The Keith Edwards Show - Trump Wants To Invade Canada

Episode Date: January 19, 2026

Keith Edwards reacts to Mark Carney's final warning to Trump as he threatens an invasion in Canada.Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/@keithedwards/joinSubscribe to my Substack: http://keithedwards.substack.comBuy a Democracy Hat: https://keithsdebateclub.com/products/democracy-hatCall me and ask a question or leave a comment: ‪[phone]‬Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekeithedwardsshow/Follow me on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/keithedwards.bsky.socialFollow me on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@keithedwardsFollow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keithedwards/Follow me on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@keithedwardsFollow me on X: http://twitter.com/keithedwardsListen to the show on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1chmgsT4aUJPmFlyGXIDGN

We have some news that Donald Trump and his administration are seriously considering going after Canada. This is, of course, in addition to Donald Trump going after Greenland, Venezuela, Iran. And who knows? I mean, who knows what else was? You know after Mexico next? But America's allies are no longer our allies. There are, there are frenemies. And it couldn't be clearer because here is Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister, saying the following. I'd like to know what Canada is doing to protect the integrity of Greenland and related. China fashions itself a near-Arctic power and with some claims to Arctic resources. So I wonder if you could answer that question, what we're doing to help protect Greenland's integrity,

and how do you feel about China's claims such as they are to Arctic resources? Well, to several aspects of that. the first with respect to Greenland, the future of Greenland is a decision for Greenland and for the Kingdom of Denmark. We are NATO partners with Denmark and so our full partnership stands, our obligations on Article 5, Article 2 of NATO stand, and we stand full square behind those. So what he's saying there is that Canada would fight us militarily if the U.S. were ever to invite in big green linen. I got to say, it's very surprising who is for against this. I have Democratic Senator John Federman basically backing up this insane idea. But before we get to that, here are

Americans polled on Trump's push to acquire Greenland. Just 17% of U.S. adults approve of this idea. Just 4% want to take it by military force. Said another way, 96% of Americans are against this. I guess you would never realize that, though, if you were paying attention to what people were saying on the internet and in interviews, because here's John Federman talking about this insane idea. He's a Democrat. He's a Democrat.

Senator Federman, I'll go to you on this. Do you think military force is really an option from the, Trump administration? No, no, I mean, I know. I think that's wrong. I mean, no one know that's not an option. And, you know, for me, though, it's also undeniable that, one, this is not a brand new conversation. Truman and other in the past offered to buy it there. And now I also remind people, it's actually closer to us geographically, North America, to Denmark and Europe, to technically that too. So it's not an absurd, absurd idea. Not at all. But obviously, you're not showing up, you know, with the military and take over.

It's the size in terms of the population of Harrisburg. Yeah. I mean, you're not going to invade, you know. Senator, where are you on the question of Greenland? Because it is of strategic importance for defense purposes and others. I don't, I mean, he had a stroke. I don't know of anyone else who's had a stroke and it totally changes their political alignment. But something happened to this man after that stroke.

And he went from super progressive to super conservative, unless he's always been this but I actually think the stroke literally changed the makeup of his brain and I guess it is kind of funny interesting that one way to go conservative

is to suffer from brain damage how do we get it do we even need it you know I was just a couple months ago met with the prime minister of Denmark and they are welcoming the United States playing a more active role there's an open door I think for diplomatic negotiations for commercial

negotiations. I agree with the senator that we don't, we don't, we shouldn't use military force, but I think we need to have a strategic foothold. And I think there's a path to it. And I think the Trump administration will get there. We shouldn't use military force. Well, that didn't stop us from using military force in Venezuela. I don't like, what is the point of Congress? What does the point of Congress? They're not a check on this insanity. They're just not even a check. Now, Donald Trump, as I said, it's been revealed from insiders that he has a secret plot to take over Canada. So I mean, I guess maybe one silver lining all this is that he's just going to be stretching himself too thin. He's doing, trying to do too much and doesn't, hopefully doesn't have

enough brainpower, manpower to get it done. But the next up on Donald Trump's world tour or takeover as the Daily Beast writes here may be America's northern neighbor. The president 79 has turned his attention toward Canada, fixating on what he sees as vulnerabilities along its northern border that could be exploited by U.S. adversaries, Russia, or China. Two U.S. officials, senior administration officials, and three former senior U.S. officials, told NBC News. Quoted here, they certainly need to up their game when it comes to Arctic capabilities,

one officials called the outlet, adding that Canada's northern border, quote, is not acceptable, given today's threats and that, quote, the status quo is not enough. It goes on to say here, the Trump has repeatedly complained about what he views as Canada's weak defenses, sparking conversations with Canadian officials about a broader Arctic security strategy. Among the initiatives that have caught Trump's interests are expanded

U.S. Maritime Patrals and the purchase of additional icebreakers, specialized ships designed to operate in ice-covered waters operating in or around Canadian territory. One official quoted here said Trump is really worried about the U.S. continuing to drift in the Western Hemisphere and is on, is focused on this. And they added, at the end of the day, this is to stop Russia and China from having a further presence in the Arctic. Trump's fixation on Canada, I'd say, is part of a broader effort to solidify the Western Hemisphere and the falls in line with his aggressive campaign to acquire Greenland, the semi-autonomous Danish territory. Quote, Canada stands to benefit from the U.S. have in Greenland, one administration officials said, well, I'm going to say this.

First off, this is not making us safer at all. It doesn't make us safer. This is the brainchild of an insane person who is paranoid. It seems like he is a paranoid schizophrenic dementia patient who thinks that we are seconds away from danger. We have never been as a, as a military stronger. There's absolutely no need for this. He is creating a problem where there isn't one. I don't, unless he knows something that we don't know. I don't know if he does. There is absolutely no need for us to expand our military and potentially take over Canada as a means to defend ourselves from Russia and China, which, by the way, Donald Trump, if he wanted to help defend us from Russia, the best investment and the cheapest one would be to have fully front

Ukraine because Russia is spending so much time, resources, and truly is sending so many men there that they would not be able to keep it up if we were to actually properly help defend Ukraine. And this is keeping us less safe, too, because as Mark Carney says here, they're looking elsewhere. And he says they are looking to recalibrate the relationship with China. This should terrify everyone. 20 billion in wages are earned each year by Canadians because of our existing trade relationship. And this is a relationship that has been distant and uncertain for nearly a decade. That is held back investment.

It's stalled business growth and cost Canadian workers good opportunities. And it has had the consequence of leaving us even more. dependent on our largest trading partner. And that's why immediately after the election, Canada's new government began to recalibrate our relationship with China strategically, pragmatically. There's a couple of reasons why he's doing this. One, we can not be trusted. Two, China's never embarrassed Canada by calling them their 51st state acting like they own them. this is one member of the Canadian Parliament saying Canada is adopting a pragmatic and strategic approach in our economy relationship and trade diversification.

And someone else said, the breakup of Canada within the next decade or so is a highly underpriced geopolitical risk. And I just, I thought this is a very, very, very smart way to look at this, that Trump has everything backwards. The U.S. does not subsidize the world. The world subsidizes us because the U.S. dollar's reserve currency status allows us to live beyond our means. So, soaring debt, tariffs, and military threats jeopardize that status. And when it's lost, economic collapse will follow. So Donald Trump is thinking he's investing in a way to secure our safety and make us stronger, but he's actually making us weaker. He, I mean, God forbid the U.S. dollar loses its reserve currency status and chaos will follow.

I think that's the only guarantee we know with Donald Trump leading this presidency is that chaos is inevitable. We just don't know in which direction everything's going to go. But as we're seeing with Canada and many other of our supposed allies, we are becoming less and less reliable. And when you become less reliable, folks start to look elsewhere.