Western Standard - August 24, 2026


＂We kind of need America＂


Episode Stats


Length

1 minute

Words per minute

161.7

Word count

235

Sentence count

14


Transcript

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00:00:00.000 I saw a brilliant column in the Globe and Mail saying, you know what, we don't need American trade and losing Kuzma is not a big deal.
00:00:07.440 I mean, the Globe really outdid themselves with that beauty.
00:00:09.960 Well, I understand it wasn't the Globe, it was one of their columnists, but oh, wow.
00:00:13.960 Yeah, we kind of need America.
00:00:15.680 Yeah.
00:00:17.400 What is it?
00:00:18.160 There's 4% with China, like 2% with the rest of the world, and the rest is American trade.
00:00:25.200 I mean, I guess consumer markets on the planet.
00:00:27.420 And we're right next to all.
00:00:28.580 Excellent.
00:00:28.800 Even if you don't like it, that's the situation today, and to talk to whoever this person was about not needing America at all.
00:00:37.800 The sad fact of the matter, even in the auto industry back there, the Honda plant begins with an A.
00:00:46.800 At any rate, the Honda plant that was established there was based on selling Hondas into the United States, not selling Hondas in Canada.
00:00:54.800 So, of course, Canada needs the American export market, and that's what they're standing to lose in the auto industry as a result of Trump's determination to bring that production south of the border, which is all for an entirely different reason, strategy, making America capable of building its own war material and not having to rely on other people.
00:01:22.380 So that isn't even an economic argument for Trump.