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The United States did not launch a trade war with you. Donald Trump and his cronies did.

One of the best speeches I've heard in a very long time and the facts are eye opening and all should be worried as there will be no winner and Canada will never be the 51st State. ❤❤❤.

you all can keep Canada my parents are from that country and God bless them they are both buried in the United States

How much fentanyl is made right here in the states

Congratulations to canada for having such a head of your state. he really is a great man

51st state ???

I have just listened to Trump's State of the Union address. Gone is any respect I had for your country. What a hunk of crap that was....constant lies and falsehoods....no wonder you are losing your democracy. Shame on your Mitch.....you knew he was guilty as sin and now he is going to ruin your country. Job well done!

I’m a 53 year old Canadian. I went to college on an athletic scholarship & lived there for 10 years after turned professional in my sport. Why, why, why - with all the problems going on in the world right now to tackle - why would you want to start a trade war with your closest trading partner & most loyal ally? Not to mention that your list of Allies is shrinking daily. This is not going to end well for either of us. \nI just arrived home from a trip to the grocery store - making sure nothing in my cart said “ made in the USA” on it due to the new tariffs that began today. \nThe irony is, many of the states where Trump won by the biggest margin, are the states that are going to get hit the hardest from Canadian retaliation tariffs ( Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Indiana, the Dakotas - just to name a few). A lot of farmers in those states are going to be hit extremely hard with the fertilizer tax. After Canada, the next 3 largest Potash producers are Russia, Belarus & China. So , good luck \nWhen the cost of fruit & vegetables skyrocket across the US. Maybe you’ll put a little more thought into your vote 4 years from now.

Oh well! Looks like Canada is soon to be america’s 51st state then Russia’s new Province!

He's a lunatic....stop embracing him... he's a stupid monarchy boot licker....join the states now it's an ultimatum

It's okay to appease the killer state of Israel. The hypocrisy.

Those who voted for Trump as president may be hurt by this president. Elections in the United States seem to be more about emotion than reason.

Brilliant speech! Much love and respect to Canada and Canadians and their response! From your neighbor in Washington state.

Trump-GOP-Q's nonsense execuse is fentanyl. However, Trump-GOP-Q's reps do not do the best effort to help Americans who are addicted to fentanyl & other drugs. The reason why fentanyl and other drugs keep coming into the USA is because we in America have too many drug addicts, mostly in the red states that vote for Trump-GOP-Q's reps. Medicaid could be used to help our drug addicts to overcome their addiction, but Trump-GOP-Q's are trying to cut $800 million from medicaid & redirect it for tax cuts for the wealthy. Dumb Trump cannot see.

fentanyl crisis and tariffs just tools for a dictator to force canada to bow down and be 51st state.

what trump fails to understand is that the united states has some of the biggest pharma companies in the world, who makes fentanyl, pharma, so its probably in his own back yard that this is coming from

Don't pull Trump out. This is the only way he can destroy the United States to become North Korea having no friends. I like to see that happening since I don't live there. I put my money at safe place and wait for financial crisis to come. Please do more crazy stuff Trump. I can't wait for other countries to join force against Trump. But I feel sorry for the next president. He will have a hell of mess to solve.

Imagine a country saying they will be there for their people, not just the corporations. At the moment, I am so ashamed of the Corporate States of America

This right here has made me even more proud to be Canadian. We stand and unite loud, proud, strong and fearless as a nation. We will NEVER give in or bow down to threats and bullies. \n\nALL OUR ELBOWS UP!!!!\n\n Canada IS NOT and NEVER will be for sale. We will NEVER become the 51st state because you CAN’T have Canada Trump. We will PUSH BACK and we will FIGHT. \n\n❤️?❤️\n??????

Maybe Canada should make the United States its next province.

Trudeau should be United States of America President

Love it. Trudeau is clearly stating publicly that the tariffs are not legal, because the ‘fentanyl’ excuse by your oligarch is not valid and in fact illegal.

I think it's wrong with United States doing. Bowling in Canada.. what's the dumbest thing he can do to our neighbor Canada that's been with us for many years had our backs and War and hard times in our history. I just think it's wrong what they're doing to Canada.. Donald Trump is very stupid..!!

Big pharma likes to keep fentanyl rolling as well as the cartels and those big pharma companies are all in the United States

Please rephrase to Donald Trump launched a trade war with Canada. This is his doing and not all people of United States voted for him. We are also a victim of his delusions. God help us all. ??

Welcome to or 51st state Canada we own u now

Bye bye Trudeau ....what about the money exchanges.... Should be 35 % & let's have a normal government that can't be manipulated by A Trudeau character - who shuts the government down then continues to blah blah blah ...anybody could do what he is saying ....... Anybody !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quit being a worshipper of a men & make out country STRONG....Make deals with other countries & ignore the States for now ...shut them out .\n.quit yapping about them , just move on and ahead ....don't be yappy ...useless ....BE PROGRESSIVE...DO ... gonna do something, don't talk just Blank

The States can reject the tariffs if they wish and send it to the Supreme Court.

Every country should be responsible for their own goods. The day we start relying on other countries for what we need we're in a heck of a mess. Because China couldn't get our merchandise to our plant we had to shut down for almost a month. We messed up sending some of our work to China. After this we got everything in the US. Cheaper prices are not the solution. Cheaper labor is not the answer. Trump is concerned about the drugs coming into our country and since the borders are affected these drugs will be coming into our country many other ways. You know where criminals go to get out of the US. Canada. Trump is doing this for our country and you can bet on this. I'm sick of drugs in our country killing people everyday. I'm sick of guns but just about every household owns guns. Children are killed in their own homes with guns. Who cares about alcohol being sold in their state. Honestly. People are homeless because of addiction to alcohol. Yeah saying president Trump using fentanyl for this for this trade war was a bad move. President Trump is doing this for the drugs taking over this country.

Trump and vance needs to open their eyes, fentenyal is being made all over the united states in pverty xstricken areas, they cook it in tge apartments of new york and drive to different states to sell it. Trump is an idiot

Prepare for American invasion and takeover?Before, you could've had governorship of the 51st state..not anymore?

What Trump wants is Canada as a 51st State of America

Why go against your greatest ally!? The United States has lost it by electing Trump again, they are going to wreck the world completely.

Trump, the republicans,evangelicals the complicit media and corporations are all embarrassments and active enemies of the United States and the people of all nations(except Russia) this is what happens becomes to complacent to vulture capitalism and historic levels of corruption and embraces an anti intellectual and racist stance on almost all issues.

Canada president justin trudeau speaks facts not like the president of the United States Lard ASS

let’s just make you our 51st state

I'm not happy who they voted for a president of United States of America ????he is a bad person

Trudeau has gotten a lot of flak for what he put Canadians through in the past couple of years, but he's leaving office on a high note! This has got to be one of the best & most articulate speeches ever made by any head of state and that too in 2 different languages! Bravo ?

I am completely outraged. I am disgusted beyond comprehension with the gutless Republican party for not standing up to trump. Canada has traditionally been our steadfast Ally and closest Trading partner. Trump is a walking, talking, dumpster fire, and must be removed from office as soon as humanly possible. How this profoundly disturbed, mentally ill excuse for a human being ever got elected to the highest office in the land is utterly beyond me. This is where MAGA ignorance, gullibility, and abysmal stupidity has gotten us. The rest of us here in the United States are just horrified by the destructive chaos Trump is unleashing on this country and the rest of the world. Our profound apologies to Canada

I'm so frustrated, Trump said he wants CANADA to be the fifty first state so we can have all those precious minerals . He said it on tv

Trudeau is nothing more than a lame duck cry baby. Instead of thanking the United States for all the years Canada was allowed to ride its coattail, he talks as if he can actually do something. Canada is nothing without the United States and with a response like this, it proves just how ungrateful they are. It’s about time we have a President who stands up against nations talking advantage of our country.

Big man, good speech; I wonder how the weakening will effect the world, and how it will affect Russia. Russia will gain strength by this. Ucraine will lose even more strength. Putin hast found Somebody who ist so self-blinded and really stupid enough that Russia will gain the best of it: weak States won't bei a Problem any more. I really am afraid, this ist evil. St. Jänsch, Germany

Closest communist state. A lot of anti Americans on here

Well done, tariff wars are not the same as diplomacy. Consider this happened in the first DT administration and the US lost those exports contracts to Brazil who gladly took them. DT had to send farmers a bail out and this, well this will likely be worse. Hang in there border states. Well done Canada. Tsk, tsk 'Donald'. US citizens, become 'Indivisible'.

Trudeau is the epitome of western society's moral decay, under his leadership Canada has become a radical third world country, from gay marriage to state sponsored marihuana, to state sponsored gambling that floods the country. As a result, Canada today is the bedrock and safe haven for criminals, while ordinary Canadian people's lives continually decline, especially the working class who are struggling yet still cannot make ends meet. A lot of Canadians either have moved to the US, or they would like for Canada to be part of the US so that they have some hope. I am sorry for the Canadian people but have no sympathy for Trudeau.

Way to go Canada ??. I don't think the U.S. needs to worry about immigration but Canada - you might need to build a wall for the mass exodus from states.

Canada, the American people stand with you. Personally I wish that Justin Trudeau was our president! Although I have to disagree with you, Trump is not at all a smart man. In fact he is the exact opposite. He is an imbecile! Undoubtedly, he is the worse thing that has ever happened to to the United States! The people of America needs to get rid of Trump!\n\nBut thank you, Justin Trudeau, for standing up for Canada and all of your reactions is just! Continue to defend your country. You are doing an outstanding job!

Trump launch this trade war hoping to make Canada a new US‘s State, so he just treats those losses as the costs, he thinks these costs are just much much cheaper than launching military invasion!

Trudeau is trying to blow Canada’s chance to be the 51st state!??

The shopping hierarchy is:\n\nProduct of Canada\nMade in Canada\nProduct of/Made in Mexico or EU\nProduct of/Made in China\nProduct of/Made in LITERALLY ANY OTHER COUNTRY THAN THE USA\nDo without it\nIf you can’t do without it, find one from a company in a blue state\n\nI’ve almost eliminated ALL American goods from my expenditures except for Sunkist oranges from California\n\nIt’s not the 20th century anymore and America isn’t the only operation in town. Anything anybody needs, they can get those needs filled without the USA.