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Contact T Mobile Profound and abiding Rage Canada's answer to America's abandonment. That was the name Pitch Perfect name of the op ed by Stephen Marsh, a journalist and podcaster from Canada. This made state regime media in America Fox very upset. They were like, how dare he write about this. I want to talk about how furious Canada is, but how Canada has moved on from the Trump regime and how they are now working with their own allies across the world to checkmate Donald Trump. I also want to talk about the powerful speech that was given by Ontario's premier Doug Ford yesterday. And Doug Ford used to be Maple Maga. Not anymore. And he just said in the speech, I just want you all to know how hyped up and off I am at our neighbors in the south. Well, the leadership there, Donald Trump, I love the American people, but that leadership right now under the Trump regime me off. I'm going to show you that in a moment as well. But this is from Marsh's op ed in the New York Times. He goes canada has experienced the second Trump administration like a teenager being kicked out of the house by an abusive father. We have to grow up fast and we can't go back. And the choices we make now will matter forever. They will reveal our national character. Anger is a useful emotion, but only as a point of departure. We have to reckon with the fact that from now on our power will come only from ourselves. And it should be noted that back in May, Marsh suggested that a war, an actual war between the United States and Canada was no longer inconceivable. Quote, I think when countries are in constitutional crisis and when their legal system starts to fall apart, as America's legal system is falling apart, violence against neighboring countries is very common. To me it's very intimately tied with talk about being a third term president. Right? That's exactly out of the playbook of authoritarian regimes around the world. Back to Marsh in just a Moment. But I want to talk about some of the data that came out yesterday. We know in the United States that core inflation is now surging past 3.1% year over year in these specific sectors as well, where America imports heavily from foreign countries. America's getting crushed there as well. But we also learned that US Auto exports to Canada plummeted as a result of Donald Trump's trade war against the world. Canada imported more vehicles from Mexico than the US In June for the first time in three decades, underscoring the historic shifts underway as the global auto industry grapples with Trump's tariffs. Canadian importers brought in about $784 million of passenger vehicles from Mexico during the month, which exceeds what was brought in from the United States of America. All right, now I want to show you Premier of Ontario Doug Ford speech that he gave yesterday in Windsor, powerful speech right here. Here, he says, I'm just going to let you all know, just being blunt, Trump is driving me, makes me so damn angry. He says, here, play this clip.
Doug Ford
Sorry, I'm getting a little passionate today because that guy drives me crazy down south, I'll tell you, and 41 million other Canadians. So.
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Now, again, Doug Ford is a Conservative Party premier at the provincial level, but he's working very closely with the federal Liberal government, led by Prime Minister Carney, to punch back against the Trump regime. Here Doug Ford explains with very specific details how Donald Trump's tariffs are killing America. And Doug Ford says, let's go through these various industries. Trump is literally destroying the United States of America. And Doug Ford's, like when I speak with Howard Lutnick, when I speak with Scott Bessant, when I speak with Donald Trump's trade reps, I'm telling him, do you realize you're screwing yourself, idiots? Here, play this clip.
Doug Ford
You know my message to the US and if I go on US Media, be it CNN or whoever, my message to the Americans, this does not work. Tariffs do not work. I've been listening to Ronald Reagan a lot and you know, tariffs are terrible for the global economy. What it does is reduce competitiveness and it has more of a monopoly. People rely on government handouts and what that causes, that causes inflation. So it does not work. And proof is in the pudding. I've been pounding the president and Howard Lutnick, Secretary Lutnick, you're doing nothing but hurting the American people. When you tariff Canadians, you're hurting Americans. And proof is in the pudding. Now, the auto sector, you heard, is six and a half billion dollars. They've lost. That's just the beginning. It's just going to continue. And the mayor mentioned it. I've always said you can't unscramble an egg. You got to make the omelet larger. And let's grow together. Let's create the am can fortress. That's what we need to do. And then Procter and Gamble announced a billion dollar loss in Mattel and Walmart and that list goes down and they don't have enough workers to fill the jobs down in the U.S. so folks, let's just keep focusing on what we can do. And that's what I've said to the Premiers and the Prime Minister. Yeah, always keep an eye on Trump, but let's focus on how we can be more competitive and be the greatest jurisdiction in the world. We got the critical minerals, we have the energy. We're leading the G and nuclear energy that everyone wants. We're leading the world with a small modular reactors. So we have everything going for ourselves.
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Here's another part of this great speech in Windsor where Premier Ford says, look, the one good thing that Trump did, he's united. He's united us all. Here, play this clip.
Doug Ford
And there's one thing President Trump has done, one thing, that's the only credit I'm going to give this guy is he's united the country. He's united the country. No matter what political stripe you're from. We're all Canadians, we're all Ontarians and we're going to fight like no tomorrow. But thank you and may God bless the people of Ontario.
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And whereas America is crushing its talent pool, whereas Trump is hurting the workers, harming our education system, harming our ability to recruit talent from across the globe as well. One of the things that Premier Doug Ford is saying is, look, we're focused on our talent pool in Canada while America is tripping over itself. We are having some of the best educated, smartest, hardest working people right here in Canada. Here, play this clip.
Doug Ford
When you create that environment and conditions for companies to come here, they'll come here. But our number one selling feature are the people. We have the highest skilled people anywhere in the entire world. You know, we graduate 70,000 STEM graduates and some right in this area, but that's not it. We're going to move that up to 100,000 and no US state can say they're graduating 70,000, not to mention 100,000. And I met with a few companies and the first thing that came out of their mouth mare was the talent pool. Here you can't beat the talent pool no matter if it's the tech sector, the health sector or the manufacturing sector. We have the best of the best. But we're never going to give up. We're going to fight like we've never fought, as I mentioned earlier. And I just want to thank each and every one of you. It's Team Ontario, Team Canada.
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And then Ford talks about Canada becoming the strongest country in the G7. Play this clip.
Doug Ford
Folks, we all know this is a serious time for our province and our country. With President Trump taking direct aim at our economy. Our government is doing everything in its power to cut red tape and make Ontario and Canada the strongest economy in the G7.
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I found this portion of Ford's speech incredible too where he talks about we need to strengthen the border from Americans crossing. We need to make sure that we have more than just the local Windsor police dealing with it because a lot of Americans want to unlawfully crack cross into Canada to get away from Trump. Near play this clip.
Doug Ford
Anything that we can onshore, we can onshore because we have the market here where we buy $359 billion worth of products off the U.S. that's more than Japan, China, Korea, UK and France combined. So we don't have to take a backseat to anyone and we sure don't have to take a backseat to President Trump. We need to go full steam.
News Reporter
Just a question on border security here. After a person was arrested for allegedly crossing from the US to our region in a kayak last week, another person allegedly crossed from Sarnia into the US On a stolen sea doo on the weekend. Our harbor master says that these are common incidents and more needs done. The province has already announced Operation Deterrence to stop these breaches at the border. But how does it keep happening?
Doug Ford
Well, first of all, and this isn't the present prime minister's problem, it was a previous prime minister that weren't funding border agencies, the Canadian border agencies agency properly. They're short thousands of patrol officers and even, even in Windsor. And mayor, correct me if I'm wrong, but we had the Windsor police boat patrolling the river instead of CBS like cbsa. Really? You're relying on the Windsor police, a small police service patrol? No, that's unacceptable. We went out, now we bought a helicopter for this region. So the opp, which is unusual, they're patrolling Operation Deterrence is patrolling up and down our borders, which should be cbsa. And by the way, I want to thank the CBSA officers. They're all champions, but they need more help. They need more resources. So hopefully the prime minister will give them more resources. But we can't have the great police officers of Windsor out there patrolling our borders. They have enough issues they got to take care of on the land.
Political Commentator
All right, now back to where I started with Stephen Marsh's guest op ed in the New York Times. This is how Fox was writing about it. Canadian columnist muses how Canada can extricate ourselves from the United States amid the Trump presidency. And it goes on to talk about how. Marsh writes, the question that we must ask is how do we extricate ourselves from America and how painful that will be. He goes on to say, as America dismantles its elite institutions one by one, that aspirational connection between Canada and America is dissolving. The question is no longer how to stop comparing ourselves with the United States, but how to escape its grasp and escape its fate. Marsh argues that Canada's first shipment of liquefied natural gas to a South Korean port and ongoing importing deals with China last month prove the country is able to compete on the world stage without relying on the United States. He suggests that Canada can also be a model for other countries. He writes, canada will have to serve as a connector between the world's democracies in a line that stretches from Taiwan and South Korea across North America to Poland and Ukraine. He basically says that America is in the middle of a grand abdication, he says, and he's very critical of any Democratic governors who are trying to get along with Donald Trump. And he quotes Prime Minister Mark Carney, who says that the old relationship with the United States is done. We are over the United States now. Here was a headline from Rolling Stone yesterday, why Canada isn't sweating Trump's mob tactics. The gang that couldn't govern straight under Trump. Canada's most favored status indoors. Suckers. By calling his bluff and asserting an independent policy on Palestine despite Trump's threats, Canada has dare speak in the only language Trump understands. Leverage. And also you have Prime Minister Carney, you know, looking Donald Trump and saying, be my guest. You want to screw us, we screw you. We have your treasuries. You want us to drop your treasuries. You want us to plummet the United States. You heard, by the way, what Premier Ford said. We are your biggest client out there. So you screw us, we screw you, and we tank you, Donald. It'll be very easy for us to do that. And Prime Minister Carney also asserting himself in international affairs, not just in the recognition of of the Palestinian state, but also supporting President Zelensky of Ukraine as Donald Trump abandons Ukraine. As Donald Trump plans to meet with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, American soil, which Trump keeps referring to as Russia, Mark Carney got on the phone with Zelinsky and said, I've got your back. Europe's got your back. We will never abandon you, Zelinsky. And then Prime Minister Carney post. I spoke with President Zelensky today. We agree that decisions on the future of Ukraine must be made by Ukrainians, that international borders cannot be changed by force, and that diplomatic engagement must be reinforced by continued pressure on Russia to end its aggression. We also underscored the need for robust and credible security to enable Ukraine to defend its territorial integrity and sovereignty. As negotiations work towards securing a just and lasting peace, Canada's support for Ukraine is steadfast. In other words, checkmate. Donald, Canada doesn't need you anymore. Canada strong. Elbows up. Midas Canada announcement coming soon with Charlie Angus. Are you ready? Hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million. Thanks for watching.
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The MeidasTouch Podcast Episode Summary: "Furious Canada Checkmates Trump as USA Suffers Bad"
Release Date: August 13, 2025
In this episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, hosts Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas delve into the evolving political dynamics between Canada and the United States amidst the Trump administration's tumultuous policies. The discussion highlights Canada's strategic maneuvers to counteract Trump's influence, economic challenges faced by the U.S., and the resilient stance of Canadian leadership under Premier Doug Ford.
The episode opens with an analysis of Stephen Marsh's op-ed titled "Furious Canada: Checkmates Trump as USA Suffers Bad," published in the New York Times. Marsh critiques the Trump administration, drawing parallels between Canada's current political climate and a teenager ousted from an abusive household. He emphasizes the necessity for Canada to assert its independence and reshape its national character amidst America's constitutional crises.
Notable Quote:
“The choices we make now will matter forever. They will reveal our national character.” – Stephen Marsh ([00:50])
Marsh warns of the potential for heightened tensions, suggesting that in times of constitutional crisis, conflicts with neighboring countries can escalate, hinting at the fragility of U.S.-Canada relations under Trump's leadership.
A significant portion of the episode features excerpts from Ontario Premier Doug Ford's recent speech in Windsor, where he vocally criticizes President Trump’s policies and their detrimental effects on both Canada and the United States.
Notable Quote:
“Trump is driving me, makes me so damn angry.” – Doug Ford ([04:00])
Ford articulates the adverse impacts of Trump's tariffs on various U.S. industries, including the automotive sector. He underscores the negative economic repercussions, stating that Trump's policies are "literally destroying the United States of America."
Further, Ford highlights Canada's commitment to fostering a robust, self-reliant economy by leveraging critical resources like critical minerals and energy, positioning Canada as a competitive powerhouse within the G7 nations.
Notable Quote:
“Tariffs do not work. I've been listening to Ronald Reagan a lot and you know, tariffs are terrible for the global economy.” – Doug Ford ([04:54])
The podcast discusses recent economic data indicating that the U.S. is grappling with rising core inflation, now surpassing 3.1% year-over-year in sectors heavily reliant on imports. This inflationary pressure is exacerbated by decreased auto exports to Canada, a direct consequence of Trump's trade war against global markets.
Key Statistics:
These figures underscore the shifting dynamics in the global auto industry, with Canada's strategic pivot towards Mexico mitigating some adverse effects of U.S. tariffs.
Premier Ford emphasizes Canada's focus on developing its talent pool to attract and retain top-tier professionals across various sectors, contrasting sharply with the U.S.'s struggles under Trump's administration.
Notable Quote:
“We have the highest skilled people anywhere in the entire world. You know, we graduate 70,000 STEM graduates and some right in this area, but that's not it. We're going to move that up to 100,000 and no US state can say they're graduating 70,000, not to mention 100,000.” – Doug Ford ([09:11])
Ford outlines governmental initiatives to reduce red tape, promote competitiveness, and invest in critical industries such as technology, health, and manufacturing. He advocates for creating a robust "AMCAN Fortress," focusing on internal growth and international collaboration to bolster Canada's economic standing.
Addressing concerns over border security, especially with increased attempts by American citizens to unlawfully cross into Canada to escape the instability under Trump's regime, Ford announces enhanced measures to secure the border.
Notable Quote:
“We need to go full steam.” – Doug Ford ([10:44])
Ford criticizes the previous administration for underfunding border agencies and highlights recent investments, including the acquisition of a helicopter, to bolster patrol capabilities. He calls for more resources for the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to effectively manage and secure the borders.
Returning to Stephen Marsh's op-ed, the podcast delves deeper into his perspective on Canada's strategic disengagement from the United States. Marsh argues that as the U.S. dismantles its elite institutions, Canada must redefine its relationship with its southern neighbor to preserve its autonomy and international standing.
Key Points:
Notable Quote:
“Canada strong. Elbows up.” – Summary of Prime Minister Carney’s Position ([12:00])
Marsh concludes that Canada's decisive actions and strategic policies effectively "checkmate" Trump's influence, positioning Canada as a formidable player on the global stage independent of U.S. politics.
The Meiselas brothers encapsulate Canada's robust response to the challenges posed by the Trump administration, highlighting strategic economic reforms, enhanced border security, and a commitment to international alliances. Premier Doug Ford's leadership is portrayed as pivotal in steering Canada towards greater autonomy and economic strength, ensuring that Canada remains resilient and competitive in an increasingly polarized North American landscape.
Episode Highlights:
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