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