Trump is trying to distract us from what's really going on behind closed doors. Like the sleight of hand magician, he is trying to make us look one way, while the trick is going on before our eyes undetected.
Probably how costly those tax cuts are going to be. The price of goods and services are going to rise to pay the rich friends of trump and those paying for them won't notice cause we're too busy considering this Canada business.
Hi Ben, I'm so Glad you all are safe💙. I'm not hearing anything about trump's only budget plan is to try to steal from other countries. He won't invade, as putin has, but he'll try to bully other govts into paying him for protection, like he did to Zelenskyy & Ukraine. Or he will make us as hated as Russia, by using putin's kleptocracy ro target allies. Then USA is isolated per their plan, then he sells out to Putin, when our allies leave us.
Bingo! I said in 2016 that he would turn us over to the Russians. I stand by my comment. I just wasn't sure of the mechanism to accomplish this, but your scenario sounds extremely plausible.
agree totally, the Donald has sold us out before with Putin, by ignoring the Intelligence telling things otherwise! Donald is on this 51 role due to one or several of his billy friends want it and remind him frequently. midterms cannot come to soon!
Thank you, Ben, for covering some news from a Canadian perspective, and interviewing our NDP stalwarts, giving your wide audience (mostly Americans) a chance to hear from us!
The very first thing Canadians can do is change their vacation destinations. If the whole world decided to change their vacations this year it would definitely send a message that this clown and his billionaire butt kissers are gonna cause severe damage across the globe.
What for a couple of months? It’s like a strike and if you haven’t been paying attention to the way trump is transactional he’ll fold like a wet paper bag. I live in Florida and will guess we have 100 times more tourists here than you. Nothing gets done unless everyone pulls together. You think a little time out is gonna devastate you just wait until the tariffs hit.
So be it, hit tRump where he thinks he is strong right in the US wallet this might get his attention well that and a 2x4 across his noggin. Az will survive and maybe less morons will fall into the grand canyon trying to take selfies 🤳 .
I am sorry that the Canadians have to deal with our newly elected Psycho. He is a handful to deal with. I agree that you folks need to stand your ground. A note of caution. His weakness is to be ridiculed, or made fun of. He is a heartless bast%$# with zero sense of normal human feelings. Also, you'll need to use simple words because he's very ignorant and can't read and therefore won't read any big words. Pretend he is a 6-year-old who is not yet potty-trained. Very , Jim Bitondo / Seattle
Remember what was happening in the news when this whole Canada/Panama/Greenland noise started? Trump's cabinet picks were all the outrage for their various lack of qualifications and Mike Johnson was trying his hardest to prevent the House ethics report being made public in order to support Gaetz's AG bid. Trump is a master at controlling the news cycle and everyone falls for it.
Slight revision - chaotic flooding with daily releases of melon felon garbage falls short of any masters level. Bannon may have shown him how this works too.
Let's quit pretending Trump is joking. Trump now knows that he owns the biggest Arsenal of nuclear weapons known to man. The man doesn't joke the man has never joked and the fucking media how to learn that at some point in their existence Maybe when that first nuclear weapon shows up well I'll be wiped away and it won't make any damn difference that you never figured out the fact that Donald Trump isn't just a narcissist that Elon Musk is not just a billionaire they're fucking fruit cakes. Let's look at the demographics in the US population unofficially I'd say 13% of the population is whacked out on opioids; 25% of the population are supremist; 40% of the population are praying for Armageddon. What's left is those of us who realize just what state this world is in. And Canada Denmark the UN realizes exactly where the United States sits today.
As far as Convicted Felon Trump is concerned, the chaos IS the point. He is shifting attention away from the stuff he is really interested in, and the other stuff he was getting in trouble for.
To start with, he really tried to avoid being called a convicted felon, but now he is, and yet that is not the lead story. He nominated historically incompetent and BAD nominees to various departments and yet that is 'yesterday's news' while Republicans in the Senate are trying to figure out how to respond, without any public pressure to do the right thing. He is trying to gently walk back a number of promises he made, and that is not the lead story either. Instead we are talking about Greenland and Canada, when it is bloody obvious the nation does not have an appetite for even an economic war to conquer them.
Trump used this same tactic throughout his first term as president. Don't play into his hands again. He constantly does 'worse' things to distract attention from the bad things he has done. this normalizes the bad things, until nothing is important anymore. People respond to news that is consistent and points out how bad something is. When it goes away they assume the 'bad', the danger has gone away.
So no, the rhetoric and economic threats are NOT backfiring on Convicted Felon Trump. As mentioned in the article Convicted Felon Trump does not care what happens to the 'poor' (non-billionaires). Musk is another example of this chaos generation. A lot of distracting noise, chaos...
Nah. While he will have the power of the presidency, per the 14th amendment he can not legitimately hold any office. SCOTUS simply said Congress would have to make a law in order to take his name off the ballots, they really said nothing about him actually holding office. 'Convicted Felon Trump' clarifies which Trump and which convicted felon he is. He never respected the office, and never respected his oath. He could never even bother to learn the constitution which his oath swore him to "protect and defend", so why in the world would we give him respect? In fact, to give respect to the office I feel it is best to not call him president. Do you remember all the name calling and insults Convicted Felon Trump and his trumpettes called Biden? We are being far nicer and civil by merely telling the truth, backed up by facts. Something Convicted Felon Trump never bothered to do.
Agree completely. It's a Murdoch news trick. Won elections in Aus doing it and the country suffered. Watch the facts, not the fiction. Trump is a professional liar. His words mean nothing... watch the hands folks.
These houses that are burning done will need Cnadian lumber torebuild! So sorry your home will now cost three times as much as it would have before FELON trump
She doesn’t mince words. This is how one should retort to the malignant clown’s “rhetoric”. Where is the breaking point when other democracy abiding nations decide to go on the offense for a change, realizing this joke of an administration is completely dysfunctional and can’t sustain itself.
I guess you’re right about that at this point. But I think back to the Bush Cheney years and there still was earnest pushback to the outright lies of that dastardly administration. The sane-washing of the Bush regime by the cowed corporate mainstream media is culpable in getting us to this dire point. People in their 60s and 70s shouldn’t be the only ones still taking to the streets. The younger generations must be outraged enough in order to do what’s necessary to turn things around.
I remember it as though it were yesterday. Evil days indeed. Bush/Cheney will rot in hell. People are so immune to Trump that they think it's reality TV. Trump will also rot in hell, but he's going to do so much damage before he gets there if young people don't start taking their country seriously. Here in Aus young people are not interested. My son-in-law quotes Joe Rogan and when challenged tells me I don't understand. He's a nice young man, with zero capacity for bullshit detection. My autistic kid? Calls Trump, Musk and JoeR c**ts. Ask him why and he has facts. It's no longer a world I recognise.
Your kid is right on the money, which gives me hope. The herd mentality following Rogan is pop culture at its lowest intelligence, surpassing the pet rock.
Correct. He's 32, very high IQ and thinks in straight lines. His bullshit detector is sensational. Surprisingly he has a lot of neurotypical friends. They all agree about Trump/Musk.
Your autistic kid recognizes others who are also “neurodiverse” or on the “spectrum” and better understands what they are saying and when they are full of bull💩 than normal people.
Yes. It’s interesting/puzzling/confounding to me that we old farts are the ones in the streets. Maybe the kids have another plan? Another way of seeing this mess? I surely don’t know if anything will turn this horror around. I don’t have much real hope. But I press on. As you do.
See Robert REICH'S post on all the Blue states on East/West Coast being Canadas two new provinces. The blue states never did like djt. Colorado and New Mexico, idk how these states will be acquired by Canada. 🤔🤔
Dumpster would sell his own mom if he got something for her so I have no doubt the moron would bluster and bully all these countries! I'm Canadian and there is no way in hell we would join the USA ! He is doing all this for his dear leader , Putin and the wealthy ! I'm sick of this rhetoric ! Just shut up ! Run your own country !
Trump is trying to distract us from what's really going on behind closed doors. Like the sleight of hand magician, he is trying to make us look one way, while the trick is going on before our eyes undetected.
100%
Probably how costly those tax cuts are going to be. The price of goods and services are going to rise to pay the rich friends of trump and those paying for them won't notice cause we're too busy considering this Canada business.
Hi Ben, I'm so Glad you all are safe💙. I'm not hearing anything about trump's only budget plan is to try to steal from other countries. He won't invade, as putin has, but he'll try to bully other govts into paying him for protection, like he did to Zelenskyy & Ukraine. Or he will make us as hated as Russia, by using putin's kleptocracy ro target allies. Then USA is isolated per their plan, then he sells out to Putin, when our allies leave us.
Bingo! I said in 2016 that he would turn us over to the Russians. I stand by my comment. I just wasn't sure of the mechanism to accomplish this, but your scenario sounds extremely plausible.
me too!!! 💯
agree totally, the Donald has sold us out before with Putin, by ignoring the Intelligence telling things otherwise! Donald is on this 51 role due to one or several of his billy friends want it and remind him frequently. midterms cannot come to soon!
Thank you, Ben, for covering some news from a Canadian perspective, and interviewing our NDP stalwarts, giving your wide audience (mostly Americans) a chance to hear from us!
The very first thing Canadians can do is change their vacation destinations. If the whole world decided to change their vacations this year it would definitely send a message that this clown and his billionaire butt kissers are gonna cause severe damage across the globe.
And that plan will bring economic hardship to states like Maine, a good part of which depends heavily on tourism.
What for a couple of months? It’s like a strike and if you haven’t been paying attention to the way trump is transactional he’ll fold like a wet paper bag. I live in Florida and will guess we have 100 times more tourists here than you. Nothing gets done unless everyone pulls together. You think a little time out is gonna devastate you just wait until the tariffs hit.
So be it, hit tRump where he thinks he is strong right in the US wallet this might get his attention well that and a 2x4 across his noggin. Az will survive and maybe less morons will fall into the grand canyon trying to take selfies 🤳 .
TOTALLY agree! Hey Canadians, why would you spend your hard earned $$ in a country whose leader offends and mocks your sovereignty??
I am sorry that the Canadians have to deal with our newly elected Psycho. He is a handful to deal with. I agree that you folks need to stand your ground. A note of caution. His weakness is to be ridiculed, or made fun of. He is a heartless bast%$# with zero sense of normal human feelings. Also, you'll need to use simple words because he's very ignorant and can't read and therefore won't read any big words. Pretend he is a 6-year-old who is not yet potty-trained. Very , Jim Bitondo / Seattle
The sad part is they know what to expect, sadly magas don't
Again, how is Trump not engaging in terrorism?
Exactly!!!!
Remember what was happening in the news when this whole Canada/Panama/Greenland noise started? Trump's cabinet picks were all the outrage for their various lack of qualifications and Mike Johnson was trying his hardest to prevent the House ethics report being made public in order to support Gaetz's AG bid. Trump is a master at controlling the news cycle and everyone falls for it.
Slight revision - chaotic flooding with daily releases of melon felon garbage falls short of any masters level. Bannon may have shown him how this works too.
I've said it before it's all distraction
Let's quit pretending Trump is joking. Trump now knows that he owns the biggest Arsenal of nuclear weapons known to man. The man doesn't joke the man has never joked and the fucking media how to learn that at some point in their existence Maybe when that first nuclear weapon shows up well I'll be wiped away and it won't make any damn difference that you never figured out the fact that Donald Trump isn't just a narcissist that Elon Musk is not just a billionaire they're fucking fruit cakes. Let's look at the demographics in the US population unofficially I'd say 13% of the population is whacked out on opioids; 25% of the population are supremist; 40% of the population are praying for Armageddon. What's left is those of us who realize just what state this world is in. And Canada Denmark the UN realizes exactly where the United States sits today.
tRump ain't joking you have to have a sense of humor for that, tRump doesn't .
In Canada. French is an official language
The aboriginal peoples will want to re-negotiate all the treaties between their nations and the Crown with Trump
Canada’s gun laws are strict
Women are equal to men as per Canada’s version of the ERA - the Person's Act of 1927
Canada has free healthcare
The differences berween Canada and the Us are not insignificant
1927 damn America is way behind.
So many great things 🇨🇦
As far as Convicted Felon Trump is concerned, the chaos IS the point. He is shifting attention away from the stuff he is really interested in, and the other stuff he was getting in trouble for.
To start with, he really tried to avoid being called a convicted felon, but now he is, and yet that is not the lead story. He nominated historically incompetent and BAD nominees to various departments and yet that is 'yesterday's news' while Republicans in the Senate are trying to figure out how to respond, without any public pressure to do the right thing. He is trying to gently walk back a number of promises he made, and that is not the lead story either. Instead we are talking about Greenland and Canada, when it is bloody obvious the nation does not have an appetite for even an economic war to conquer them.
Trump used this same tactic throughout his first term as president. Don't play into his hands again. He constantly does 'worse' things to distract attention from the bad things he has done. this normalizes the bad things, until nothing is important anymore. People respond to news that is consistent and points out how bad something is. When it goes away they assume the 'bad', the danger has gone away.
So no, the rhetoric and economic threats are NOT backfiring on Convicted Felon Trump. As mentioned in the article Convicted Felon Trump does not care what happens to the 'poor' (non-billionaires). Musk is another example of this chaos generation. A lot of distracting noise, chaos...
So is his new title convicted felon president tRump?
Nah. While he will have the power of the presidency, per the 14th amendment he can not legitimately hold any office. SCOTUS simply said Congress would have to make a law in order to take his name off the ballots, they really said nothing about him actually holding office. 'Convicted Felon Trump' clarifies which Trump and which convicted felon he is. He never respected the office, and never respected his oath. He could never even bother to learn the constitution which his oath swore him to "protect and defend", so why in the world would we give him respect? In fact, to give respect to the office I feel it is best to not call him president. Do you remember all the name calling and insults Convicted Felon Trump and his trumpettes called Biden? We are being far nicer and civil by merely telling the truth, backed up by facts. Something Convicted Felon Trump never bothered to do.
Agree completely. It's a Murdoch news trick. Won elections in Aus doing it and the country suffered. Watch the facts, not the fiction. Trump is a professional liar. His words mean nothing... watch the hands folks.
If this doesn't prove that the POS should be committed and in a padded room, nothing does. Someone has to take him out before he kills all of us.
If/when I’d bet the rent it’ll be one of his own.
Jd is probably poised to do just that take tRump out. Dementia does not just go away.
What might happen when a useful idiot is no longer useful.
These houses that are burning done will need Cnadian lumber torebuild! So sorry your home will now cost three times as much as it would have before FELON trump
She doesn’t mince words. This is how one should retort to the malignant clown’s “rhetoric”. Where is the breaking point when other democracy abiding nations decide to go on the offense for a change, realizing this joke of an administration is completely dysfunctional and can’t sustain itself.
Thank the Universe someone has the spine to push back. We are a lazy, spoiled, undisciplined people.
I guess you’re right about that at this point. But I think back to the Bush Cheney years and there still was earnest pushback to the outright lies of that dastardly administration. The sane-washing of the Bush regime by the cowed corporate mainstream media is culpable in getting us to this dire point. People in their 60s and 70s shouldn’t be the only ones still taking to the streets. The younger generations must be outraged enough in order to do what’s necessary to turn things around.
I remember it as though it were yesterday. Evil days indeed. Bush/Cheney will rot in hell. People are so immune to Trump that they think it's reality TV. Trump will also rot in hell, but he's going to do so much damage before he gets there if young people don't start taking their country seriously. Here in Aus young people are not interested. My son-in-law quotes Joe Rogan and when challenged tells me I don't understand. He's a nice young man, with zero capacity for bullshit detection. My autistic kid? Calls Trump, Musk and JoeR c**ts. Ask him why and he has facts. It's no longer a world I recognise.
Your kid is right on the money, which gives me hope. The herd mentality following Rogan is pop culture at its lowest intelligence, surpassing the pet rock.
Correct. He's 32, very high IQ and thinks in straight lines. His bullshit detector is sensational. Surprisingly he has a lot of neurotypical friends. They all agree about Trump/Musk.
Your autistic kid recognizes others who are also “neurodiverse” or on the “spectrum” and better understands what they are saying and when they are full of bull💩 than normal people.
He's 32, very high IQ, extreme autism. He says Musk fakes ND. My kid rarely dislikes anyone but he really loathes Musk.
Yes. It’s interesting/puzzling/confounding to me that we old farts are the ones in the streets. Maybe the kids have another plan? Another way of seeing this mess? I surely don’t know if anything will turn this horror around. I don’t have much real hope. But I press on. As you do.
You are very much loved Brett Ben and Joardie…across the planet.
See Robert REICH'S post on all the Blue states on East/West Coast being Canadas two new provinces. The blue states never did like djt. Colorado and New Mexico, idk how these states will be acquired by Canada. 🤔🤔
Hey...Don't forget Minnesota, eh!
I saw on map Illinois also is blue, maybe ole JB can make it happen
Dumpster would sell his own mom if he got something for her so I have no doubt the moron would bluster and bully all these countries! I'm Canadian and there is no way in hell we would join the USA ! He is doing all this for his dear leader , Putin and the wealthy ! I'm sick of this rhetoric ! Just shut up ! Run your own country !