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The Brian Lehrer Show

Canadians Weigh in on Trump

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

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4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Listeners north of the border weigh in on the impact of Donald Trump's second term on their country's politics.

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0:00.0

Listener supported WNYC Studios.

0:07.2

Brian Laird on WNYC,

0:19.8

and for our last minutes today, something we've never done before,

0:23.7

have a call in specifically for Canadians.

0:27.0

If you are in or originally from Canada, how has the Trump administration so far made you feel about this country or about that country?

0:36.0

Any differently from a few months ago? 212-433

0:39.4

W-NYC, 212-433-9692. I'm guessing that we have enough listeners with Canadian roots

0:50.2

to fill up our caller board to get a few calls on the air for this specifically.

0:56.8

If you are from or currently in Canada, how has the Trump administration and the way he's been

1:04.5

addressing various things about Canada made you feel about this country or that country,

1:09.5

Canadians, 212-433, WNYC, 212, 433, 96692.

1:18.3

We know you've been feeling the effects of Trump 2.0 pretty strongly up there,

1:23.1

for those of you who may be listening from Canada right now.

1:26.1

We know that Trump wants to become your

1:28.2

president too, right? He's repeatedly expressed this desire to annex Canada and make it the 51st

1:34.5

state, furthering this by referring to your former prime minister as Governor Trudeau

1:39.9

throughout tariff negotiations. And while this all seem like a joke on the campaign trail,

1:46.3

it sometimes feels pretty serious.

1:48.6

According to anonymous sources who spoke with the New York Times,

1:51.9

Trump specifically told Trudeau on a phone call early last month,

1:55.7

quote, that he did not believe that the treaty that demarcates the border

1:59.7

between the two countries was valid,

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