John Bolton - Donald Trump Owns Canada

00:00:00.040 I'm just going to come right out and say it right off the top of this video. I think Donald Trump owns Canada.

00:00:08.880 Hi, it's John and welcome to the channel. Great to have you along today. It is Sunday, January the 25th, getting going a little later this morning.

00:00:16.140 It is 6.05 a.m. I hope you're having a great start to your Sunday and a great weekend as well with the big blue mug of coffee, of course.

00:00:23.460 And I've got notes today and right here are my notes. On the back of this little piece of cardboard are my notes for today.

00:00:33.220 The inspiration for this video and I'm going to show it to you in just a moment. It is wonderful to have you here. Thanks so much.

00:00:40.100 So, I found myself in a bit of a quandary yesterday. A big story broke in Canada.

00:00:45.980 And I found myself in a quandary, a little perplexed this morning as to how to cover the story.

00:00:53.300 Even this morning when I woke up yesterday, initially I thought, you know, I'm going to make a video on this immediately.

00:00:58.860 I thought I'd run to my camera, but I thought, no, I want to think about this a little bit.

00:01:02.660 I don't want to overreact to this story because it's easy to overreact to.

00:01:08.880 And what's the story? Well, here's the story right here.

00:01:11.200 I saw this yesterday and I thought, oh my God.

00:01:21.280 Oh my God, this is apocalyptic. This is absolutely devastating for Canada.

00:01:27.200 If you read the sub-headline here, Trump referred to Prime Minister Mark Carney as Governor Carney.

00:01:31.520 And I thought about the old Yogi Berra quote. Remember the quote? It's like deja vu all over again.

00:01:39.280 I mean, it was just a year ago that Trump was calling Trudeau, Governor Trudeau.

00:01:44.700 But I thought this was an absolutely unbelievable. I got this feeling in the pit of my stomach.

00:01:48.860 You probably did as well. But I thought yesterday, you know, I'm not going to overreact to this.

00:01:53.800 I'm going to think about it overnight. And I woke up this morning again.

00:01:56.340 I still didn't have an idea for this video, but it came to me this morning.

00:02:01.260 I was up making coffee, putting it in my big blue mug.

00:02:03.900 And it came to me. And I had this sentence come in my mind.

00:02:08.740 And I thought, I've got to write that down.

00:02:10.860 And I looked for a pen and I found a Sharpie.

00:02:13.620 And there was a box of cat food right across from my coffee bar.

00:02:16.960 And I scribbled on the cat food box because I didn't want to forget what I was thinking.

00:02:23.240 And this is what I wrote on the cat food box.

00:02:25.720 I scribbled. Everything we do is based on what he does.

00:02:29.760 Everything we do is based on what he does.

00:02:33.880 And I'm talking about Canada.

00:02:35.760 Everything Canada does is based on what Donald Trump does.

00:02:39.560 We have no control over our country anymore. None.

00:02:45.880 Donald Trump owns Canada.

00:02:48.640 Everything he does, we have to react to.

00:02:51.980 And that's not really necessary, folks.

00:02:54.960 It's not really necessary.

00:02:57.020 And tell me I'm wrong.

00:02:58.200 Here's another article from the National Post.

00:03:00.920 Within hours of Donald Trump putting this on true social, the liberals reacted to it.

00:03:05.980 Oh, and did their people who vote for them react to it?

00:03:08.440 They're losing their minds over this right now.

00:03:10.820 But I didn't want to overreact to it.

00:03:13.660 Because I don't know that it's as apocalyptic or devastating as I initially thought.

00:03:19.240 And I hope you didn't think it was that either.

00:03:21.200 But the liberals immediately reacted to this.

00:03:24.880 Because just as they react to everything Donald Trump does.

00:03:29.200 Great article.

00:03:30.180 And by the way, all of these articles in the description below, links.

00:03:35.460 Great article here from Brian Lilly.

00:03:37.380 You should read it.

00:03:38.920 Trump creates chaos with social media posts as Canadians overreact.

00:03:43.980 I'm only going to read a little bit of this to you.

00:03:45.920 Chaos appears to be the name of the game with Donald Trump.

00:03:48.260 And too many Canadians are happy to participate.

00:03:50.480 Despite Trump being on the political stage for a decade now, it seems many of our political class and the punditry haven't learned not to hang on every word the U.S. president says.

00:04:01.860 One more paragraph.

00:04:02.840 If Canada's political class appears to take Trump literally and seriously when he posts musings on his true social account, they jump at every comment, every provocation, real or imagined, and then call for showing real resistance to the evil empire.

00:04:16.360 That is Trump's America.

00:04:17.960 And this is true.

00:04:19.220 I don't think this is as bad as we initially thought or even as I initially thought.

00:04:25.840 But I think Donald Trump controls this country and he owns Canada now because everything we do is based on what he does.

00:04:33.620 It's like we haven't got a mind of our own.

00:04:37.340 Despite what Carney said at Davos the other day.

00:04:40.600 I'm going to go to Brian Lilly again because what's going to be the reaction to this 100% terror thing?

00:04:46.680 Because the left is losing their minds over this.

00:04:49.260 And throw that in with what's going on in Minnesota right now.

00:04:52.440 And oh my God, have they got an election campaign lined up for us, folks.

00:04:57.140 Here's Brian Lilly again.

00:04:58.880 Go to Brian again because he wrote this article.

00:05:00.840 Another day, another threat, more chaos, as he says in his article.

00:05:04.820 Are Trump and Carney working together to ensure a liberal majority if we have a spring election?

00:05:10.600 I don't know if that's the case.

00:05:13.600 And I don't think that's the case.

00:05:15.300 Donald Trump does what he does.

00:05:16.600 Nobody, he doesn't collude with anybody on this stuff.

00:05:19.840 But are we going to a spring election?

00:05:21.760 I feel that that is coming.

00:05:23.980 Here's an article from the other day.

00:05:25.760 I'll show this to you.

00:05:26.640 This is from the Calgary Herald.

00:05:27.600 This is Dawn Braid.

00:05:28.500 This is from long before this true social post of this 100% tariff.

00:05:34.880 Carney sounds like a leader heading for an election.

00:05:37.020 Would he dare?

00:05:37.860 I believe he will dare.

00:05:40.240 The opportunity is now.

00:05:41.940 If you go to Michelle Rempel-Garner.

00:05:43.760 Let me go to the top here.

00:05:45.200 Michelle Rempel-Garner has a sub stack, which I subscribe to.

00:05:48.040 I got an email back on January 7th on this.

00:05:50.400 What are the odds of a spring federal election?

00:05:52.400 Long before this true social post.

00:05:54.500 It's becoming increasingly clear that Mark Carney wants an opportunistic spring election.

00:05:59.940 Here's why.

00:06:00.800 And if you read this, link in the description.

00:06:02.900 Give yourself some time.

00:06:04.200 Because she goes into great detail.

00:06:08.260 Point after point after point on why Mark Carney would go to a spring election here.

00:06:13.120 It's quite extraordinary.

00:06:14.600 Read this.

00:06:15.160 It goes on and on and on.

00:06:18.560 And now we got 100% tariff threat.

00:06:20.760 You don't think that the liberal base is absolutely supercharged right now to vote liberal again.

00:06:27.360 This is like the last election, but to the nth degree through the stratosphere at this point.

00:06:33.100 And right on cue, folks, Mark Carney, let me bring it up here for you.

00:06:43.320 Right on cue, if this isn't an election ad, I don't know what is.

00:06:48.580 With our economy under threat from abroad, Canadians have made a choice.

00:06:54.920 To focus on what we can control.

00:06:58.500 You are choosing to put your hard-earned dollars behind Canadian businesses and Canadian workers.

00:07:04.100 Canada's new government is doing the same with our new Buy Canadian policy.

00:07:09.520 We're on a mission to build big.

00:07:11.180 From millions of homes that will improve affordability, to major projects that will transform our economy,

00:07:17.720 to the new military hardware that will protect Canadians and our sovereignty.

00:07:23.280 We will build big with Canadian materials, Canadian steel, aluminum, and lumber.

00:07:29.120 With Canadian technology and with Canadian workers.

00:07:33.640 We can't control what other nations do. 0.62

00:07:37.040 We can be our own best customer.

00:07:38.920 We'll buy Canadian, we'll build Canadian. 0.51

00:07:42.680 And together, we will build Canada Strong.

00:07:47.160 Canada Strong, folks, is that not an election ad right there?

00:07:51.200 And by the way, it took the music out of it for copyright reasons.

00:07:54.480 But do you not think we're going to an election now after what Donald Trump said?

00:07:58.760 Because everything we do is based on what he does.

00:08:03.720 I think we're going to go to an election.

00:08:05.440 And I think the Liberals have a good chance of getting the majority.

00:08:09.400 All of the things he said in that were basically the talking points he had from the last election,

00:08:13.500 which he won.

00:08:14.380 And he wants a majority, dearly wants a majority right now.

00:08:18.360 And I think there's enough of the elbows up people out there who will vote for him again and even more after this.

00:08:22.880 Now, what does this mean for Alberta?

00:08:25.680 I've got to think of it from that standpoint.

00:08:27.540 This supercharges the independence movement if he gets a majority.

00:08:31.800 Because there's 30 to 35% who really want independence.

00:08:36.400 There's 30 to 35% who really don't want independence.

00:08:39.700 And then there's the mushy middle.

00:08:41.260 And those people could be pushed right into the independence side if they get a majority.

00:08:45.500 And win their fifth election in a row.

00:08:49.160 How pathetic are the conservatives if they lose another one?

00:08:52.480 Meanwhile, we've got Polyev here in Calgary.

00:08:55.360 He's got a leadership review coming up.

00:08:58.540 If you're part of the independence movement and you like Polyev, good for you. 0.99

00:09:01.720 Go see him.

00:09:02.500 But be careful you get all your fingers back if you shake his hand.

00:09:05.400 Because he is going to be one of the biggest opponents to the independence movement if he's still around.

00:09:10.700 If he loses another election, you'll never hear his name again.

00:09:13.160 But if he's still around, he and the Conservative Party will be the biggest opponents to the independence movement.

00:09:19.840 Because they have the most to lose.

00:09:22.500 All the seats in Alberta.

00:09:24.100 And they'll never gain power in Ottawa again if they lose Alberta.

00:09:28.800 So I think an election is coming.

00:09:32.560 And I think it could come soon.

00:09:34.500 Because Carney wants his majority.

00:09:36.880 He's very close now.

00:09:38.180 And I think he can win it.

00:09:39.620 Because everything we do is based on what he does.

00:09:42.880 And Donald Trump now owns Canada.

00:09:45.960 He doesn't own us.

00:09:46.980 Because we can think straight.

00:09:48.260 But the Liberals and their voters, he owns them.

00:09:51.740 And they're in power right now.

00:09:53.180 What do you think?

00:09:55.900 Let me know in the comments.

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00:10:02.660 And before I leave, one more thing.

00:10:05.820 I will see you Monday at the Big Four here in Calgary for a massive event for Alberta Independence.

00:10:13.160 Sign the petition starting at 11 tomorrow at the Big Four.

00:10:16.840 And you'll hear from all the speakers tomorrow night at 7 o'clock.

00:10:20.040 I want to say hi to Derek.

00:10:21.340 He's going to be emceeing the event from the unacceptable fringe.

00:10:24.440 He's going to do an awesome job.

00:10:25.780 And I will see you in the next one.

John Bolton - January 25, 2026

Donald Trump Owns Canada

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