John Bolton - January 20, 2025


I Predicted It - Danielle Smith Saved Canada From Tariffs


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Danielle Smith will return to Canada and say she has made a trade deal with Donald Trump on her own. That is my prediction. And I believe I was right. She stood her ground on this issue and she realized that talking and diplomacy was more important than yelling and screaming.

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00:00:00.000 Hi there, it's John and welcome to the channel. It is 1258 p.m. on Monday, January 20th with the
00:00:06.980 Big Blue Mug of Coffee. Having an early afternoon mug today and I just watched Donald Trump
00:00:12.560 and his inauguration. And the other day, just before noon hour on this channel,
00:00:18.420 I made this prediction. And this is my prediction. Danielle Smith will return to Canada,
00:00:24.760 return to Alberta and say she has made a trade deal with Donald Trump on her own.
00:00:31.640 None of the other 12 premiers will have anything to do with this. Justin Trudeau will have nothing
00:00:36.460 to do with this. She will ensure that tariffs are not incoming from the United States of America. 0.99
00:00:41.780 That is my prediction. That was a pretty bold prediction when I made it, but I had a feeling
00:00:46.240 deep down in my gut that she was going to have an effect with Donald Trump and his incoming
00:00:51.340 administration. She went down to Mar-a-Lago and met with Donald Trump with Kevin O'Leary.
00:00:56.800 She's been spending the last several days in Washington, a five-day trip down there,
00:01:01.540 meeting with all of the right people, shaking all the right hands, speaking to the right people
00:01:07.000 about Canada. She's been talking about trade imbalances and how it's not as bad as Donald
00:01:12.420 Trump thinks. And I'm sure she's had Donald Trump's ear. And I think she's had a huge effect.
00:01:18.160 And Lori Goldstein tweeted this out on X not too long ago. Trump to hold on tariffs, report says,
00:01:25.360 cheering markets. President-elect Donald Trump would impose broad tariffs on day one of his
00:01:30.540 presidency and instead will order reviews of trade and currency imbalances, the Wall Street Journal
00:01:35.840 reported on Monday. And I have a very strong feeling that Danielle Smith was a huge part of this
00:01:43.080 happening. If it wasn't for her, we may have incoming tariffs right now in Canada. Now,
00:01:48.960 here's another tweet that I think is very telling. Mark Lisslipinski here, Danielle Smith single-handedly
00:01:55.640 saved the Canadian economy. While Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford continued putting fuel on the fire,
00:02:01.080 Smith shook hands with Republicans and showed them the importance of a healthy Canada-USA trade
00:02:06.840 relationship. Say thank you, Ms. Smith, if you agree. Well, I agree 100%. She's actually trending 0.99
00:02:12.980 on X today because a lot of people feel the same way. And there's been tweet after tweet after tweet
00:02:20.000 after tweet thanking her and saying how the rest of the premiers who I spoke about in one of my biggest
00:02:27.220 videos, which you can still watch and I think is still worth watching, 12 traders sat with Trudeau
00:02:32.280 yesterday. Danielle Smith was not one of them. She stood her ground on this issue and she realized
00:02:38.560 that talking and diplomacy was more important than yelling and screaming. Now, the other thing
00:02:43.940 that this does is it sort of takes the wind out of the sails of the leadership contenders for the
00:02:50.220 Liberal Party because they've been trying to use Donald Trump and incoming trade tariffs as a punching
00:02:56.300 bag and a way to make points with voters here in Canada. So I think it certainly does that.
00:03:00.880 Now, will we have tariffs in the future? It's possible, but I think we've avoided them. And I
00:03:06.400 think I'm right. I made the call. Danielle Smith will make a deal for Canada. That's what I said the
00:03:11.240 other day. And it was a bold prediction. And I believe I was right. Thanks very much for watching
00:03:18.620 this video. I do appreciate it. If you like the channel, please give me a thumbs up. I'm approaching
00:03:23.040 6,000 subscribers right now. So you can subscribe to the channel as well. And I'll see you in the next one.