Mark Slapinski - July 16, 2026


BREAKING： Republicans Issue MAJOR THREAT To Canada Over Wildfires


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3 minutes

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624

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44

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2

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Trump supporters may act like this is some sort of joke, but they fail to recognize the joke is actually on them. Republicans have once again threatened to invade Canada. This is the latest threat against Canada s sovereignty during Trump s second term.

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00:00:00.560 Republicans have once again threatened to invade Canada.
00:00:03.980 This is the latest threat against Canada's sovereignty during Trump's second term.
00:00:08.260 And there's good reason to take this seriously.
00:00:10.680 Canada is suffering an unusually rough wildfire season.
00:00:13.740 Yesterday, my city of Toronto was completely covered by an orange fog.
00:00:17.600 Smoke from massive wildfires in northern Canada have covered parts of Ontario,
00:00:21.460 and some of that smoke has spread to the United States.
00:00:24.400 And that's led to warnings about air quality.
00:00:26.780 This is some American politicians furious.
00:00:29.800 Today, Republicans in Michigan essentially threatened to invade Canada in response.
00:00:34.300 I'm going to read part of the letter that four Republican members of Congress sent to Mark Carney today.
00:00:38.820 We write today as members of Michigan's congressional delegation to raise our voices on an issue that has already drawn letters from our colleagues in past years.
00:00:47.280 Wildfire smoke drifting across the border from Canada into our communities.
00:00:51.420 We are done accepting apologies in place of action.
00:00:54.220 If Canada will not manage its forests to prevent these fires,
00:00:57.020 the United States will look elsewhere and act on their own to protect our people.
00:01:01.100 That means our own agency is exploring direct involvement
00:01:03.560 in cross-border fuel reduction and firefighting capacity.
00:01:07.140 Sovereignty comes with responsibility,
00:01:08.980 and the responsibility to prevent a foreseeable disaster
00:01:11.440 from crossing into another country's airspace has not been met.
00:01:14.440 The way I interpret the last part is that Michigan Republicans are telling Canada,
00:01:18.440 get your wildfires under control,
00:01:20.400 or else we're going to send people up there to do it ourselves.
00:01:23.600 So, in more or less words, they just threatened to invade Canada.
00:01:27.200 Now, normally, something like this, that'd be quite easy just to brush it off.
00:01:31.180 However, American President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to annex Canada
00:01:35.240 and make it the 51st date.
00:01:37.400 On Tuesday, Trump shared an AI image showing both Canada and Greenland covered by the American flag.
00:01:43.960 Naturally, Trump supporters, they were quick to excuse this as some sort of joke.
00:01:47.940 However, I can tell you, the majority of Canadians, they're not laughing.
00:01:51.700 Most Canadians are very angry that Trump has chosen to repeatedly disrespect and defame my
00:01:56.940 country despite the fact we were formerly allies. This is what makes Republicans' threats to send
00:02:02.460 unwanted help into our country even more serious. Now, whether or not the Americans actually make
00:02:07.560 good on their threat, it's still disrespectful. This is the way you talk to an enemy, not an ally.
00:02:13.640 Canadian conservatives, they're going to make every excuse to justify, minimize Trump's bad
00:02:18.260 behavior. I can only imagine the oh cry from conservatives if Obama or Biden did the same
00:02:23.580 thing. It's funny, these people insist on calling themselves patriots. They claim they want what's
00:02:29.300 best for the country. When that orange pedophile threatens to make us the 51st date, they take his 0.97
00:02:34.500 side on it. It really boils my blood. Wildfires, they're a cross-border issue. It's not something 0.99
00:02:39.680 unique to Canada. Colorado is currently experiencing major wildfires, and to add insult to injury,
00:02:45.400 a Canadian pilot died while assisting the Americans putting out their fires.
00:02:50.020 Climate change is what's to blame for these wildfires,
00:02:52.640 something that Canada has taken steps to mitigate.
00:02:55.240 This is while the American president continues to deny its existence.
00:02:59.060 The repeated disrespect of Canada shows just how far the Republicans have fallen.
00:03:03.920 The whole world is taking notes and slowly moving away from the United States.
00:03:08.220 People have gotten the message.
00:03:09.900 If Americans are willing to turn on Canada and repeatedly threaten their sovereignty,
00:03:13.920 then no ally of America is safe. While Trump supporters may act like this is some sort of
00:03:19.300 joke, they fail to recognize the joke is actually on them. Talk to you next time.