John Bolton - I wasn't impressed by Danielle... you were and TOLD ME about it (over 450 times)

00:00:00.000 Hi, it's John and welcome to the channel. Great to have you along today. It's 8.25am. I know it's

00:00:06.040 late today. I had computer problems this morning. I apologize. It is the 6th of May. I do have my

00:00:11.700 big blue mug of coffee. Thank you for being here today. If you have subscribed, you are part of

00:00:17.580 almost 31,000 subscribers here. I'm blown away. If you haven't subscribed, just click on subscribe

00:00:23.540 and maybe we'll get to 31,000 by the end of today. Now today I'm going to do something.

00:00:27.480 I think I've only done one time before is respond to your comments on one of my videos.

00:00:33.200 It's from the video yesterday when I talked about Daniel Smith's speech. And I've got

00:00:38.460 about 450 comments on this and nobody agreed with me. Nobody. I'm going to go just through

00:00:46.040 a few of the comments because I don't have to read a lot of them because most of you disagreed

00:00:49.880 with me. I think I'm an outlier here. And I think a lot of the conservative commentators

00:00:54.760 online loved her speech. It was a good speech. It was a good speech. I admire Danielle Smith. 0.94

00:01:01.920 I do. I think she's the most impressive politician in this country. Municipally, provincially, or 0.84

00:01:09.580 federally, by far. She has got guts. I was going to say something else, but this is a family

00:01:15.360 show. An impressive speech, but it did not impress me so much because it was the same thing I'd

00:01:22.000 heard before. It was like she didn't even really need to do this. Other than the separatist movement

00:01:28.020 is on the rise, we had a rally in Edmonton which did get some coverage. So maybe that was

00:01:34.280 the reason for doing this yesterday. But she made demands again and not even as many demands 0.92

00:01:38.800 as she'd made prior to the election. And she gave whoever won the election six months to abide by

00:01:44.780 the rules and the demands that she set out. So let's take a look at some of your comments. This

00:01:49.180 is the video right here. Premier Smith, Alberta doesn't want in. We want out. 463 comments right

00:01:56.320 now. Quickly, Laura Jean, 2603. Excellent speech. She has to walk a tightrope. Yes, Laura Jean. Relax,

00:02:03.240 John. She knows full well Carney isn't going to do any of this. Scott, 6794. American here. This

00:02:09.840 woman is handling the situation in the perfect way. Also doing her job. I think she'll do what 1.00

00:02:14.540 the people want. I hope she does. I hope so as well. Scott, KP, 8825. Calm down, John. Mrs. Smith

00:02:21.260 is biding time so we can troop together and get stronger than ever in this movement. So it is 100%

00:02:27.100 successful. Go back to my video a couple of days ago. We still need a leader here and that's what it was

00:02:32.420 about a couple of days ago. There should have been somebody walking out yesterday from the

00:02:37.140 independence movement with a rebuttal or a response to what she said. Whether they had the media there

00:02:43.600 or not, it should be all over social media today. We need a figurehead. We need somebody with a big

00:02:48.280 voice that's going to speak on behalf of the independence movement. S. Jambler, she had to give

00:02:53.860 Carney a chance to deliver. He won't. The independence movement needs time to organize. A headline rush to a

00:02:59.700 referendum would have a good chance to fail. John, she's laying the ground game for the

00:03:03.380 referendum. People have to move now, says Brad McLeod, 7176. And fifth in Grace Tarot, I think

00:03:10.520 she's doing the right thing. This is true leadership. She knows who she's dealing with but won't do

00:03:14.960 anything rash until she sees what she's dealing with. Her job is to steady the ship and she's doing

00:03:20.940 a fantastic job of it. Okay, so thanks for the comments. Again, almost all of them were in

00:03:27.560 agreement with what I just read there. Not too many people on my side on this one at all. But again,

00:03:33.060 I don't think she told us anything new yesterday at all. And she didn't give an ultimatum to Carney

00:03:40.260 and when he has to abide by these demands, follow these demands. Now, the other thing that I'm concerned

00:03:46.160 about here is this. You know, Canadians say that they're nice, they're sweet, they're more polite

00:03:53.840 than Americans. No, that's not true at all. We're vindictive as hell. We're not tolerant of other 0.92

00:03:59.800 people's views. It's awful. This is a very divided country right now. I want to bring your attention

00:04:07.220 to just this right here. I've seen a lot of this online right now. Nathaniel Arfin,

00:04:12.940 hey Siri, define traitor. Alberti Premier Daniel Smith, Albertans who want to separate from Canada

00:04:19.120 are justifiable, not traitors. There's lots of this online right now. You're being called seditious

00:04:25.060 if you're part of the independence movement. You're being called a traitor if you're part of

00:04:28.280 the independence movement. This is coming from all over the country, not just in Alberta.

00:04:34.100 To the people who don't live in Alberta, and maybe to the people who do live in Alberta, 0.99

00:04:38.260 who I think are ignorant. This is what I said the other day in my speech. I want to read 0.95

00:04:42.840 this to you. I'm from Ontario, just to make that clear. I was not a separatist when I first moved

00:04:48.840 here, but I soon realized as a former Ontarian, I just didn't understand the grief Alberta had

00:04:53.780 endured from the East for decades. While being aware of the National Energy Program, I really

00:04:58.720 didn't know the lingering effect it had on Albertans in our province until I became an

00:05:02.800 Albertan myself. After the election on Monday, you may be fully aware of how ignorant Easterners 1.00

00:05:09.760 are of Alberta's plight. I'm not saying they are stupid, but they are ignorant. We are not 1.00

00:05:15.760 whining. We are not complainers. We are not like the child that takes his ball home when

00:05:21.240 he doesn't get his way. We are self-sufficient. We are hardworking. We are generous people,

00:05:27.760 and we are fed up. People calling us traitors, seditious. We've had enough.

00:05:36.760 Daniel Smith, this is a power play against the federal government right now, not unlike what

00:05:44.760 Quebec does. Quebec gets what it wants because it says no. One of our speakers on the weekend

00:05:51.760 said that as well. They do. They say no. They stick up for their province, and they actually

00:05:56.760 go after the feds all the time, and they get what they want. And as the person on the weekend

00:06:01.760 said, good for them. Alberta needs to do this. So well done, Premier Smith. But she is not

00:06:06.760 a separatist. She's going to take a lot of grief over this. But it was just what she'd said before

00:06:14.760 yesterday, and that's why I didn't think it was a great speech, even though everybody else seemed to

00:06:21.760 think it was. I guess I was just expecting more. But we can always disagree, right?

00:06:28.760 Thanks very much for watching. I do appreciate it. Short video today. I love your comments. I love you.

00:06:34.760 I met so many nice people on Saturday. It was just awesome. You're all great people. Whether we agree

00:06:40.760 or not, you're all great people. So thanks for being here. If you liked the video, give me a thumbs up,

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John Bolton - May 06, 2025

I wasn't impressed by Danielle... you were and TOLD ME about it (over 450 times)

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