Victor Davis Hanson: Did Trump Troll Canada Into ‘Frenemy’ Status?

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🗓️ 10 March 2025

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Did Donald Trump troll Canada into reigniting a dormant nationalism? Victor Davis Hanson argues that Trump's rhetoric has greatly impacted Canadian politics and suggests ways to resolve these tensions between them and America, including tariff adjustments and military collaborations in the Arctic. “That whole [Liberal] Party was headed toward defeat when Donald Trump started to troll them—'Art of the Deal’—sort of goad them in bombastic style that they should be the 51st state in the union of the United States. … And the result is that a Conservative politician, Pierre Poilievre, may lose the election. … We’ve got to correct that. “ All Canada has to do is lower its tariffs on certain American products and get the surplus down from $50 to $20 billion. … But right now, our closest friend is becoming one of our frenemies, if not one of our enemies, and it should stop as quickly as possible.” The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories, like this one, without the support of our viewers: https://secured.dailysignal.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.9	slash UK slash AI for people. I want to talk about Donald Trump's problems he's having with both
0:34.4	Canada and Mexico, but let's look at Canada first. He's in hot water with
0:38.2	the Canadians. He's aroused a dormant nationalism. Trudeau, who will step down as prime
0:44.3	minister and hand the Liberal Party directorship and with it the prime ministership to Mark Carney
0:49.9	was headed toward defeat. That whole party was headed toward defeat. When Donald Trump started to troll them, sort of goad them in bombastic style,
0:58.2	that they should be the 51st state in the Union of the United States,
1:01.5	they got very angry about it.
1:03.1	Donald Trump does have a point on a number of issues. Hello, this is Victor Davis-Hanson for the Daily Signal.
1:20.6	I want to talk in a two-part video this time about Donald Trump's problems he's having with both Canada and Mexico.
1:30.2	But let's look at Canada first, and we'll talk later about Mexico.
1:34.5	He's in hot water with the Canadians.
1:36.7	He's aroused a dormant nationalism.
1:39.1	Trudeau, who will step down as prime minister and hand the Liberal Party directorship and with it,
1:46.7	the prime ministership under their parliamentary system, to Mark Carney, was headed toward defeat.
1:54.1	That whole party was headed toward defeat.
1:56.6	When Donald Trump started to troll them, art of the deal, sort of goad them in bombastic style,
2:02.6	that they should be the 51st state in the Union of the United States,
2:09.6	they got very angry about it, especially when he brought up a series of outstanding issues.
2:14.6	And the result is that a conservative politician, Pierre Polyev,
2:19.3	Poliev, may lose the election. And that would be tragic because Canadians are basically saying
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