FURIOUS Canada BLASTS Trump over TARIFF DEADLINE!!!
Canada is furious and it is striking. back hard against Donald Trump and his. despicable regime as Donald Trump has. set an arbitrary deadline of August. 19th. Make a deal with us, Canada, by. August 19th or else we will impose harsh. tariffs against you. Well, Canada isn't. scared. Canada knows that Donald Trump. is weak and pathetic and Canada is. fighting back. Charlie Angus from Midas. Canada, a former member of the Canadian. Parliament, is one of the people leading.
the way of the people-powered elbows up. movement in Canada, pushing back against. Donald Trump and his despicable regime. Also, Charlie Angus is leading the way. on a petition to recall and to push out. Pete Hoekstra, the awful United States. Ambassador to Canada. So, let's take a. look at what's going on. Here's Charlie. Angus's message to Donald Trump about. his August 19th tariff deadline where. Donald Trump said, "If you don't do a.
deal with us, Canada, and redo the Kuzma. agreement that Donald Trump is. breaching, and if you don't bow down to. Donald Trump's threats, then we're going. to impose 50% tariffs against your. hockey sticks and other aspects of your. economy." Here's Charlie Angus's message. to Donald Trump. Let's play it. >> Take your tariff and stuff it. >> And then more from Charlie Angus right. here. Again, Charlie Angus is now the. leader of Midas Canada, former member of. Parliament, and no one does it like.
Charlie. So honored to be working with. or just be affiliated with Charlie and. to be working with Charlie. Here, play. this clip. >> There is no deal to be had. We're. dealing with very bad actors who are out. to intimidate and make us break. That is. the entire focus of this. It doesn't. matter the damage that Donald Trump's. doing to his own economy. His obsession. is the fact that Canada continues to. resist. And resist we will. >> Now, here's what Charlie Angus also said. about Donald Trump's tariff threats and.
what Donald Trump is trying to do here. and how Donald Trump continues to want. to make Canada a 51st state and how. Canada is fighting back and pushing back. very hard. Listen to what Angus has to. say. Let's play it. >> Let's talk about the 50% arbitrary. tariffs that Donald Trump threw on us. just 30 days ago. Uh, he said it was in response to our. discriminatory practices. This was as. they were shouting louder and louder and. louder about how unfair and how nasty. and how mean we were and how we are.
discriminating against Americans. Whoa. Those tariffs were thrown on because. Canada set up our own tariffs in. response to being attacked in the first. place. That's like you're sitting at the. bar having a drink and someone comes up. and punches you in the head and then you. respond and then they start whining to. the police that you were mean to them. These tariffs that Donald Trump has. thrown on us is an attempt to intimidate. us, to make us back down from the fact. that there are only two countries in the.
world. They say that again and again, Donald Trump and and Pete Hoekstra and. Howard Lotnick, only two countries that. didn't roll over when hit with arbitrary. trade threats. That was Canada and that. was China. So, what this is all about is. making Canada bend. That's what this. negotiation is. They are demanding that. we bend and break and they take it. personally that we didn't. So, these 50%. tariffs, well, on everything from swimming pools to. hockey sticks. The fact is is who's. paying for it? Right now, the American.
people who are facing the highest level. of inflation in the G7, who are dealing. with higher and higher prices for. groceries, are going to be paying these. fees. So, way to go, Donald. You are punishing. your own people while you're trying to. punish Canada. The other thing is is that what was the. leverage that he used to attack Canada? It was section 338 of the Smoot-Hawley. Tariff Act of 1930. Now, that tariff act. is so notorious. It is recognized as the. worst piece of economic legislation in.
economic history because it plunged the. world into the Great Depression. No. American president has ever even tried. to resurrect the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. because it is such a destructive and. stupid tariff tool. But, Donald Trump's. using it and he's using it to the. maximum ability he can, 50% arbitrary. tariffs because he really, really wants. to punish us. >> More from Charlie Angus right here where. he talks about how because of Donald. Trump's behavior, Canada is now opening.
up its market to China and elsewhere, which it wouldn't have done before. And. now Donald Trump's like, "No, you need. to just do deals with the United States. You can't do deals with China." And And. Charlie's like, "Well, what do you want. us to do? I mean, you treated us like. crap. This isn't the past relationship. anymore. We're going to be looking to do. other deals. We're going to be. circumspect about it, but we're going to. look to open up our markets like China. EVs may make sense in certain in certain. areas." Um and then Charlie Angus.
continues to talk about how Canada is. prepared for the fight against the Trump. regime. Play this clip. >> And then the other element is China. Uh. would. Canada give up now its open access to. China and the fact that we're allowing. Chinese EVs in with the proviso that. they start setting up operations in. Canada? You know, a few years ago would have. been a pretty straightforward ask for. the government of the United States to. say, "We don't want China. We want to. have a maintain a strong North American. market." Well, that would have worked. Canada was more than willing to be part.
of the strong North American market. Donald Trump is demanding this. hemispheric response and making America. strong in the hemisphere. Well, he had. that with Kuzma. We were more than. willing to be the little brother. But, we are not going to walk away on trade. deals with Europe and China now because. we understand how arbitrary and. dangerous the United States is at this. time. These are my thoughts. The Prime Minister's going to do what he. has to do. He's going to go down. He's. going to negotiate in good faith, but he. knows that there's no good faith on the.
other side. Are we going to get a trade. deal? I doubt it. And if we give up. something as powerful as the boycott on. alcohol, a symbol that drives the United. States crazy, then we will have. surrendered and shown the white flag and. that's all Donald Trump wants. He wants. us to show the white flag. He wants us. to bend the knee and then he'll come. back for more. Well, he's not going to. get it and I think the Prime Minister is. hearing from Canadians loud and clear. that they're willing to hold the line. They're willing to have the conversation. about what it's going to take to.
maintain our economic independence when. our next door neighbor has turned to. gangster politics. As far as what Donald Trump is doing. with the American economy, well, it's. getting more and more fragile there all. the time. They've lost jobs. They lost. jobs last month. We added jobs. So, what. did they do? They tried to blame us. They said that we were doing terrible. They are obsessed with us because we are. not bending and we are not breaking. And. you know what? You guys can have. Superman. We don't mind. You can have. basketball. We'll give you that, too. It's okay. We don't mind. Make it all.
about you guys. We're just going to. carry on and do our thing because we're. Canada. We are true, north, strong, and. free. >> What I found very fascinating about. Charlie. and what he's building with Midas. Canada, you know, it's the same thing we. saw here to some extent in the United. States with our corporate news so not. aligned with where the people were. And. I think it's a little bit worse here in. the United States, but it is as I. observe Charlie, it's also, you know,
pretty disconnected in Canada as well. I. mean, here we have sycophantic just. straight up propaganda mega media here, you know, which is just awful. But also. as Charlie points out, you know, Canadian media was always geared towards. what can we do to please the United. States? How do we make the US happy? And. as Charlie points out, that ain't where. the people are at. The people are elbows. up and the corporate news in Canada. really hasn't got the message yet. Listen to what Charlie says here. Play. this clip.
>> Uh you know, they're all saying what the. Prime Minister needs to do to win. concessions or to get tariff relief and. what the Prime Minister must do in order. to secure a deal. And of course, they're. also talking about, you know, the what. if scenario. Did you know that they're. saying 100,000 jobs will be lost if we. don't secure Kuzma in Canada? Well, 200,000 plus will be lost in the. United States. But here's the thing. When they signed. the North American Free Trade Deal, Canada lost 340,000.
good-paying manufacturing jobs. And do. you think that the bankers here and the. kings of industry and the right-wing who. pushed for that free trade deal gave a. damn about those 340,000 jobs? Hell, we. were told that was the price of entry, even though Canadians overwhelmingly. opposed free trade. So, the question I. would ask before getting to the issues. of this latest tariff threat is, when. are we going to have a conversation. about what we would need to do to secure. our independence economically and.
protect our sovereignty in an age of the. kind of gangster threats that are coming. from Washington? Because as much as the media are talking. about what the Prime Minister needs to. do to secure a deal and how, you know, his credibility is resting on it, I. would argue. that the biggest threat to the Prime. Minister right now would be to come back. from Washington and say. he secured a deal. Because we all know if he secures a. deal, it will mean major concessions. because Donald Trump is not interested.
in any capacity in a fair trade deal. So, the Prime Minister is in a situation. where if he announces a deal, people are. going to say, "What did you give up?". Because what we're giving up is our. sovereignty. >> And let me interrupt for just a moment. with some big news. I got good news for. you right now. Something pretty. remarkable just happened in one of the. reddest states in America. For the first. time ever, Utah generated more. electricity from solar power than from. any other energy source during the month. of May. According to new energy data, solar produced nearly 1/3 of all the.
electricity generated in the state, edging out natural gas while coal fell. to third place. I want you to think. about that for a sec cuz Utah has long. been associated with fossil fuels, but. the economics of clean energy are. changing the landscape. Experts say this. didn't happen overnight. It's the result. of years of investment in large-scale. solar projects, including massive new. solar farms that have come online. recently, along with battery storage. that helps deliver power even after the. sun goes down. I want to highlight Grist. for their incredible reporting on this. Logan Mitchell, a climate scientist and. energy analyst with Utah Clean Energy,
told Grist, quote, "Wind plus solar is. on a tear right now. We may have. achieved liftoff." And he noted how wind. and solar complement each other since. wind generation is highest in winter. months and solar produces the most. electricity in the summer. But wait, I. seem to remember that Trump said. something about countries use wind just. the other day. >> Any country with windmills. is a loser, okay? >> Well, the good news is even red states. like Utah aren't listening to him and. it's not just an environmental story. Energy experts say that this shift means. cleaner air, new jobs, more investment,
and a stronger economy. In other words, renewable energy isn't just about. fighting climate change anymore. It's. increasingly becoming the cheaper, more. practical option that states and. businesses are choosing because it makes. economic sense. So, despite Trump's. attacks on clean energy, the market. appears to be moving in a much different. direction. Even states that aren't. traditionally seen as clean energy. leaders are rapidly expanding solar and. wind because the tech has become more. efficient, more affordable, and more. competitive. So, this is definitely a. story worth watching because it could be. a glimpse of where America's energy. future is heading. That's the latest.
Now, I want to hear from you. What do. you think about renewable energy like. wind, solar, and other clean power. sources? Do you think politicians should. be making this more of a priority? And. what do you think of the Trump. administration's approach towards clean. energy? Let me know right now in the. comments. Okay, Ben, back to you. And then Charlie talks about some. victories for people power recently as. well. He talks about the petition that. he's helping in Canada and he encourages. everybody to sign the petition. So,
listen carefully, everybody in Canada. that is to sign the petition. So, if. you're watching in Canada, you can. listen to what what Charlie's saying. here, but you probably have seen this. before. But, he's also talking about. elsewhere, Greenland for example. Just. you know, this pro-democracy community. that I talk about all the time is. international. We're united. internationally across borders because. the fascist threats are international, right? I mean, the Trump MAGA stuff. here, you got Pierre Poilievre in.
Canada. You you had Dutton in Australia. You have these types you have Reform. Party in the UK. I mean, you have this. all around the world right now. And this is an international issue. Here's what Charlie has to say, let's. play it. >> On the extraordinary impact of people. power. Look at Greenland Energy, the. Texas-based company that was going to. have an illegal incursion into. Greenland. I guess they thought that. Donald Trump would back them up, that. the far right in America would be all.
over this, and that they would. intimidate Greenland. And Greenland. said, "I don't think so." And what. happened? 50% of Greenland Energy stock. value disintegrated in a few short days. So, as for Stampede Drilling and the. Gani Transport, they've been hammered. with people from across the country and. around the world who've been phoning. them and demanding that they respect the. laws of Greenland. And now they're. saying, "Well, if we are going to go to. Greenland, it'll be because there are. permits in place. This is what happens when people speak.
up. The bullies don't get their way and. we push back. Same as the incredible. response uh since we've taken up the. fight for the petition to get Peter. Julian. expelled. So, the first time I raised. concerns and said, "Hey, why don't we. get a national campaign to support. Leanne Walker's petition that was. brought into the house by Elizabeth. May?" At the time they had 14,000. signatures. By the time the media noticed, that. might as mighty Canadian response had. pushed it up to 29,000. I did a second.
push when it was at 34,000 and over the. course of the day it went to 70,000. signatures and now it's well over. 100,000. Got this great message from our. resister Brian Taylor who broke it down. He said, "It's now 8:00 on the 12th of. August, roughly 12 hours after Charlie. posted, >> [snorts]. >> and the number of signatures this. morning were about 34,000, now over. 70,000. The breakdown by province is. below. This is the power of resistance,". he writes. "Alberta, 7,429.
signatures. British Columbia, 13,776. signatures. Manitoba, 2,816. New Brunswick, 1,802. Come on, New. Brunswick. You guys can do better. Newfoundland and Labrador, 908. Come on, guys. Pick it up. Pick it up. Northwest. Territories, 105. Come on, folks. Uh. Nova Scotia, 3,002. Nunavut, 14. Ontario, 30,684. Prince Edward Island, 509 signatures.
Quebec, 8,477. Saskatchewan, 1,786. [snorts]. And Yukon, 125. So, that was when it was. at 70,000 signatures over the course of. that day. We're over 100,000. Let's keep. going. Let's get this to be the biggest. petition in Canadian history. A petition. E-7531. If you haven't signed it, just go. online, you can find it if you're a. Canadian citizen, sign 7531. You need to. basically give your name, your address,
your phone number, and email. The. Parliament of Canada will then register. it. They will send you an email to. confirm that it is you, and then once. you confirm, your name will be added to. the list. This will be brought to. Parliament. This is people power. So, anyways, it's happening, my friends. We. got to keep reminding ourselves about. how strong we are when we work together. >> And then just to prove the point, uh. what was it? 24 hours ago, 48 hours ago. or so, you had this pathetic little. Jamieson Greer, the US trade.
representative, this whiny little loser. guy, you know, who's like, "Um we're mad. at Canada. Canada, we're mad at you." I. mean, this guy, Jamieson Greer, is just. uh he's he's he's such This guy is such. a freaking loser. Listen to what he. says. Play this clip. >> Well, I I would say that those duties, if you if you look at at what was put. out, the legal basis for those duties, the policy basis for those duties are. related to to measures that Canada took. against the United States. So, I've got. two countries in the world that have.
retaliated against the United States for. trade measures. The People's Republic of. China and Canada. That's not the kind of. company you really want to be running. in. And so, we have three issues where. Canadians have banned the sale of. American wine and spirits uh in Canada. You know, for for for everything that. that we've done on the on the Trump. trade administration of I said. essentially assessing a fee on foreign. goods made by foreign workers, uh we're. not in the business of of banning uh. these things from from Canada. So, that's interesting. So, that has to be. resolved. Uh we have an uneven dairy.
treatment. Uh in some instances, uh. Canada gives the EU better treatment on. dairy than they give us, their best. customer. And we want the benefit of our. bargain from NAFTA and USMCA on on on. dairy. Uh and then we have a variety of. other issues on on procurement uh and a. variety of things like that. I mean, those things have to be resolved because. that's a legal basis uh for those other. tariffs. Uh you know, with with again, from the US perspective, you know, this is our trade policy. The. Canadians have come in and they want to. have a conversation about it and and. we're having those conversations. I.
mean, again, this is a global trade. policy. We have been suffering in the. United States for decades under a trade. policy that incentivizes offshoring to. to China, to Mexico, to Vietnam, but in. some cases, to Canada even. And and we. can't allow that to happen anymore. Ultimately, we are accountable to. American voters. The president was. elected by voters on a on a campaign on. a platform of protecting American. industry. So, that is first and foremost. what we need to do. Uh you know, these tariffs that are. coming in, they are a response to.
Canadian uh retaliatory measures like. the kind of things that China would do. Um and so, those are things that would. have to be resolved. Thank you. >> And then he's like, for more than. decade, like five decades, Canada's just. abused us here in the Canada's been so. mean to us. I mean, it really takes weak. and pathetic losers like Jameson Greer. in this Trump regime to look at all the. issues in the world and go, "You know. who's been treating us unfairly? Canada." I mean, it's just so utterly. pathetic. Listen to what Greer says. Let's play it. >> Well, I suppose what I would say is for.
decades we have had major trade issues. with Canada. So, when you say one or two. issues, that would be nice if it were. one or two issues. There are a lot of. issues and we and and we're speaking. about all of them. Um so, you know, I I won't give any more. detail than that other than all of these. things that we have been concerned with. for for decades on the US side, we have. been raising them, we continue to raise. them, and I think that any potential. resolution has to include all of these. or a pathway forward for them. Thank. you. >> Again, I want to give an elbows up.
shout out to all our friends in Canada. Maple Midas, what's up? Great to see you. all. Let's we're in this together. Let's. keep fighting together. We appreciate. you. Hit subscribe, subscribe to Midas. Canada, Midas Canada a force in Canada. right now and internationally. So. amazing to see the growth there. Thanks. for watching everybody. We appreciate. you so much. Breaking news right now. My. brothers and I wrote a book. It's called. WTF America and well, doesn't that just.
say it all? It comes out officially this. October, but you can pre-order your copy. today. Just scan the QR code or click. the link in the description below. >> [music]. [music].
