Charlie Angus reacts to Trump Venezuela Attack

Summary

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The MeidasTouch Podcast

Episode: Charlie Angus reacts to Trump Venezuela Attack
Date: January 4, 2026
Guests: Charlie Angus (Leader of “Midas Canada”/Canadian Resistance Tour)
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas (MeidasTouch Network)

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Episode Overview

This episode centers on the international crisis and political turmoil triggered by Donald Trump’s 2026 military invasion of Venezuela and the subsequent press conference announcing his so-called “Don Row Doctrine”—an aggressive new policy centered on U.S. dominance across the Western Hemisphere. The discussion features a deep-dive with Charlie Angus, Canadian political leader and head of the Midas Canada Resistance, who articulates the outrage and resolve of the Canadian people in the face of Trump’s expansionist threats, including his year-long rhetoric about turning Canada into “the 51st state.”

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The “Don Roe Doctrine” and Trump’s Expansionism

• The hosts introduce Trump’s new doctrine, contrasting it with the historic Monroe Doctrine, which is now “superseded” to assert U.S. supremacy throughout the hemisphere (00:00–01:53).

• Donald Trump (clip):

  “Under our new national security strategy, American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again. Won’t happen.” (01:53)

• Trump’s ambitions are laid out: statehood for Canada and Greenland, invasion of Venezuela for oil, control of the Panama Canal, and more aggressive rhetoric about U.S. dominance.

2. Lack of Democratic Rationale in the Venezuela Invasion

• Trump dismisses the main Venezuelan opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, claiming she lacks popular support, focusing instead on the extraction of oil and resources (02:24–03:21).

• Notable Exchange:

  • Charlie Angus (to Trump):

    "Are the US aware of the location of opposition leader Machado?"

  • Trump:

    "No, we haven't. Really, we haven't...I think it would be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn’t have the support within or the respect within the country..." (03:01–03:21)

• The hosts note the absence of any democratic pretense in Trump’s stated motives.

3. Canada’s National Response and Resolve

• Charlie Angus describes Canadian sentiments:

  “There is a sense that you can feel everywhere of a determination. We understand exactly who we're up against. We understand that this is a criminal. This man is a convicted criminal who survived for decades siphoning off dark Russian money. He's now doing smash and grab politics, bandit politics, trying to steal other nations resources...Good luck, Donald.” (03:42–05:26)

• Canadians are no longer merely nervous; they are preparing—politically, militarily, and with new alliances, particularly via communications with European partners.

• Canada is forming military plans behind the scenes, including:

  • Collaborating with Ukrainians on drone defense tactics.
  • Considering alternative military aircraft arrangements (e.g., with Sweden), rather than depending on U.S.-controlled technology.
  • Quietly building a 300,000-strong civilian volunteer defense force.

  “Canada has really stepped forward on the world stage. ... Our Prime Minister has been meeting with the Swedes, with the Finns. We are moving dramatically on this, but we're doing it in a very Canadian way. ... That's a real advantage for us.” – Charlie Angus (07:32–08:15)

4. Historical Perspective and Canadian Identity

• Angus draws parallels to Canada’s WWII mobilization, highlighting its history of rapid response and resilience.
• Canada has often been underestimated (“likable slackers until you come up against Canadians”) but history shows otherwise.

  “We built the fourth largest air force in the world, the fourth largest navy. ... I sense that determination now.” (08:23)

5. International Law vs. Gangster Politics

• Contrasts between previous U.S. foreign interventions (which sought international legitimacy) and Trump’s brash disregard for global norms and the UN.

• Trump’s actions framed as an attack on the international order and a wake-up call for democratic alliances.

  “What Donald Trump is saying is he doesn't give a damn about the international rule of law. … He believes in shakedown politics. … We cannot appease this man.” – Charlie Angus (09:29–10:12)

6. Global Alliances and the Future

• Referencing world leaders like French President Macron, who takes a strong pro-democracy stance, highlighting Trump's isolationism.
• Angus predicts that Trump’s open disregard for democracy will create an international backlash and make it impossible to control Venezuela—or to proceed with further hemispheric expansion—without severe consequences.

  “You may think you’re a big mafia boss, Donnie, but this is where it’s going to hit the road…” (11:52–13:07) “We will be ready. And Canadians will stand up. … We will do what we've got to do at this point.” (13:07–13:38)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Trump’s ambition and self-centered rhetoric:

  “This is our, this is ours. Me, me, me, me, me. Or I’m going to put in another authoritarian puppet who likes me. We’re not interested in democracy.” – Host (10:23)

• Charlie Angus’ direct message to Trump:

  “Donald Trump, you had no authority on this… You have no idea what you’ve unleashed here. You have no idea of the extent of opposition because you’ve surrounded yourself with criminal morons. And Donald, quite frankly, you are a criminal moron yourself... Canadians will not let you cross the border. Not now, not ever. We will always be true north, strong and free.” (13:53–15:27)

• Canadian resolve and historical grit:

  “That's the mistake Donald Trump makes every time he shoots his mouth off. Now it reminds us to prepare, not to pick fights. To prepare, to get ready. To be ready.” (10:12)

• On international consequences:

  “The United States is going to be in for a big surprise very soon because nobody is going to be fooled when Donald Trump threatens the next time—people will be ready.” (10:19)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• 00:00 – Opening analysis: Trump’s “Don Roe Doctrine” and ambitions
• 01:53 – Trump press conference quote about U.S. dominance and disregard for previous doctrine
• 03:01 – Trump & Charlie Angus exchange about opposition leader Machado and focus on resources
• 03:42 – Charlie Angus on Canadian response and the sense of resolve
• 05:41 – Discussion: Canada’s resistance, covert military actions, and strategic re-evaluation
• 07:32 – Charlie Angus: Canadian military cooperation and volunteer force update
• 10:23 – Macron vs. Trump on democracy in Venezuela; analysis of global relations
• 11:52 – Charlie Angus forecasts outcome and international coordination
• 13:53 – Angus directs a message to Trump: “Canadians will not let you cross the border.”
• 15:54 – Charlie Angus announces Resistance Tour events in Alberta

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Episode Tone & Style

The tone is urgent, defiant, and often combative—reflecting Canadian grit and indignation mixed with biting humor and political clarity. The hosts and Angus unite around core democratic values, with frank, passionate language and a call for democratic resistance.

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Summary prepared for listeners seeking a comprehensive, insightful breakdown of the episode’s major themes, arguments, and emotional highlights.

Transcript

[Host/Interviewer]

The Canadian people are furious after Donald Trump's invasion of Venezuela and Donald Trump's press conference that he held thereafter, referring to what he wants to do in terms of American dominance in the Western Hemisphere as the Don Roe Doctrine. The Canadian people have prepared themselves and are preparing themselves for what Donald Trump's real ambitions are to totally dominate and control the Western Hemisphere. And as Donald Trump said a year ago, turn Canada into the 51st state, turn Greenland into a state, turn Venezuela into a state, take over the Panama Canal. This is what Trump's ambitions are in 2026. If you take a look a year ago, the New York post cover from January 8, 2025, which is the name that Donald Trump is invoking now, the Don Row Doctrine. This is what Trump was talking about then. This is the New York Post article and you see it's Donald Trump pointing to 51st state, Greenland, saying our land, Gulf of Mexico, saying Gulf of America, Panama Canal, calling it Panamaga. Of course, you know Donald Trump's social media post throughout the past year where he kept on saying that Canada must become a state, we must make Canada a state. Just think about how beautiful it will look without the border of Canada has become a stiff. Canada becomes a state. Stephen Miller's wife, or there was a girlfriend or whatever, she posts a photo of Greenland just now with the American flag over it. I mean, these are truly disturbed people. And here's what Donald Trump said about the Don Row Doctrine, which Trump has defined as conquering Canada, taking it over, invading it. Here's what he said at the press conference. This was not lost on the Canadian people. Play this clip.

[Donald Trump (quoted)]

And the Monroe Doctrine is a big deal, but we've superseded it by a lot, by a real lot. They now call it the Dunro document. I don't know, it's Monroe Doctrine. We sort of forgot about it. It was very important, but we forgot about it. We don't forget about it anymore. Under our new national security strategy, American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again. Won't happen.

[Host/Interviewer]

Notice what he's saying there? Dominance. And this is not about democracy. I mean, the main opposition leader, Machado, Donald Trump, said that she's weak and that the people don't like her in Venezuela and that she shouldn't be the new leader of Venezuela. He said the people don't respect her. Here's what he said. I mean, you would think that if, you know that she's the Nobel Peace Prize winner, she's the main opposition leader. If this idea was about democracy, there would be references to that. But that's not what he said. He said it's about oil. It's about taking over their resources for American oil companies. Here's what he said about Machado.

[Charlie Angus]

Are the US aware of the location of opposition leader Machado?

[Host/Interviewer]

And have you been in contact with her?

[Donald Trump (quoted)]

No, we haven't. Really, we haven't.

[Charlie Angus]

Mr. President, do you have any heterosexual on Monday?

[Donald Trump (quoted)]

I think it would be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn't have the support within or the respect within the country. She's a very nice woman, but she.

[Host/Interviewer]

Doesn'T have the respect to want to bring in. Charlie Angus, leader of Midas Canada, leader of the resistance tour. The Midas Canada Tour. Charlie, good to see you. Talk to us about what you're hearing from the Canadian people right now after this unlawful invasion by the United States of Venezuela.

[Charlie Angus]

Well, you know, in Canada for a long time, the issues of Latin America seem very far away. We'd seen gunboat diplomacy used time and time again, and we just thought, well, that's not something we would have to deal with. But Donald Trump is making us deal with this. And Donald Trump has made it very clear what his agenda is. He doesn't give a damn about democracy. He doesn't give a damn about human rights. The Canadian government had opposed Modero on a number of issues in terms of democracy and human rights. But Donald Trump says he doesn't care. He wants their oil. He doesn't even believe that their opposition leader will have a place because he plans to run Venezuela himself. Good luck, Donald. Good luck with that. My sense from the Canadian people is that, you know, again last year we would have been really nervous. We'd have been freaked out by this. There is a sense that you can feel everywhere of a determination. We understand exactly who we're up against. We understand that this is a criminal. This man is a convicted criminal who survived for decades siphoning off dark Russian money. He's now doing smash and grab politics, bandit politics, trying to steal other nations resources. And it's forcing the rest of the world to decide which side they're on. And right now our leader, Mark Carney, has been in constant communication with the Europeans. I don't think the Europeans would have probably backed us at the beginning of last year. Honest to God, I was over at NATO. They were freaked out. They wanted to appease maga, but MAGA has no friends. Donald Trump isn't interested in allies. So we see this attack on Venezuela as setting the stage for an attack where Donald Trump could go anywhere. The same language he's used against Venezuela, he's used against us, a democratic nation. And he sees that we have immense resources. The difference is this time, Donald, good luck trying to think that you are going to intimidate or break the Canadian people. It's not going to happen.

[Host/Interviewer]

You know, when Trump used the rhetoric, 51st state, I mean, you were one of the first to say, this isn't him being funny, this isn't rhetoric. It's not mere trolling. This is not just economic warfare language. I mean, you were really the first person out there, one of the first people out there to say, this is war language. He's actually declaring a war or intentions to go to war with, with Canada. He really wants to take it over. That's his ambition. If the Canadian people don't resist, you and I have covered how Canada has resisted on the economic side of things, but very quietly behind the scenes, Canada has been working on military plans as well. Whether it is frankly working with the Ukrainians to learn about the drone technology even more and implementing a strategy in the event the United States invades with drones. The civilian army of 300,000 people, which I know lots of Canadian corporate media kind of pooh poos and goes, ah, that's not, you know, oh, are we really going to be able to do that? But it's actually, you know, real serious. You've got Prime Minister Carney reconsidering, you know, the American aircrafts and whether even though the American aircrafts are clearly superior aircraft, if Donald Trump is able to manipulate the aircraft, should you be dependent on that or do you take a inferior aircraft, but that you can start to control the destiny of it and build it out with Sweden with their planes. Talk to us about on the military side, because Canada's, they're not announcing, they're not like doing this to great deal of public fanfare, but they're dealing with the military side of things quietly.

[Charlie Angus]

It is really extraordinary what's happened in the last year. Canada has really stepped forward on the world stage. We're talking about permanent military base in Latvia to work with the Latvians on the front line against Putin. We've been there in Ukraine doing training, but I think the real issue is getting trained in how to fight these kind of gangster wars of the 21st century, the drone wars. Our Prime Minister has been meeting with the Swedes, with the Finns. We are moving dramatically on this, but we're doing it in a way that very Canadian. Our Prime Minister doesn't want to draw attention. And Donald Trump shoots his mouth off. And they don't, they don't take us seriously. That's a real advantage for us. You know, we are, we always see ourselves as a nation of likable slackers until you come up against Canadians. You know, Ben, in the Second World War, we were only 11 million people. When the Brits were trying to get their people off the shores of Dunkirk, we were already there in Britain. We had already put troops on the ground. That's how fast we moved. We were there in the skies over the Battle of Britain. You know, while the US Was wondering whether there could be peace with Herr Hitler, we had 17 and 18 year olds on the North Atlantic taking out U boats. 11 million people built the fourth largest air force in the world, the fourth largest navy. We were everywhere. And then we kind of forgot about it. But I sense that determination now the government's moving on this issue of a 300,000 person civilian volunteer force. I get messages all the time. People want to be part of this. People are ready. But I think what's really the larger issue here is that Trump believes he doesn't need allies. You know, whenever the, when the US Went up against Noriega, you know, they built a whole paper trail in the courts. When they went up against the weapons of mass destruction, they brought the issue to the UN they were always trying to at least create a sense of international credibility because it was about the international rule of law. What Donald Trump is saying is he doesn't give a damn about the international rule of law. This is a direct attack on the UN this is a direct attack on all the laws that have been put in place to keep the world peaceful since the Second World War. And Canada stands firmly with the international community. We cannot go along. We're not going to go along to get along. We cannot appease this man. This man is a convicted criminal who believes in shakedown politics. So, yeah, this has been a real wake up call for us. And I think that's the mistake Donald Trump makes every time he shoots his mouth off. Now it reminds us to prepare, not to pick fights. To prepare, to get ready. To be ready. To be ready. The rest of the world is doing the same thing. The United States is going to be in for a big surprise very soon because nobody is going to be fooled when Donald Trump threatens the next time people will be ready.

[Host/Interviewer]

You know, it's interesting that, you know, I shared earlier the clip of Donald Trump saying that Maria Karina Machado doesn't have the respect of the people. And she would make a bad leader. You know, you have French President Emmanuel Macron saying, I just spoke with her, I fully support her call for the liberation and the protection of the political prisoners of the Maduro regime. Like all Venezuelans, she can count on France's support to raise her voice in favor of a peaceful danger, democratic transition that fully respects the sovereign will of the Venezuelan people. And I think that people expect that Donald Trump's message would be something along the lines of, of that or that would be a response. But you now have this strange situation where Donald Trump seems to say, I'm running it, I'm ruling it. This is our, this is ours. Me, me, me, me, me. Or I'm going to put in another authoritarian puppet who likes me. We're not interested in democracy. And then you have. And Macron's been stepping up on the world stage too, with his support of Ukraine and France offering its military supplies. So it's just a strange thing to see these dynamics develop where you think, well, surely Donald Trump's going to support Machado, right? She won the Nobel Peace. No, no, no, he's not. He goes, no.

[Charlie Angus]

Well, I think the real issue here is that Trump could have gotten himself some kind of credibility by saying, I'm taking down a dictator. Human rights violator. But Donald Trump doesn't believe in democracy and he doesn't believe in human rights. And he's made it clear he plans to run Venezuela. Well, this is a massive country. You think that you can run a country without their consent. This is going to go very badly for the United States from the get go. He would have had some kind of, you know, paper thin credibility for this invasion by supporting the Venezuelan opposition leader, but he's not. So what you're seeing now is I bet the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, is on the phone tonight to France, to Germany to start saying, okay, what do we need to do here in terms of making sure that Trump doesn't try and extend this any further? But Trump is going to be in for big, big trouble because you can't run a country the size of Venezuela. You just can't go in and steal their resources just because you think you're able to get away with it. You may think you're a big mafia boss, Donnie, but this is where it's going to hit the road, because the Venezuelan people, even the ones who didn't support Maduro, will not support a foreign power taking their resources. So this is going to be a quagmire from the get Go. The fact that he's now hinting that he's coming for us, he's coming for Greenland, he's coming for the other countries in Latin America. We're all having to now decide that this is a world in a new form of war. This is a world war, a hybrid war. This is an opening phase of the gangster attempt to take over. And we will be ready. And Canadians will stand up. And Canadians are really reconsidering our position as the quiet, peaceful, next door neighbors. We will do what we've got to do at this point, Charlie.

[Host/Interviewer]

We always conclude our video this way. We know that Trump's people are always watching this. The ambassador to Canada is always watching this. Their whole crew's watching this. So right now, what's your message to Donald Trump after his unlawful invasion of Venezuela?

[Charlie Angus]

Well, Donald Trump, you had no authority on this, and you think you don't need authority, but you do. You don't believe that you need the international community. Well, you do. You don't have any friends. You don't think you need friends, Donald. You don't think you need allies. You do need allies. This is what every government has learned. But you are allied to the gangsters. You're allied to Putin. You're allied to Netanyahu, you're allied to Belarus. You are on your own here and you've taken over a country. You've ridiculed their democratic opposition, and you think you're going to run this and you think that Canada is going to let you come and use the same level of gunboat diplomacy on us? It's not going to happen, Don. You have no idea what you've unleashed here. You have no idea of the extent of opposition because you've surrounded yourself with criminal morons. And Donald, quite frankly, you are a criminal moron yourself. You're a narcissist. You're a convicted criminal. If you hadn't lived off Russian dark money for all these years, you would have been bankrupt long ago. And you will be bankrupt again, Donald, because you are driving your country into the ground and making it a pariah on the international stage. As for Canada, we will do what we've got to do. We will continue to build our alliances. We will continue to refocus our economy away from the gangster economy so that we are ready. Whatever happens next, Donald, Canadians will not let you cross the border. Not now, not ever. We will always be true north, strong and free.

[Host/Interviewer]

Charlie Angus, leader of Midas Canada, Leader of the Resistance Tor in Canada. Everybody subscribe to the Midas Canada channel, which is on its way to 1 million subscribers. Just search Midas Canada and also check back on Midas Canada as Charlie announces the next stops on the Resistance Tour, including in some unexpected but very necessary places. I'll just leave it at that. Thanks, John.

[Charlie Angus]

Edmonton, January 17 Edmonton, January 16 Calgary 17 we are coming to Alberta where we are going to be joining the resistors in the fight against maga. Alberta. Come on out folks.

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