Claims about Canada, checked against the record. Hear the original, then check the record.
Record 001 · Sovereignty
001
0:30“We're going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.”
Donald Trump
A proposal to rename the lake. The name is in the written record by 1641 and is of Indigenous origin.
Check the record →Record 002 · Canada's nasty.
002
1:23“Canada's nasty. They are. They're nasty.”
Donald Trump
But Canada — Canada's nasty. They are. They're nasty. People think Canada — they're nasty. People — I love the people, but they're nasty. Nasty leadership.
38 aircraft, 6,656 people, a town of about 10,000 — and what Canada did in the years after.
Check the record →Record 003 · Defence
003
1:13“Canada is a country that has underinvested in its military that quite literally would get invaded by a foreign country were it not for the umbrella of protection provided by the United States of America.”
JD Vance
We have to remember, Canada is a state — sorry, Freudian slip. That was actually an accident. Canada is a country that has underinvested in its military that quite literally would get invaded by a foreign country were it not for the umbrella of protection provided by the United States of America.
One binational command since 1958, a Canadian region run from Winnipeg, and the named operations Canada runs with the United States.
Check the record →Record 004 · Canada–U.S. trade
“They need us. We don't need them.”
Donald Trump
They do most of their business with us. I've heard numbers 95 percent. But they need us. We don't need them. They've taken advantage of us for years, and it's time to stop. We can't lose 60 to 100 billion dollars a year for the privilege of allowing them to make cars. We don't want their cars.
US$872 billion of two-way trade in 2025, in both countries' own statistics — currency, period and basis with every figure.
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