00:00:00.000The tyranny we have witnessed in Canada in recent weeks should shock and dismay people all over the world.
00:00:06.060In an advanced Western democracy, the peaceful movement of patriotic truckers, workers and families protesting for their most basic rights and liberties has been violently put down.
00:00:20.200President-elect Donald Trump has begun filling key roles in his incoming administration, and it's spelling bad news for Canada's liberal leaders.
00:00:32.200While key figures like Elon Musk and Mike Walls have expressed their support for the Canadian freedom-loving patriots that make our country great, they've frequently expressed disdain for the progressive and authoritarian policies pushed by our Prime Minister and his lackeys.
00:00:51.700Trump himself is no fan of Justin Trudeau, and as Canada continues to diminish on the world stage, our frosty relationship with the most powerful nation in the free world will only continue that decline.
00:01:04.700Our NATO partners don't like him. Canadians don't like him.
00:01:09.700What will it take for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to finally take the hint and resign?
00:01:15.700I'm Rachel Parker and you're watching Rachel in the Republic.
00:01:21.700Hey, everyone. Welcome back to Rachel in the Republic. I'm your host, Rachel Parker.
00:01:33.700We're going to be taking a look at some of the figures that Donald Trump has announced for his upcoming administration.
00:01:40.700You would be shocked at how many of these people have commented on the political scene up in Canada
00:01:46.700and certainly commented and criticized on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for many of his authoritarian policies.
00:01:53.700So we're going to take a deep dive into that today, starting with Mike Walls, who has been announced as Trump's national security adviser.
00:02:00.700Walls has a long and storied history of criticizing the Trudeau liberals and supporting and encouraging conservative leader Pierre Polyev.
00:02:10.700In May, Walls reposted a video from Polyev depicting the conservative leader mocking Trudeau for his national housing plan.
00:02:19.700Walls claimed that Polyev's party would defeat the liberals in a 2025 election and reorient Canada in a better direction, saying, quote,
00:02:26.700This guy is going to send Trudeau packing in 2025, finally, and start digging Canada out of the progressive mess it's in.
00:02:35.700His trolling of Trudeau's nonsense worth a watch.
00:02:38.700He's also frequently criticized the Trudeau liberals for their fallen foreign policy approach.
00:02:45.700In 2021, Walls slammed the Trudeau government for abstaining from voting on a motion that condemned the Chinese Communist Party for committing genocide against China's Uyghur Muslim population.
00:02:57.700You guys probably remember that that motion passed unanimously in the House of Commons, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his entire cabinet abstained from that vote.
00:03:09.700As I told the At Free Beacon, it's a great first step for Canada to recognize the ongoing genocide.
00:03:14.700But shameful of Justin Trudeau abstained that Justin Trudeau abstained from the vote.
00:03:19.700We stand with our Canadian allies who are opening the door to Beijing boycott 2022.
00:03:26.700The year after, Walls once again criticized the Trudeau government also on China, this time for allowing a Chinese government owned firm to purchase a Canadian lithium mine at a time when the United States and its allies were beginning to take a firmer stance against the communist regime.
00:03:43.700Walls said at the time, we need answers on why Justin Trudeau's government allowed the sale of a lithium mine to a Chinese state owned entity at such a critical time to secure energy independence.
00:03:54.700Was the Biden administration consulted per our agreement with Canada?
00:03:58.700And finally, Walls is one of the many critics who have joined the chorus calling on the Canadian government to spend more on defense spending.
00:04:09.700He has said that the United States indirectly funds the welfare states like Canada, Germany and France, adding, well, adding quote, our defense budget shouldn't subsidize Germany, France and Canada's welfare states.
00:04:22.700We deserve better from our NATO allies.
00:04:25.700And I think that most Canadians would agree that we would like to see our government spending more on the defense budget and less on things like tampons for men.
00:04:35.700Moving into another new government administration and the appointments for that.
00:04:39.700I know that you guys will be particularly excited to learn about this one.
00:04:42.700Trump has announced a Department of Government efficiency and that will be headed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
00:04:49.700Now, if you guys spent any time on X, you'd know that Elon Musk is a big fan of the Canadian people, but is very critical of the Trudeau government.
00:04:58.700He has a lengthy history of criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
00:05:02.700In July 2023, when Trudeau blamed America's right wing for Muslims opposing the alphabet soup curriculum in Canada, Musk was all of us when he responded with a clown emoji.
00:05:16.700As I often say of this government and of just this time and place in history, you have to laugh or you'll cry.
00:05:23.700In response to new regulatory controls the Liberal government announced in October 2023, Musk said Trudeau is trying to crush free speech in Canada, calling it shameful.
00:05:35.700And just earlier this month, Musk wrote on X that Trudeau will be gone in the upcoming election.
00:05:41.700Now, as I mentioned, that Department of Government efficiency will be headed by two major key players in US politics.
00:05:48.700Elon Musk, but also Vivek Ramaswamy, whom I'm sure you all remember, actually ran for the Republican and he ran in the Republican presidential race and eventually dropped out and endorsed Donald Trump.
00:06:01.700He was a big fan and was one of the candidates who really never criticized Trump during that race.
00:06:07.700And I think his long term plan has paid off for him with him now having this key role in the Trump administration and the new agency that it will be creating.
00:06:17.700Now, Vivek is so critical of Canada that he actually thinks that the US should not only build a wall along its southern border with Mexico,
00:06:26.700but also along its northern border with Canada, which is the first time I've heard that policy proposed.
00:06:33.700But he actually said it during the Republican presidential debates.
00:06:37.700The candidate on the stage, as far as I'm aware, who has actually visited the northern border.
00:06:42.700There was enough fentanyl that was captured just on the northern border last year to kill three million Americans.
00:06:48.700So we got to just skate to where the puck is going, not just where the puck is.
00:06:52.700Don't just build the wall, build both walls. Can't just complete the wall, use the military to seal the Swiss cheese for the tunnels that they're actually building underneath that wall.
00:07:01.700So there you heard him say he was one of the only presidential candidates to actually visit the northern border, which is true.
00:07:08.700He did go and visit the northern border and show how easy it is for people to walk back and forth for migrants and illegals to walk back and forth between both borders,
00:07:18.700which is a major concern for Canada right now. As I just discussed yesterday on the Rachel Parker show, the Trump administration, one of his key promises is he will be cracking down on illegal immigrants.
00:07:29.700They will be deporting illegals. And so a lot of illegals who are in those northern states, they're going to be looking for their next move.
00:07:37.700They are going to be looking for an escape for a way out in Canada is all too obvious a choice considering how easy it is for them to walk across Roxham Road in New York into Canada where they will be received.
00:07:49.700They will be put up in a hotel and the Canadian taxpayer will be on the hook to pay for their food for their hotel and even for their security.
00:07:57.700I was reading the other day, I don't know why migrants coming into Canada need security, but apparently we are on the hook to pay for all of that to the tune of $208 per migrant per day.
00:08:09.700So there, you know, is a real argument for that border wall to be built. I think even for Canada, I think that we could benefit it. And here we are once again, we're relying on the United States to assure Canadian security because our own government is unwilling to do so.
00:08:25.700Now, of course, I've saved the best for last of this conversation, that of Donald Trump. It's no secret that Donald Trump is no fan of Justin Trudeau and of key people in Trudeau's cabinet like Chrystia Freeland.
00:08:40.700I know that you guys always hate when I play Freeland clips. We'll have one coming a little bit later. But I wanted to first address this clip of Donald Trump speaking at CPAC back in 2022.
00:08:50.700I suspect that most of you have seen this clip before, but I think it's always worth a refresher.
00:08:55.700I know it came up on my timeline during the final days of the US presidential race and I had forgotten how much support Trump has shown for the Canadian people.
00:09:06.700And I don't mean government bureaucrats. I mean the true Canadian people who stood up for Canadian freedom and democracy during the 2020 COVID pandemic, if we can even still really call it that.
00:09:18.700And, you know, Trump gave a very vocal note of support for the truckers at CPAC. Take a listen at this clip from him.
00:09:27.700The tyranny we have witnessed in Canada in recent weeks should shock and dismay people all over the world.
00:09:34.700In an advanced Western democracy, the peaceful movement of patriotic truckers, workers and families protesting for their most basic rights and liberties has been violently put down.
00:09:47.700Their assets and life savings have been frozen.
00:09:57.700They have been slandered as Nazis, racists and terrorists. These are the names they've been called.
00:10:05.700They've been arrested and charged with phony crimes. They've been falsely accused of loyalty to foreign powers.
00:10:15.700I watched them. I saw those maple leafs all over the flags and the love for their country.
00:10:21.700Plenty of Americans were there, too, and they love our country.
00:10:24.700They're being hunted down like enemies of their own government and treated worse than drug dealers and murderers or rapists.
00:10:33.700A line has been crossed. You're either with the peaceful truckers or you are with the left wing fascists.
00:10:41.700And that's what's been happening. And it's been a strong line.
00:10:44.700We stand with the truckers and we stand with the Canadian people in their noble way to reclaim their freedom.
00:10:53.700So there you hear Trump give a strong show of support for the truckers and for everyone in Canada who is fighting for their freedoms back during the COVID-19 pandemic.
00:11:04.700As I suspect most of you were in your own ways, whether that was joining the convoy or holding your own protests in your local town or maybe going down to Cootes.
00:11:13.700I suspect that most of the people who watch the show were in some way engaged in seeking to have their civil liberties returned to them.
00:11:20.700And certainly hearing that show of support from Donald Trump back in 2022 is a very powerful moment for the Canadian people.
00:11:27.700And of course, our trucker convoy was recognized all around the world.
00:11:31.700And we hear Trump giving his support there.
00:11:34.700Not only is he supporting Canadians, but he's also decrying Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government for the authoritarian policies that they put in place during COVID,
00:11:46.700but also for the authoritarian crackdown and that they responded to the trucker convoy,
00:11:51.700which of course was with a basically a military response to the Canadian people and then even taking things further with freezing their assets and their bank accounts.
00:12:02.700And you hear Trump use the words there that the Canadian people who fought for their civil liberties were being hunted down and are treated worse than than real criminals.
00:12:13.700And that's still the case in Canada today.
00:12:15.700We still have criminals who are let out on bail to continue repeating crimes.
00:12:20.700It's just a small number of criminals in Canada who are repeating continuous crimes over and over and over again.
00:12:26.700But I guarantee of you guys, why don't you just try it?
00:12:29.700Try not paying your taxes to the Canadian governments for like a couple of years, like one to two, just just wait and find out what happens.
00:12:36.700I assure you, you will not be given any lenience.
00:12:39.700But, you know, maybe if you are living in a halfway house and you stab someone, you'll probably be shown quite a bit of lenience in what Canada has become today.
00:12:51.700He gives a strong show of support for the Canadian people and at the same time decrying the measures that the Trudeau liberals have used to crack down on the Canadian people.
00:13:01.700Now, there's another clip of Trump that I quite like.
00:13:04.700Like this was taken during the NAFTA negotiations.
00:13:08.700You probably remember that during the last Trump administration, they had to negotiate a new NAFTA deal and it did not go very smoothly for Canada.
00:13:18.700Take a listen to what Trump has to say here.
00:13:21.700Mr. President, Susan Lee from Fox Business.
00:13:23.700Did you reject a one on one meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau?
00:15:02.700We're not getting along with Canada's negotiator.
00:15:04.700Do you guys remember who Canada's negotiator was at the time?
00:15:08.700It was then finance minister or foreign affairs minister, Chrystia Freeland, who's now our deputy prime minister and finance minister.
00:15:17.700And she is the one who is going to be responsible for heading up negotiations with the new Trump administration to try and cut Canada a deal as Donald Trump has promised to implement tariffs on Canadian goods coming into the United States.
00:15:31.700Probably the worst pick for the job because of all the nasty things he's had to say about her in the past, acknowledging that he didn't like her, that they didn't work well together.
00:15:41.700Chrystia Freeland was asked why she thought she would be the best person for this job considering her difficult history with Donald Trump.
00:15:54.700Donald Trump has said that he doesn't like you very much in the past.
00:15:56.700What makes you the best person to lead the Canadian government's efforts here?
00:15:59.700I think that President Trump will obviously speak for himself and I would never put words in his mouth.
00:16:07.700But in my experience, President Trump respects strength and he respects people and countries who are strong and clear in defending their countries, in defending their national interest.
00:16:25.700I would actually agree with what Freeland said there.
00:16:29.700I would agree that Donald Trump does respect people who show strength and that he does respect leaders who defend their countries.
00:16:39.700Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland certainly haven't and are not any of those things.
00:16:47.700They, in fact, show weakness and they have not shown an ability to be able to defend Canada as a sovereign state.
00:16:55.700We don't we aren't not meeting our NATO commitments.
00:16:58.700We are not paying enough in to the defense budget to meet our NATO targets.
00:17:03.700And we have an open border that migrants and illegals from the US are walking across into Canada.
00:17:09.700And instead of showing hard lines saying you have to come here the legal way, we welcome them in with open arms and put them up in hotels and pay for their pay for their food, pay for their security to add to the tune, as I said earlier, of $208 a day.
00:17:23.700I know a lot of Canadians who could use an extra $200 a day right now, maybe even extra $200 a month.
00:17:30.700And I guarantee you that the Trudeau Liberals will not be giving them that.
00:17:34.700So even as it spells bad news for Canada as a whole, while we still have the Trudeau Liberals up in Ottawa, I am going to be watching the situation with Chrystia Freeland trying to negotiate with Trump's team with absolute glee, because I'm sure we will be getting a lot of juicy content out of it.
00:17:54.700And it is hard to want to see Freeland succeed and for Canada succeed when Freeland has treated Canadians like dirt.
00:18:01.700She was the one who announced that we would be freezing that the government would be freezing Canadians bank accounts during the Freedom Convoy.
00:18:08.700Meanwhile, Donald Trump stood up and spoke up in defense of civil, of civil liberty loving Canadians.
00:18:16.700All right, everyone, that's all we have time for today on Rachel and the Republic.
00:18:20.700Let me know in the comments section below of the new Trump admins that we discussed today, which one is your favorite and who are you most excited to see perform once Donald Trump is inaugurated in January.
00:18:32.700Hope that you guys have a great rest of your week. I'll see you in a few days. God bless.