TRUMP'S DEADLY BORDER THREAT TO CANADA

Hey there Midas Canada viewers, Resisters from all over, Charlie Angus here.So the threat to our border, to our sovereignty, to our nationhood is as serious as it can get.We're learning more now about the phone conversation between Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, where Donald Trump made the explicit threat against our border.A threat that would create a destabilized situation where the United States could use any provocation to attack us.And the only reason they backed off is because Canada stood up and said we would punch them with everything we had.But the threat has not gone away.

Just ask the people of Greenland and Denmark.So what we're seeing with NATO this week is Donald Trump doesn't back down from his threats.He steps back for a while, but the threat against democracy, the threat against sovereignty, the threat to our nationhood remains, and we have to remain vigilant.So we're going to talk about that on today's episode.So the Daily Beast is reporting the details of a very definitive phone call between Canada and the United States.An unprecedented phone call.

It happened as Donald Trump issued 25 % across the board unilateral tariffs against Canada, where Donald Trump was talking out loud about being able to simply move the border if he wanted, where Donald Trump was talking about breaking our nation, ridiculing our prime minister, saying he was going to make us the 51st state.And when prime minister Trudeau phoned him to try and talk through this,and to remind Donald Trump of Canada's longstanding friendship and loyalty and how important the billions of dollars of trade are with the United States for both sides and for workers in both countries, Donald Trump announced that he was going to walk away from the 1908 deal.boundary convention.So that was the convention that finally settled all the issues of the 9 ,000 kilometer undefended border.By making that threat, Donald Trump was saying he was going to plunge North America into a dangerously destabilized situation.

By walking away on the recognition of our sovereignty, Donald Trump was creating a moment for provocation and to target us in any way he wanted.Now, technically Canada could say, well, we still had the 1818 Convention on the border and the 1846 Convention, but it wouldn't matter.What would happen is if the United States walked away, they could say, we don't recognize the border and we will defend our interests.And this was at a time of growing provocation against Canada.When we were hearing it all in the news at the time, it just seemed so bizarre and crazy.You had Christy Noem.

Yeah, Christy Noem, that Christy Noem of Nova Red mining.who was saying that the real threat to the United States wasn't the Southern border.It was the Northern border.Yeah, the Canadian border.That we represented a threat of criminality and menace against the American people.Where you had Kash Patel.

Yeah, Kash Patel.Was he sober or not?The head of the FBI saying that terrorists were coming over the Canadian border.Where Donald Trump was describing Canada is this giant fentanyl lab killing Americans as though we were a narco state.We didn't understand it because it seemed so crazy.But what they were doing where they were setting the excuses for provocation.

to be able to go after a narco state, to be able to cross the border, to go after their supposed terrorist threats.This was a situation that was getting more and more dangerous.And so when Donald Trump put that threat on the table, he was saying, if we don't recognize the border, we can do what the hell we want.And it would have plunged Canada and the United States into a situation of war.But then something happened.that the White House didn't expect.

Canada stood up.Do you remember that March 4th, 2025 press conference in Ottawa with Prime Minister Trudeau, Dominic LeBlanc and Melanie Jolie?When they came out for the press conference, you could see that they were rattled.You could see that something had gone down.And I think of all the moments in Prime Minister Trudeau's career, and people can say whatever they want about him, but this was the finest moment.Prime Minister Trudeau stood up.

He said to the Canadian people that Donald Trump was trying to create, quote, a total collapse of the Canadian economy to make it easier to annex us.He spoke truthfully to us about the nature of the threat.And then he pointed out that Donald Trump has shown such hatred towards Canada and yet was willing to support time and time again, quote, a lying, murderous dictator in the form of Vladimir Putin.These were blunt words.And then Prime Minister Trudeau announced that Canada was going to impose $155 billion in counter tariffs against the United States.This was unprecedented.

Donald Trump, when he threatened other countries, they buckled, they bent, they signed whatever terrible agreement Donald Trump put in front of them.But what Donald Trump was putting in front of us was the end of our nationhood.And so when Prime Minister Trudeau said that he was going to impose $155 billion worth of tariffs, he reminded the Canadian people that this was going to plunge the North American economy into chaos.And he talked directly to American workers and said, you are going to suffer.Like, if our workers suffer, you're going to suffer.It was a very, very unprecedented move.

But I was really struck by what the Prime Minister said to Canadians after telling us of the immense sacrifice that we were going to pay if we took that route.He said, when it comes to defending our great nation, there is no price we aren't willing to pay.And that rallied Canadians, damn right.We would walk through anything to defend our country.And at Rally Canada, the boycott became so impassioned at that point.We understood that this was an existential threat to our nation and we would do whatever it took to defend our border.

And then what happened?Trump taco'd.They didn't expect us to stand up.But did they go away?Did they settle down?Did they decide, okay, this is not a good way to negotiate.

Let's get back to the table.Uh -uh.They turned on us with the whiny bitterness of bullies who've been punched in the nose.Donald Trump started saying that we were the nastiest people he had ever dealt with.Yeah, the nastiest.Pete Hoogstra, his gaslighting ambassador, called us nasty.

Howard Lutnick said, Canada, you suck.Pete Navarro attacked us.They were enraged that we stood up to them.But what it shows also is that when you think of them refusing to open the Gordie Howe Bridge, when they refuse to negotiate on Kuzma, when they continue to gaslight and threaten us, it's because they haven't changed their view that they have the right to arbitrarily move that border or do whatever the hell they want with us.And what's stopping them is that we're standing up to them.And that's why they hate us.

So let's consider what happened this week at NATO.Donald Trump went to NATO.Did anyone think he was going to do anything other than try and undermine the alliance?Well, that's exactly what he did.And he targeted Greenland and Denmark.He issued lie after lie about Greenland, saying that it was surrounded by Chinese and Russian ships.

He said that the Danish people did nothing for Greenland, that Greenland really belonged to the United States.And he issued a threat.He threatened to pull American troops out of Europe unless the NATO allies, the European countries, allowed him to just steal Greenland without any democratic rights of the people being recognized.And that's not going to happen.So what Donald Trump has done is once again, undermine the Western allies, undermine international security.And at the same time, he's relaunched his disastrous war in the Strait of Hormuz.

He's got no plan for it.He's burning the world economy because he can.And we remember the threats against Greenland came after his threats and attack on Venezuela.The fact that he is threatening Cuba.The fact that he is undermining elections all over the Americas and in Europe.He remains a major threat, my friends, and he remains a major threat to Canada, and we can't ignore this.

But I want to end on something that came out this week.There was a new poll that came out from the Alliance of Democracy.So this is a very serious international organization backed by NGOs and democratic think tanks around the world.And they do annual polling of the views of democratic nations.And what they found now, is that the majority of democratic people believe the greatest threat to peace and security in the world right now is the United States.That's the world Donald Trump is creating for the United States.

And you know it doesn't matter what happens if Donald Trump's gone, if J .D.Vance steps in, as long as the United States political, military, media, business communities willing to go along with this, we see the deterioration and the increasing isolation of the United States and the massive realignment of global forces of other countries realizing they can no longer trust the United States.They've got to get the hell out from under this threat and find alternatives.This is what the Prime Minister's vision at Davos has been.This is why we see us signing up agreements with multiple other countries to get out from under the US threat.

But this poll done by the Alliance of the Democracies had another really fascinating feature.It says that more and more countries are looking to China as a stable partner.So imagine that, that Donald Trump's antics and threats to make America great again, and his claims that he could just walk across the Canadian border whenever he felt, what it's done is it's secured the place of China as the dominant world power.Wow, Donald, you've done a great job for the American people.But you know, as long as the American political establishment goes along with you, they are as responsible as you for this chaotic situation.So what does it mean for Canada?

It means we cannot trust the United States.It means we cannot go along and hope that if we give up this or that in trade negotiations, we're going to get peace.They don't want peace.They want our country and they want us as a vassal nation.And as long as we stand up and remain true, north, strong and free, we freak them out.And they are thinking twice about crossing that border.

And we have to maintain that posture.We could never ever do that.them think they can just come at us and that we will give up we will fight fight fight sorry Donald it makes a lot more sense when Canadians say it then when a loser and convicted criminal like you says it so my friends that's where we're at right now okay album of the day songwriter Alex Byrd and Yoon Farncombe.Now we had Alex Byrd the other day on Midas Canada on the Canada Day special because Alex Byrd is a video editor with Midas Canada and he's got this great jazz program, I'm Old Fashioned on Jazz FM.People can listen to it around the world.We've had amazing responses to my call out for Claudia Tenney and her, the US Republican member who's trying to bring in legislation to target Canada because we aren't buying their booze.

God we had amazing responses but I have to do issue an apology people pointed out when I talked about buying wines from democratic countries I mentioned many countries but I failed to mention Australia and New Zealand and yes Australia and New Zealand wines are very popular in Canada certainly since California wines got pushed off the shelf a lot of the white summer wines are doing super well right now so I wanted to apologize for that I got a message from Stephen Boyer.I'm from the UK and Canada gives me hope.And I love the term, Magistan, by the way.And Pat Cullen, to the whole of Canada, stay strong from Liverpool.And William Bowlby says, get British beer in, Charlie.It's much better quality than anything made in America and you'll love it.

Yes, well, at 17, I drank Newcastle Brown Ale all night long once and I'm still recovering.But it is good beer.Aaron Loyal.writes, my favorite quote from Premier Wab Kanu is when he said that Canada will put the alcohol back on the shelves when theEpstein files are released.C 'est beau ça!

Sylvie, I would not drink U .S.alcohol even if it was free.I've been boycotting on my own for 18 months.I never needed anyone from the Canadian government to tell me to boycott.And Ace33, our boycott is like a fine wine.

It keeps getting better, smooth, and stronger as it ages.The boycott turns it into a work of art, something to be proud of.Nothing better first thing in the morning than a hot cup of coffee and some Charlie Angus.Much love from The Rock.Well, I'm coming out to The Rock, St. John's, Newfoundland in September.September 17th for Midas Canada Town Hall.

Jean -François Dubé, bravo monsieur.Je pourrai vous écouter pendant des heures.Merci monsieur pour ça.And Gary Dunn, a fellow northerner, responded to my point about not poking bears.He said, I spent my life in the bush, Charlie, and you're absolutely right about bears.Never had a problem except They sometimes got into our cook tent lol.

Once again the U .S.is poking the bear.My question is do they really think that constant bullying is going to work?F -A -F -O.And Ewan McDermott.

my goodness me charlie angus you sound like an irishman i know you're a proud canadian but it's wonderful to hear you fighting your fighting talk i'm an irishman and i fully appreciate your words and efforts long live canada well thank you for that amen uh and i don't know if it's my accent or not or just the fact that i like a good fight and here's one for you seven e57 may who says, 20 years from now, I'll still not buy U .S.booze because I'm Irish and I can hold a grudge forever.LOL.And David Strand, being Minnesotan, I was raised drinking Windsor and I would never drink Kentucky Swill.Thanks, Midas Canada.

John Weissmuller, dear Charlie, best wishes from Vienna, Austria.Oh, such a beautiful city, Vienna.Michelle Harris, many of us are standing with you, Charlie.in Canada.Elbows up.Love from Texas.

Well, thank you, Texas.And Billy Babs from Massachusetts, keep speaking out.You're helping us all.We normal Americans, those that are left, salute your beautiful country.Well, thank you so much for that.Midas Canada Town Hall, so August 13th, we're doing the fascism and other f -bombs at niagara west secondary school with laura babcock so we're raising money for ukraine and to fight the Cuban blockade.

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