk roads dark web site.\nTrump is a Russian asset, make no mistake about it. And fir the last 40 days or so he set about to burning down all American institutions with the help of his Billionaire campaign donors that agreed to get him elected for MORE MONEY!!! Trump is turningvon our trusted allies all friends, and siding with countries like Russua, North Korea, Iran, Turkey, and other countries that are under the control of string men autocrats, and dictators! He publicly called our friend and ally Vlidomir Zelenskyy a dictator! While at the same time calling Vladimir Putin a genius, and a really smart guy that wants peace he says!\nVladimir Putin is the worlds most cold blooded mass murderer of our lifetime and he is a war criminal that kills mostly civilians, women and children deliberatly!!! He poisons his political opponents and business partners with plutonium and other ways like having them thrown out a high ruse window, or shit from the sky in an airplane!!!\nDonald Trump is a maniac that Ameruca needs to desperately get rid of before he finishes the job of burning down all our institutions and burning our constitution and democracy in order to turn Ameruca into an autocracy...\nSo, Canadians.... we Americans are deeply embarrassed and we apologize for the reckless behavior of one man!! One ignorant man... Donald Trump. There has never been a more shameful and embarrassing time to be an American! Eff Trump!!!

When Trudeau spoke to Donald, his vocab suddenly shrank to 135 words in total, including such short classics as big, strong, smart and guy. Clearly, he was trying not to overwhelm his intended interlocutor ?I won’t hold my breath for Donald to say thank you.

trump is not a smart guy. he's a fool. that's why he's doing this. he's ruining the U.S. relationships. with our best allies.

This guy Trudeau gives me huuuuge Howard Hamlin vibes, what a smart, elegant and sophisticated persona.

Hey Justin, Donald Trump is NOT a smart guy. Don't be so nice. Trump sucks.

Trump Is NOT a “very smart guy!”

Donald is not a smart guy, and he has no desire to cooperate. He is a Russian agent. He is destroying North America.

The only thing I did not agree with…he called the guy smart!

Donald, you are a smart guy and this is a dumb thing to do. Ouch!

Donald a smart guy??? Really? Based on what metric? He’s probably smart compared to someone with brain damage.

The only thing I disagree with Trudeau about is,\nNo,Trump is not a smart guy.

Did he just say Donalds very smart guy, lol ???

If this guy is that smart why US had to pinch his nose to do all this? Wasn't it his job to begin with?

Trudeau hit the bell when he mentioned:- Trump, you're a smart guy..This is a very dumb thing to do..\nA nice way to skin a cat..!\n\nTrump will remove the doubt when he makes a U-turn on the tariffs as it'll make Americans suffer...in pain(economically)...

Did Trudeau just call Trump a very smart guy? ??

Trouble is, Donald Trump is NOT a very smart Guy. He is uneducated, is at times stupid and suffering from dementia.

Can agree with everything Trudeau said ‘cept that Trump is plain dumb-@ss, NOT a smart guy

The Donald is not a very smart guy. He is self-serving and greedy. What has that got to do with intelligence? He is mentally ill and childish. He should be locked up. P.S. classic American stupidity to mute the speaker the minute he starts speaking a foreign language. Ignorance abounds!

Trumps not a smart guy he's a sly guy you can't trust his word

Don't flatter Trump by calling him a smart guy.

Trump, SMART GUY?.HUMMM REALLY.... SMH OK IF U SAY SO

Donald is NOT a smart guy! He is a dummy and a crybaby. His daddy gave him 400 million dollars - otherwise he would be a used car salesman.

How refreshing to listen to an intelligent leader! i only take issue with him calling Trump a smart guy. Trump will never do anything but ridicule and insult Trudeau and Canada no matter what concessions Canada makes. The great thing is that Trump never had any kind of plan except to tariff the hell out of our former allies. Canada is very systematic about their tariffs against US. They are using a scalpel rather than a sledgehammer. Very smart against very stupid, childish, and undisciplined.

Trudeau said trump is a very smart guy?

Trudeau lost me when he said: Trump is a very smart guy…\nI secretly hope he meant “well dressed”

Calling Trump a very smart guy then follow it with a very dumb thing is diabolical, haha. Kudos JT! Stay strong Canadians!

Donald a smart guy LOL

Please did I just hear him say Donald you are a smart guy? WFT ??

Donald is not a smart guy , he’s a bankrupt con artist

Someone said Donald Trump is a very smart guy? Oh lord, that’s rich.

„You‘re a very smart guy“ Oh come on, we all know better!

D.T is not a smart guy at all. Smart people don't make stupid mistakes.

He was so kind to call him a very smart guy. Donald is dumb as rocks

I never thought Trump was ever a smart guy!

Impressive. I Love how the language changed when he was addressing Trump directly “deal” “you’re a very smart guy” “big things” “dumb thing”. Then back to speaking to the adults.

The *Rumphole ISN'T SMART. He's a dumb guy making dumb decisions.