The MeidasTouch Podcast - Canada Just Went There…

Episode Date: September 10, 2026

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Canada dramatically escalating its response to Donald Trump, as Canadian leaders take major new action and make clear they will not back down in the rapidly intensifying confrontation with the United States. To claim, visit https://ARTICLE.COM/MEIDAS and the discount will be automatically applied at checkout Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts:MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcastLegal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-afMissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trialThe PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcastCult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassanThe Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-showThe Ken Harbaugh Show: https://meidasnews.com/tag/the-ken-harbaugh-showMajority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellmanUncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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While others follow the noise, we follow the money. Learn more at Bloomberg.com. Ad Ads Manager makes it easy to create your first audio ad in minutes for free. Sign up today, launch a campaign, and start reaching your audience. Canada just went there dropping the hammer even more. The Trump regime threatens more tariffs and Prime Minister Carney and the United Premiers of Canada said, we don't care. We're in a trade war. We're going to win. Elbows up, gloves down, over the boards. Let's go. Let's do it. Let me show you what Premier Wob Canoe of Manitoba had to say. Yep, he went there. Here, play this clip. Release the Epstein files. Donald Trump is Jeffrey Epstein's best friend. The reason why we're at war in Iran and everyone's

paying higher gas prices is because of the Epstein files. Told you, he went there. More from Premier Wob Canoe of Manitoba. Here's what he had to say. Play this clip. When it comes to Trump himself, I think part of what gives him his power is, people pay attention when he does all these different erratic moves. So I think we're at the stage where, yeah, just kind of don't feed the beast and just starve them of intention a little bit. But there is a substantive trade dispute that needs to get addressed. And I think right now we just need to recognize that America is going to be there long

after Donald Trump leaves office. So let's figure out a way to establish concrete relationships with reasonable actors who will presumably take the helm once he's done. And let's put the pieces in place to try and get our economy prepared to whether it's the next few months or whether it's the next two years plus. Then you had the very whiny loser behavior of Jameson Greer, the U.S. Trade Representative. You all know a Jameson Greer in your life, right? Wynie, pathetic. loser behavior over here. And he's like, I think this trade war is not even a big deal.

I think Canada is unhinged for taking this so seriously. It's not even a big situation. Do you see how they're panicking over there in the Trump regime? Listen to this whiny, grotesque, vile thing. Jameson Greer, right? Jameson Greer. Here, play this clip. I mean, Prime Minister Carney,

use the term war. It's not a word we use, right? We don't talk about it that way. For us, it's business, it's economics. And by the way, the tariffs we put in place whenever it was 10 days ago, seven days ago, it only covers 5% of imports from Canada. It's like a rounding error. And so to kind of have it whipped up into this giant thing where we're talking about war and economic tax and all these things, it's a little unhinged. Yeah. And Jameson Greer sat with the financial times. And he says, it's absolutely unhinged for Canada to call the dispute with the U.S. A trade war. This isn't a trade war.

It's the Canadians that came out and said, this is a war. We're just putting additional fees on them. Why are they taking this so seriously? And then he says, the fact that we are issuing further tariffs against Canada, it's a natural consequence of Canada's retaliation. They should do nothing. They should just sit back and take it. it. This is what he says. In a news release issued late Tuesday, Greer called the measures a natural

consequence of Canada's trade tactics. Canada chose to embark on senseless retaliation against the United States. So thus, we must make them pay. More on Greer in a moment, but let me show you Tim Hodgson, the Minister of Energy. Here's what he had to say. Play this, Glenn. We are in a trade war. a trade war that we did not ask for, but that we must win. Yeah, you're damn right, it's a trade war. Not only is it a trade war, I think saying trade war is putting it lightly. My view, Donald Trump has declared an actual war on Canada. When you use 51st state language, when you start promoting separatist groups and secession,

when you start talking about invading the country as Trump and his regime have. That's war language. That goes beyond trade war. That's what Charlie Angus says. That's what he talks about on Midas Canada. Take a listen to what the finance minister had to say right here of Canada. He goes, you know what? There's a lot of issues, but this is a golden opportunity in front of us. The world is changing. America is changing. Canada is getting stronger. America's getting more isolated in this new multilateral world. Canada has a bigger and bigger role as the U.S. weaker, and he's right. Here, play this clip. My key message is that I see a golden opportunity in front of us. The world is changing. America is changing. The world energy architecture is changing. And in that new

world, obviously, in the words of the international energy agency, Canada can be at the center. Why? Because we provide stability, predictability, and trust. Listen to what former conservative leader, Aaron O'Toole had to say here as well, play this clip. The sort of very insulting language and memes, you know, and the offensive things that are being said about Canada and our leaders, our sovereignty, and you name it. I mean, it's really high school, you know, stuff, if not elementary school stuff. You know, and I just wonder, what do you think is going on there? You know, it aches me to my core, Todd. You know, when I was the Minister of Veterans Affairs, and the Harper government, I went and spoke in Congress about Canadians fighting and dying

together in World War II and the Devil's Brigade. They were honored by the Americans. And now we have the Secretary of War poking fun at our cadet program and really trolling in a way that's juvenile and beneath the office. I agreed completely with what Prime Minister Carney said. What I think Canadians have to do is to say, we are going to continue to approach this with good faith with professionalism. We're not going to engage in these sort of antics. We have to bite our tongue at times, but I think if we stand together and we drive for a fair bargain, I think we will get there, but let's not resort to the high school name calling, as you said. More from the finance minister talking about, we know that we're going to be the masters of our own destiny, play this clip.

You saw me when I announced the countermeasures, and I know the question you asked, who started that, listen, we didn't start that. We respond. We don't want to escalate, but we know how to respond. And we know how to protect. And we know what matters. And we know when to stand up. And we know that we're going to be master of our own destiny. And we know that no one, we will allow no one to infringe on our economic sovereignty. This was Canada when we were founded. And that's Canada today. We recently got a mid-century modern coffee table from article. And this is one of those pieces where you immediately noticed the quality of the quality of when it shows up. It looks great. It feels substantial and sturdy and it has that clean mid-century modern style that really works with the rest of our home.

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I told you I would get back to Jameson Greer. Here he was the other day on state regime media Fox. And you see what, like why you can't speak with these Trump regime officials. It was Warren Buffett who said, you can never do a good deal with bad people. And the Trump regime. Warren Buffett didn't say this. I'm saying, are the worst scumbag people. They cover up child sex trafficking rings. They cover up the Epstein files. They're disgusting. So here you got Jameson Greer on Fox saying, oh, Canada now wants to have all of these free trade agreements with India and Europe. They're doubling down on globalization. And we want to make sure the North is the North America is protected. That's why we won't do a deal with Canada unless

we get to approve of the deals that Canada does. This was the whole point. One of the big things that the Trump regime tried to inject last minute in their discussions with Canada is that the Trump regime wants it a veto over Canada's free trade deals with other countries. So of course, Prime Minister Carney, who by the way now has approval ratings at 70% says, no, we're not going to give you veto rights. We're a sovereign country.

What the hell are you talking about? I mean, because here's the thing you got to realize about. the Trump regime. They're predators, right? I mean, they're led by a sexual abuser, someone who's been found liable for sexual assault in a court, someone who brags on audio tape, that he sexually assaults women because he's rich, and he says when you're rich, you sexually assault women, you get away with it. Then he says, that's locker room talk. He said he used his beauty pageants to go in and inspect the girls naked. He's on audio saying these things. He's a sexual predator. He's an actual predator. So his whole view about everything is, I'm going to dominate you. I'm going to do to

Venezuela. That's what I'm going to do to you. He says, sicko. Listen to what Jameson Greer says. He says it out loud. Canada wants to have free trade agreements. Uh-uh. We need to approve it. Hello, Kuzma, Canada, U.S. Mexico agreement. That was the agreement that you had with Canada and Mexico, you idiot. Here, play this clip. Canada's approach is different. Canada is doubling down on globalization. Canada wants to have a bunch of free trade agreements with Europe, you know, with India, with all these other places. And they can do that, right? They're their own country. And if that's what they want to do, that's fine. But we want to make sure that North America is protected. We want to make sure that if something's coming in from Canada and it's

getting a great deal, that it's truly Canadian. So when they go to China and they say, listen, we're going to let in Chinese autos and we're going to invite Chinese auto investment into Canada, that's inconsistent with U.S. trade policy. And again, if Canada, if Canada, wants to do that, that's their right, but it doesn't mean that we have to go along with it. By the way, you're the trade representative. Literally, what you're supposed to do is do trade agreements nationwide. You're not the anti-trade representative, but it is interesting, right? As you go through each Trump cabinet official, they do the thing to destroy their cabinet

when you think about it, right? I mean, Hegson as defense secretary, he turns it into a war and then loses all of the wars, right? The health secretary, RFK Jr. hates health. The guy loves spreading diseases and there's diseases spreading everywhere. Education Secretary hates education. I mean, the energy secretary doesn't understand

the way energy work. I can go through each person in the Trump regime. They're each more horrible than the next. It's ridiculous. It's awful. Got to always show you what Charlie Angus had to say. He can't do a video without Angus. Here's what he has to say, let's play it. Well, Ben, I think the thing that's really

maybe the good element here is that again things that took years and we're very stuck on detail that's all getting blown out of the water so yeah we've negotiated with the Europeans I mean it is it's a it's a it's a nightmare in terms of regulatory issues that they're they focus on but they are a major global like trading block economy it's super important for us to be there I think what the Europeans are realizing with the United States no longer trustworthy they need allies too so we are sort of blowing past throwing the paperwork out the window and saying okay shake a hand how do we sit down how do we

negotiate how do we start trading critical minerals how do you guys start giving a submarine technology how do we work together in the Arctic this is happening at a very accelerated rate and it's it's going to make Canada it's going to change our position in the world it already has but again who is the United States looking to like they've come out and they've destroyed 80 years of relationships in Europe is supporting extremist parties supporting what Javier in Argentina supporting the North Korean government and continuing to kiss the boots of Vladimir Putin at every possible opportunity I mean how is that going to make

America stronger is this Donald Trump's just nihilistic death wish of destroying the United States as a world power and he's doing a damn good job. My question is, is why is why is this being allowed to happen? Where are the voices speaking up? Where is the interventions in the United States to stop this destruction that's going on? Because again, we're watching the empire crumble on our border. We see that the level of threat and menace coming from Donald Trump towards us, their next door neighbors. And we're thinking, we got to be ready for whatever happens. And right now, Canadians are more than ready for whatever is going to And then here's R&C Chair, Joe Gruders. Here's the deranged comments that he made yesterday.

Let's play this clip of Joe Grudor so you can hear it for yourself. I hear you on the war on prices. The president is in the middle of this trade, dispute, trade, battle, trade war, whatever you want to call it with Canada. Republicans are going to need Susan Collins in Maine. You know this, Joe, if you want to keep the Senate. And here's what you're going to She's saying about these new Canadian tariffs. There's no one who has been more vocal than I have against the Canadian tariffs. I voted against them on the Senate floor. President says they're good.

She says no one has been more vocal and against them than me. Should she continue to be vocal and against them if it helps her win in Maine? Listen, D.C. and Lidas have been telling the American workers. down the river for five decades. This president's gone to bat for the American workers since they won. And what people have to know, and hopefully what we'll be able to explain to him

at this convention is that these trade deals, Canada has been doing one over on us. So should Susan Collins tone down what she's saying then? Listen, I think Susan Collins well aware of what she's saying. I think she knows her district. But at the end of the day, this is for the greater good for American workers. This, we're not asking for any type of advantage.

We're just telling Canada, be fair. What you charge is what we're going to charge. We're not going to let you bend this over for, you know, over and over again for the next 50 years. The American worker has to be protected. We're going to go to bad for him. This president gets it. And he's all about making sure that everybody has that path to the American dream. I love Susan Collins, but she's wrong on this one.

I mean, some real sickos right there. Well, Canada, we stand in solidarity with you here at the, has touched network, and I hope you do know that there are millions of Americans. There are more of us than there are of MAGA who actually stand in solidarity with you against our own government. We don't support the Trump regime. We support Canada over the Trump regime. We know this is a regime of sexual predators and deviance and vile pieces of trash. Keep standing up to this disgusting Trump regime. We'll do our part to fight here from within, but we don't. don't like this. We don't support this. And we're going to speak out loudly for you, you know,

fighting. We want to fight with you against this Trump regime, these evil people, these scumbags. Thanks for watching. We appreciate you. Elbows up, Canada. Before you go, our book, WTF America, is available for pre-order now. It's the story of how we got here and how we fight our way back. To pre-order, scan the QR code or click the link in the description. Let's do this. Thank you.