The MeidasTouch Podcast

Episode Title: Furious Canada Summons Army After Trump’s Threat
Date: December 11, 2025
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas
Guest: Charlie Angus, Leader of Meidas Canada

Overview

This episode explores Canada’s unprecedented military mobilization and growing defense posture in direct response to escalating threats from the United States under a second Trump administration. The Meiselas brothers, joined by Canadian analyst Charlie Angus, delve into the seismic geopolitical shifts happening as Trump’s administration outlines a hostile new international doctrine. The discussion unpacks Canada’s plan to prepare a 300,000-strong citizen army, military procurement dilemmas, and global military realignments as traditional alliances falter and autocratic regimes exert influence.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

Canada’s Military Mobilization in Context

• Canada’s Department of National Defence is proposing to call up 300,000 citizen reservists to supplement its traditional armed forces (02:25–05:17).

  • This supplementary reserve aims to move the country to “war footing” in anticipation of potential U.S. aggression.
  • The surge is described by hosts as a historic and extraordinary step, compared in scale to mobilizations not seen since World Wars I and II.
  • Shift is driven by U.S. policy signals classifying Canada as within America’s unquestioned “sphere of influence.”

• Notable Quote:
  “General Jenny Carillon, the leader of the defense forces, the top commander in Canada, is calling on this mass mobilization of 300,000 citizens to defend the homeland.”
  — Ben Meiselas (04:00)

Trump Doctrine & Geopolitical Shifts

• U.S. National Security Strategy now asserts redefined spheres of influence: Canada, Mexico, and Latin America under U.S. “control,” Eastern Europe ceded to Russia, and the Asia-Pacific, including Japan and Korea, to China (04:35–05:17).

• Trump is openly pushing for regime changes in Europe and the dissolution of NATO, sowing uncertainty among longstanding allies.

• Canada, Japan, Germany, and Denmark are all rapidly increasing military spending and forces in anticipation of instability and betrayals by the U.S. (14:08–17:14).

• Notable Quote:
  “America throwing Taiwan and Japan and South Korea under the bus. So Canada heard this message loud and clear, and they're arming up 300,000 soldiers coming from the citizenry.”
  — Ben Meiselas (04:54)

Canada’s Defense Procurement Dilemma

• Canada debates purchasing Swedish Gripen fighter jets over U.S.-made F35s due to concerns that an openly hostile U.S. might cut off support or manipulate systems (04:04–04:17, 15:02–15:45).

• Canada aims to lessen dependence on the U.S. for military equipment (currently 75%) by diversifying suppliers in Europe and even direct cooperation with Ukraine.

• Notable Quote:
  “Do you go with perhaps not quite as good fighter technology, but from a reliable partner, or do you go with the better technology from an enemy, essentially, at this point?”
  — Ben Meiselas (08:30)

Canada-Ukraine Defense Cooperation

• Ukraine is sharing advanced drone technology and joint military production with Canada (07:00–08:30).
• Canada’s drive to master drone warfare is informed by Ukraine’s defense innovations against Russia, and hopes to adapt those technologies should U.S. hostility escalate.

Civilian Army: Structure & Purpose

• The hosts and Charlie Angus clarify the distinction between Canada’s existing reserves and the planned 300,000-strong “citizens army.”

  • The mobilization would include non-traditional recruits: older individuals, those previously ineligible for combat roles, specifically trained for tasks such as drone operation and logistics (09:21–10:44).

• Ostensible public rationale is support for domestic emergencies (e.g., wildfires), but the real intent is unmistakably national defense.

• Notable Quote:
  "They’re being really careful. What they're saying… will be to fight forest fires and emergencies, but they're also talking about taking people who are older, people who wouldn’t normally pass the physical, people who aren’t of military age, and teaching them how to work drones."
  — Charlie Angus (09:40)

Message to Trump & the MAGA Movement

• The episode closes with a pointed message to Trump, denouncing the new Trump Doctrine as “racist” and “isolationist,” while vowing Canadian resistance (17:47–19:19).

• Hosts and guest agree that Canada, Europe, and other allies will not capitulate to U.S. threats or abandon democracy, regardless of shifting U.S. politics.

• Notable Quote:
  “Donald, we are not seeing the crisis in affordability that you are because we are accommodating and getting ready. But what this tells me, Donald, is that as the cracks get bigger and bigger in MAGA, the rest of the world has moved on. So Vladimir Putin is a very happy man right now. He’s got his obedient dumb sock puppet in you, and you are doing his bidding.”
  — Charlie Angus (18:19)

Memorable Moments & Quotes – With Timestamps

• On the unprecedented scale of Canadian mobilization:
  “Charlie, this is. This is unprecedented ... They're talking about a 300,000 citizens army of volunteers.”
  — Ben Meiselas (09:21)

• On Canada's defense posture shift:
  "This is sending a message that we will defend this land."
  — Charlie Angus (10:44)

• On the Trump administration’s hostile policies:
  "This is the global blueprint for takeover, for global conflict ... Russia’s already fighting World War 3, hybrid warfare ... The cracks in the MAGA credibility on this..."
  — Charlie Angus (12:53)

• On shifting military alliances:
  "We are always doing training drills with the US ... So now suddenly we see that this is no longer just friends anymore."
  — Charlie Angus (15:05)

• Final defiant sign-off to Trump:
  "We will remain, Donald, at the end of the day, true north, strong and free. You'll probably end up in a jail cell someday..."
  — Charlie Angus (19:06)

Key Timeline

• 02:04–04:54: Overview of Canada’s military expansion, new procurement, and U.S. posture
• 05:17–07:00: Enumerating global conflict zones and war escalation worldwide
• 07:00–09:21: Details of Canada-Ukraine drone cooperation and rationale for procurement shift
• 09:21–10:44: Charlie Angus explains the composition and intent of the civilian army
• 12:11–14:08: Rapidly changing global defense strategies and mainstream media’s lack of coverage
• 15:02–17:14: Charlie addresses Canada’s defense integration with the U.S., new alliances, and Baltic deployments
• 17:47–19:22: Message to Donald Trump and the MAGA right; vision for Canadian and allied resistance

Tone & Language

The episode melds urgent, fact-based analysis with the Meiselas brothers' signature irreverent candor and democratic advocacy. Language is direct and unsparing toward Trump and autocratic trends, but also pragmatic and defiant as Canada prepares for an uncertain future.

Summary Takeaway

Canada, rattled by overt U.S. threats and a destabilized global order under a second Trump presidency, is proactively redefining its military structure and alliances. The episode underscores a moment of profound transformation—where old alliances are in crisis, democracies scramble to adapt, and traditional ‘safe’ nations like Canada face existential questions about sovereignty and defense. The message: Canada, and likeminded nations, will not submit quietly to autocratic threats—at home or abroad.