WEBVTT - Donald Trump Just Started a Fight He Can't Win | Steve Schmidt"

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<v Speaker 1>This is the premier.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the Canadian word for governor of Ontario, Doug Ford.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a bit different in style than Prime Minister Mark Carney,

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<v Speaker 2>but no less effective politically. He's a bit of a brawler.

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<v Speaker 2>Elbows up, eh?

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<v Speaker 3>I just wanted to sort of figure out your thinking

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<v Speaker 3>about how you thread this needle with the president taking

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<v Speaker 3>very specific aim at you in deeply personal ways. Why

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<v Speaker 3>is that good?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, good. You know something? I've been in this game

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<v Speaker 4>a lot longer than he has. I got skin on

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<v Speaker 4>me like an alligator. And you think an insult from

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<v Speaker 4>him hurts me? Well, bring it on, buddy. I'm ready.

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<v Speaker 4>Bring it on. You know something? I've dealt with guys

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<v Speaker 4>like you my whole life. And guess what? You all

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<v Speaker 4>become losers because you're a loser.

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<v Speaker 1>This is The Warning.

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<v Speaker 2>The Wall Street Journal said this was the stupidest trade

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<v Speaker 2>war in all of human history.

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<v Speaker 1>And it got dumber over the weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's hear from the most incompetent Treasury Secretary in American history. Unbelievably,

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<v Speaker 2>this man sits in an office once held by Alexander Hamilton,

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<v Speaker 2>which is in its own way a refutation to Darwin's

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<v Speaker 2>theory of evolution.

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<v Speaker 5>Does the United States and President Trump still want Canada

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<v Speaker 5>to become a state? He did say that they're getting

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<v Speaker 5>all the benefits of being a state without.

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<v Speaker 4>Being one?

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<v Speaker 5>I think he would like Canada to come to the

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<v Speaker 5>table and negotiate in good faith. They were offered quite

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<v Speaker 5>a good deal last week.

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<v Speaker 1>They chose to reject it.

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<v Speaker 5>Unfortunately, Prime Minister Carney rose to power on an anti-American,

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<v Speaker 5>anti-Trump platform. I believe he was more than 20 points behind,

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<v Speaker 5>and he seems to have gone back to his old playbook.

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<v Speaker 5>And I think one has to ask oneself, Is he

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<v Speaker 5>trying to benefit himself, the Liberal Party, or the Canadian people?

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<v Speaker 5>Because they were offered a very good job.

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<v Speaker 1>No, Scott.

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<v Speaker 2>Canada did not start this. The buffoon, the rapist, the felon,

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<v Speaker 2>the conman, the scumbag you work for, he started it.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's why..

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<v Speaker 2>He has a 30% approval level in the United States.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is something for all the MAGA dummies out

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<v Speaker 2>there to try to understand. Who's going to win the

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<v Speaker 2>fight between the United States and Canada? The answer to

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<v Speaker 2>that question is very simple. Canada will win and Trump

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<v Speaker 2>will back down. And here's a reason why. 76% of

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<v Speaker 2>the Canadian people, of all parties, of all persuasions, stand

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<v Speaker 2>behind Prime Minister Mark Carney. In America, Trump is the

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<v Speaker 2>most unpopular president in the history of Poland. He has

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<v Speaker 2>a 30% approval level, meaning his coalition has collapsed and

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<v Speaker 2>the American people stand against him. The majority of Americans

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<v Speaker 2>have deep respect and appreciation and love for Canada. And

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<v Speaker 2>for many score of millions of us, Canada is a

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<v Speaker 2>home for our families. And the scores of millions of

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<v Speaker 2>Americans across the border who are dependent on the Canadian

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<v Speaker 2>economy and the trillion dollar flow of trade that passes

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<v Speaker 2>back and forth across the border, this Trump foolishness is

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<v Speaker 2>another economic disaster that no one needed and no one wanted.

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<v Speaker 2>But let's be clear. Donald Trump is not trying to

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<v Speaker 2>get a good deal. He's trying to break a country,

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<v Speaker 2>a democracy, an ally, America's greatest friend. What Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 2>is trying to do is turn Canada into a vassal state.

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<v Speaker 2>We should go back to the beginning, to this moment

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<v Speaker 2>of singular disgrace in the Oval Office with the greatest

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<v Speaker 2>man of this age, President Zelensky of Ukraine.

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<v Speaker 1>This was an.

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<v Speaker 2>Exact recreation of what happened at Hitler's Berghof with the

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<v Speaker 2>Prime Minister of Austria back in the day.

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<v Speaker 1>It was an act of thuggery. What kind of diplomacy, JD,

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<v Speaker 1>you are speaking about? What do you mean?

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<v Speaker 6>I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to

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<v Speaker 6>end the destruction of your country. Mr.

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<v Speaker 1>President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for.

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<v Speaker 6>You to come into the Oval Office and try to

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<v Speaker 6>litigate this.

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<v Speaker 1>In front of the American media.

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<v Speaker 6>Right now, you guys are going around and forcing conscripts

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<v Speaker 6>to the front lines because you have manpower problems.

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<v Speaker 5>You should be thanking the President for trying to bring

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<v Speaker 5>it into this conflict.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what

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<v Speaker 1>problems we have?

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<v Speaker 2>The United States of America should... always stand for liberty,

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<v Speaker 2>for freedom. We are not an empire, nor are we

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<v Speaker 2>a colonial power. And the United States is not a

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<v Speaker 2>nation that seeks conquest, at least not until recently. Donald Trump,

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<v Speaker 2>in threatening to invade the sovereign territory of Denmark, wrecked

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<v Speaker 2>America's moral reputation across Europe. And though the American people

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<v Speaker 2>don't seem to realize it, that change, it's a big one.

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<v Speaker 2>And we will feel it because America increasingly will be

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<v Speaker 2>alone and untrusted because it has turned dangerous, because it

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<v Speaker 2>has turned malevolent. As Mark Carney said, America has changed.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes its signature is written in pencil.

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<v Speaker 6>We've been under no illusions. We recognized from the start

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<v Speaker 6>that America has changed. Early last year, in this room,

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<v Speaker 6>I observed that the decades-long process of steadily increasing integration

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<v Speaker 6>between our economies was over. Our government understood before many

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<v Speaker 6>that America would transform all of its commercial relationships, that

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<v Speaker 6>it would put a series of tariffs on its closest

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<v Speaker 6>allies and use economic integration as a weapon. We recognize

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<v Speaker 6>that sometimes its signature was written in pencil.

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<v Speaker 2>What an appalling, dishonorable, disgraceful indictment leveled against the United

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<v Speaker 2>States and our national honor by a friend, which is

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<v Speaker 2>what makes the words hurt so much, that we the

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<v Speaker 2>people have allowed this by electing this depraved man to

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<v Speaker 2>Washington's office, to Lincoln's office, to John Kennedy's office.

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<v Speaker 1>What a sick error. in the United States.

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<v Speaker 2>Mark Carney has made clear Canada will fight for its survival,

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<v Speaker 2>for its sovereignty, for its dignity, and it will not

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<v Speaker 2>bow and it will not yield. And as an American,

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<v Speaker 2>I say thank you, Mark Carney. And I say thank you,

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<v Speaker 2>Doug Ford. And I say thank you to every Canadian

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<v Speaker 2>who will not do what most every elite in America did,

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<v Speaker 2>which is get on their knees, lay on their bellies,

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<v Speaker 2>and tremble in front of Donald Trump. No, The Canadians

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<v Speaker 2>are making a stand. And Mark Carney, the most important

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<v Speaker 2>elected official in the English-speaking world, is teaching a valuable

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<v Speaker 2>lesson to the Democratic Party in the United States, to

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<v Speaker 2>every feckless world leader, that sometimes you have to draw

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<v Speaker 2>a line, and sometimes you have to stand on that line,

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<v Speaker 2>and sometimes you have to refuse to take one step back.

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<v Speaker 2>And that is what we are seeing in Canada. And

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<v Speaker 2>this American finds it thrilling because the toughness of the

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<v Speaker 2>Canadian leaders is going to be a light unto the world.

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<v Speaker 2>And after Mark Carney and Doug Ford and the Canadians

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<v Speaker 2>who have come together break Trump and force him down,

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<v Speaker 2>something's going to change. Everyone's going to look at Trump

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<v Speaker 2>and know he picked up the wrong rattlesnake. The deal

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<v Speaker 2>is this. Canada's ready for a fight, and America is

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<v Speaker 2>weak and divided. Our economy is teetering. Our society is

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<v Speaker 2>cracking in some fundamental ways.

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<v Speaker 1>In Canada, it's never been stronger.

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<v Speaker 2>And when Scott Besson talks about where Carney ran on

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<v Speaker 2>an anti-American platform, he did no such thing. He ran

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<v Speaker 2>on a pro-Canadian platform, and he identified the greatest threat

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<v Speaker 2>facing his country, which is the malignancy that Scott Besant

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<v Speaker 2>lives on his knees for.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why.

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<v Speaker 2>And every American should be thrilled to see the fight

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<v Speaker 2>and inspired by the toughness of our neighbors, our friends,

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<v Speaker 2>and our families. And that's why this American stands with Canada.

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<v Speaker 2>This is The Warning. I'm Steve Schmidt. This is The Warning.

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