'Elbows Up!': Canada MP Charlie Angus Torches Trump Over Threats
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What are the Canadian reactions to Trump's tariff threats?
I'm joined by Canadian Member of Parliament Charlie Angus. Since we last spoke, Donald Trump says these tariffs are going to happen. Charlie, they're supposed to happen on Tuesday, although now you've got people in the Trump administration saying, well, it's possible that if Canada does this or that, what's going on? What's the vibe in Canada right now, Mr. Angus?
I think right now, after the horrific abuse that Donald Trump and J.D. Vance subjected a genuine war hero, President Zelensky, to in the White House while having some troll from the Russian media there to watch it. Canadians are really sickened in their stomach. I mean, we've been ready for a fight. We've been knowing that this guy's going to come and try and push us around and we've been getting ready for it. But we saw that. We saw that at the same time that Pete Navarro, the crackpot economic guru that Donald Trump's been listening to, saying that they were going to redraw our borders. That's an act of war. So suddenly this fight that we're seeing in Canada is feeling very different right now. And it's feeling like we are going to a different place. And it's really made Canadians much more determined. So the Trump. But tariffs. Yeah, maybe they're coming. Maybe they're not. Maybe he's shouting. You know, this whole thing we've been told he needs to look like he's got a victory.
He's got to win something. It's like it's like those relatives that you have who are like gambling addicts who like basically sold the house and they come back and they want a thousand bucks and they said they won something. Trump is crazy. is selling America's reputation. He's selling their relations. He's selling out thousands of jobs with this economic uncertainty. And Canadians are just hunkering down. Bring it on, Donald. Whatever you're going to do, you're going to do. We're going to do what we're going to do. And it ain't going to be pretty.
Charlie, paint the picture. If these tariffs were to be implemented, what are you hearing on the ground in terms of factories closing, businesses shutting down? What kind of economic devastation do you anticipate would be inflicted on America? I mean, I know that Canada is prepared, has been preparing. This is part of the national discourse there because of the threats. In America, I don't think people are taking it as seriously. So what do you think will happen?
Well, this is a really important point because It's going to hurt us. I mean, we're an integrated market. America's number one export market is Canada. And Canada's number one export market is the United States. It makes sense. We're trading nations. So we understand that we're going to be hurt. But since Donald's put the fact that he doesn't believe we're a real nation on the table, and we're seeing very Putin-like reactions, abuse towards our borders and our national security and our right to even exist canadians understand okay we're in this for the long haul as for the united states the impacts are going to they've already started from the massive boycott that's happening of all american products and american vacation destinations which canadians love to go to the united states in the winter and they're not going but the i think one of the big
big areas, it's going to shock America and it's going to shock the Trump administration is what's going to happen in the auto sector. I mean, everybody pays attention to the tech bros, but auto drives the economy. The system is set up cross-border between the United States and Canada in such an intricate manner. From what we're hearing from people who are very, very aware of how integrated the market is between the United States and Canada, within four days, Four days. Whether or not Canada even retaliates. Within four days of the tariffs being put on, plants like Toledo and Lansing, Michigan start to go down. Bowling Green starts to go down. So Canada is going to take a hit. But once you start shutting down auto plants, you are doing massive damage to the economy. So again, Donald, what's your endgame here? What are you trying to do? What's this big victory you're going to score? Once you mess with Otto, you are messing with America's economy. You're certainly messing with Canada's economy, and you're not going to come out on the winning side of this.
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