Trump’s Rage at Canada Darkens, and Even GOPers Suddenly Seem Unnerved

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

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🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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President Trump’s anger at Canada has darkened: He’s kept up the menacing threats even after it’s become clear Canadians take them seriously. Indeed, Canada’s foreign minister just openly declared that Canadians are “anxious.” Meanwhile, even some Republicans are growing unnerved. Some tell NBC News he appears deadly serious—and that they’re flummoxed by his failure to explain what he really wants from our ally. We keep hearing Americans don’t care about such things. But what if that’s wrong? We talked to Brian Beutler, author of the Off Message Substack. He explains how this standoff is an area where Democrats can graphically demonstrate how degenerate Trump and his GOP have truly become. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
0:16.5	I'm your host, Greg Sargent.
0:32.2	President Donald Trump's angry, deranged threats to annex Canada may seem like a joke to some Americans or like a leverage play to savvy reporters, but it's being taken very seriously up in Canada.
0:40.5	The Canadian foreign minister, Melanie Jolie,
0:43.7	just told a group of G7 foreign ministers that, quote,
0:47.4	this is not a joke.
0:48.8	Canadians are anxious.
0:51.0	All this comes as new polls are showing something surprising.
0:54.8	Americans actually disapprove of Trump's handling of foreign policy.
0:59.4	We keep hearing that Americans don't care about things like Trump's threats at Canada.
1:04.1	What if that's wrong?
1:05.3	What if they do care?
1:07.0	If so, what should Democrats do about that?
1:09.9	Today we're talking about all this with Brian Boitler, who argues relentlessly on his
1:14.1	substack off message that Democrats are missing all kinds of openings to explain to the country
1:19.8	just how degenerate Trump and his GOP have truly become.
1:23.9	Great to have you back on, Brian.
1:26.0	Oh, it's always great to meet you.
1:27.2	So I just want to start by reading a quote from the Canadian foreign minister.
1:31.6	Here goes.
1:32.8	I think many of my colleagues coming here thought that this issue is still a joke and that this had to be taken in a humorous way.
1:41.0	But I said to them, this is not a joke.
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