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And We the American are smart?

Trump made a major blunder. We're coming after your money, smart guy

not sure about the smart guy comment

Please Trudeau, don't call that orange man smart. His college professor could attest to that he is the dumbest person.

Trudeau gave a good speech. But he was wrong about one thing. He said DT is a smart man, no he isn't!!!

Trump is not smart, he's Russia's useful idiot.

My only gripe is that he called trump a 'smart man'. \nWe all know trump is a moron.

The orange turd isn’t a smart man and doing dumb things is all he knows.

Trmup not smart

Carney/Freeland is/are the smart choice dear Canadians, olease do not follow your neighbour's example!

From Ukraine with respect. A few decades ago our school hired a Canadian as a native speaker to teach us some spoken English. He was not very smart and made some grammar mistakes here and there. But what surprised me is how on his 1st day he tried to make a joke, smth. “We, Canadians, have nothing to apologize for, except for Celine Dion”. He startled to giggle, searching our faces for a sign of approval. There was none! We love Celine! To this day it astounds me how many Canadians badmouth their great singer or their own Prime minister. What is wrong with you? Like every Canadian I’ve met kept saying many unpleasant things of Trudeau. You should be proud of your prime minister the way you are proud to be Canadians and slow down on insulting him!

He just called trump stupid. ? Well it does track. Trump is not a smart man. Just listen to him ramble.

The only lie told in that speech is that Trump is smart man..

Smart guy??? Trump can't even read properly. He's half illiterate.

Shout out to my fellow Americans that thought the the pres could bully another president like he did plumbers and Sheetrock contractors..bc he is “smart”. The other hammer from below , Mexico, will drop soon, too. Hang on. Great again. Just like you rallied for.

Thank you, CANADA, for standing strong against U.S. / Trump. But do not give credit to Trump as being a smart person. The world is figuring out how narrow minded he is.

Calling Trump smart is stroking his ego. Hès a dumb guy doing a dumb thing. Just like getting involved with the Russian mafia and the kremlin as a younger man

The only part of the speech I disagree with is the part about Donald being smart ?

Saying Trump is smart is Canada being nice.??

This isn’t about fentanyl Donald doesn’t care about fentanyl it’s just an excuse and nor is Donald smart

Smart guy Trudeau. Knows how to appeal to Trump with the biggest lie of all time: you are a smart man ?

Trump is not smart at all, he is dumb and dumb people do dumb things. Prime Minister Trudeau is very polite to Trump.

Trump is not smart. He is losing his mind from years of Adderal abuse.

As a french-Italian I stand with Canada... Why US cannot have such a smart president?!?

Love him speaking in Donald’s elementary words, “Big things”….?? but he lied about him being smart

American here. Go Canada !!! Wish we were as smart as you

No Teleprompter, No name calling, just calm logic. Trump, in his abject stupidity, does not realize he is hurting Americans as much as Canadian, nor does he care. I would only challenge Trudeau on calling Trump 'smart' - only Trump thinks he is smart. He is a semi-literate moron.

I cannot stand Trudeau... but this is one of the best speeches he's made... well, apart from calling Trump 'smart' ! Putin must be having a giggle fit over this stupidity.\nTrump is a traitor to the USA and its people ?

Over half of Americans are uneducated and lots are ignorant too, yes- but the smart ones stuck here are TERRIFIED, we are so f*cking scared that we are going to turn into North Korea. Anyone not from the USA trust the smart ones screaming for help- our government fills our foods with poisons and we are all weak but a lot do want to fight this evil

Sorry Justin, Donald is not a smart man. But dumb yes

I wonder what this mad man Tramp is doing!\nHe's is destroying not only its economy but also the agreements and partnerships built over decades across the continent and the world.\nSomeone smarte then me must explain me what is the purpose of his actions.\nAmerican people must wake up, fast.\nBecause if he wa able to do this in 40ish days of his term, wonder what he's going to do in the next 4 years to come ...

Agreeing with the WSJ's assertion that Trump is a very smart guy is an exaggeration.

JT told one lie.. Donald is not a smart man..

Donald smart guy? OFFS. Show me his high school and whatever college transcripts before I believe that one.

Donald, isn't a smart guy. He is a clown ?

DONALD EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE SUPER SMART, THIS IS TERRIBLY DUMB.???

trump's not smart. Just say it, it's okay, everybody knows ?

I like how all the PMs feel the need to compliment Trumps “smarts” and how often Trump calls other people “not smart” or “low IQ”. He must be very insecure about his intelligence, I wonder if he was bullied at school for being a dum dum.

Apparently Donald fooled Justin also smart people don't do dumb things

Smart guy, dumb thing. Might've got those switched up but it's gotta be spelled out and this was a smart move.

Calling Donald Trump smart ?

Canadian here, well the only lie Trudeau told was that donald is a very smart man ... definitely not in my opinion!

“Donal even you are a very smart guy” ???, Putin don’t think so, fir Putin was very disappointed that it took just 90 min to make of him the most loyal puppet

So sad that our beautiful and smart, polite Prime Minister will be stepping down. I am so very appreciative of You Mr. Trudeau. You have fought a good fight Sir. Love you.

Still having to appease by calling ? ? “smart” is nauseating.

I am Canadian, I have worked and studied in US for 6 years and I must say this is sad and stupid. Donald is not a smart guy like PM says he is sinister guy.

It's worth noting that Trudeau did not say that Trump was smart, he was citing the Wall Street Journal. I'd bet that Trudeau's estimation is a little more restrained.

Sorry, Trudeau is wrong, Trump not a smart guy.

Come on, how can you say Trump is a very smart guy.?

Smart guy?! Thank you for being polite. Trump is the moron and the lying idiot that other idiots supporting