Trudeau’s Political Turbulence & RFK Rallies Support | 12.18.24
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's regime teeters on the edge as Canada severely outspends its budget.
Krista Freeland, their finance minister and deputy prime minister, has resigned, essentially based on the catastrophic economic situation.
How are Trump's tariff threats playing into Trudeau's shaky situation?
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Donald Trump's increasingly aggressive tone towards Canada, which he calls the 51st state, seems to have the Canadian government on high alert. Meanwhile, Canada's prime minister is facing increased calls to resign.
Here with the latest on what's happening up north is Daily Wire Deputy Managing Editor Tim Rice. Hey, Tim, so it sounds like some significant changes are coming in Canada. What's going on up there?
Well, John, Canadian leaders have been on edge since Trump began threatening to impose 25% tariffs on the country unless the Canadian government stops drugs and illegal immigrants from crossing our border. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has struggled to navigate this new normal, trying to seem tough at home, but assuring Trump that he's going to play ball. This has helped tank Trudeau's already cratering popularity with voters and has fueled speculation that the PM might resign any day now. That speculation intensified Monday when Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced her resignation. Freeland, long one of Trudeau's biggest allies, said she and the Prime Minister have increasingly found themselves at odds about the best path forward for Canada. Freeland, who was also deputy prime minister, accused Trudeau of wasting time with costly political gimmicks instead of dealing with the threat of tariffs head-on.
So some pretty harsh words from a close ally or someone who used to be a close ally. What about the other side? What do Trudeau's opponents have to say about all this?
Unsurprisingly, they have even more harsh words. Shortly after Freeland resigned, conservative leader Pierre Palliev delivered a fiery speech where he slammed Trudeau and his coalition for putting Canada at risk.
Out-of-control inflation has followed out-of-control money printing, which has sent out-of-control demand to our food banks, which are running out of food altogether. Out-of-control spending has doubled our national debt, boosted interest rates and threatened our social programs. And it's not just Freeland who thinks this Prime Minister is out of control. Now Housing Minister Sean Fraser has resigned in the middle of a housing crisis. Justin Trudeau has lost control, and yet he clings to power. We cannot accept this kind of chaos, division, weakness, while we're staring down the barrel of a 25% tariff from our biggest trading partner and closest ally, which, by the way, is headed by a newly elected president with a strong and fresh mandate, a man who can spot weakness from a mile away.
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