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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump's disastrous trade war with Canada has not only

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<v Speaker 1>inflicted financial pain and stress on the American people, but

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<v Speaker 1>it is also causing political anxiety for members of Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's own party. Like Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a state that shares over 600 miles of

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<v Speaker 1>border with Canada. Susan Collins called the new Trump tariffs

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<v Speaker 1>on Canada a mistake. She said this, quote, I want

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<v Speaker 1>us to go back to the very friendly, economically beneficial

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<v Speaker 1>relationship that we have with our Canadian neighbors. Ask Canadians,

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<v Speaker 1>and going back to that formerly friendly relationship feels like,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, a distant possibility. Take a listen to

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<v Speaker 1>what people in Toronto told my colleague Alex Tabet.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you make of this trade war right now?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm fully behind what Carney's done.

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<v Speaker 2>F * * * the U.S., Vice President Vance called

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<v Speaker 2>Canada a state recently. He said it was a Freudian slip,

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<v Speaker 2>but this isn't the first time that an American leader

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<v Speaker 2>has called Canada a 51st state. What do you make

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<v Speaker 2>of that sort of rhetoric?

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<v Speaker 3>I think they should shove it right where it belongs.

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<v Speaker 3>I like Canada. Canada's Canada. It's been that way all

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<v Speaker 3>the time. It's been a free country. I know we

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<v Speaker 3>have some problems in our country, but poor states. We

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<v Speaker 3>got health care. They look after us. And it's fun

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<v Speaker 3>being up here. Go down there, what do you get?

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<v Speaker 4>Nothing.

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<v Speaker 3>You got to pay for everything. How's that happen? Trump's

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<v Speaker 3>so worried about trade for Canada. Why didn't he look

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<v Speaker 3>after his own people?

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<v Speaker 4>Get smart.

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<v Speaker 3>Look at us. You get sick, you go to the hospital.

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<v Speaker 3>You got to come out with a $ 30, 000 bill?

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<v Speaker 2>What do you make of this threat about the lake?

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<v Speaker 3>I think he should jump in it. Put himself right

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<v Speaker 3>to the bottom where he belongs. He can't just turn

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<v Speaker 3>around and take something from Canada.

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<v Speaker 2>He's recently threatened to rename Lake Ontario Lake America. What

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<v Speaker 2>do you make of that threat?

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<v Speaker 4>I think there's also talk about renaming Lake Michigan Lake Epstein.

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<v Speaker 1>Sick burn by the Canadians. It is actually the nicest

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<v Speaker 1>people in the world, Cornell and Charlie, who are back

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<v Speaker 1>with me, dropping F-bombs and saying things like, I think

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<v Speaker 1>they should shove it right where it belongs. Only Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump could get Canadians to talk like this. And Cornell,

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<v Speaker 1>this is like more than a year now into the

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<v Speaker 1>intentional trade war with Canada, intentional that Donald Trump has said,

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<v Speaker 1>and he has yet to explain how any of this

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<v Speaker 1>benefits any of us economically. What is, I hate to ask,

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<v Speaker 1>but what is the argument you think they're trying to

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<v Speaker 1>make for angering our neighbors and driving up prices?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>I really don't know. It's funny because I was, I

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<v Speaker 4>was talking to a Republican colleague of mine this morning

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<v Speaker 4>who has, who has races up around the great lakes

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<v Speaker 4>and they're really annoyed because this is comes at the

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<v Speaker 4>absolute wrong time. You know where these, this trade war

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<v Speaker 4>reverberates particularly problematic. Um, Maine, Michigan, Iowa, North Carolina, Alaska.

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<v Speaker 4>What do those things have in common? They have Senate

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<v Speaker 4>races that are toss-up and gone from lean Republican to

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<v Speaker 4>toss-up or lean Democrat. And again, this is part and

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<v Speaker 4>partial of it. Look, you have a national... win that

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<v Speaker 4>is blowing against Republicans already. And Donald Trump with this

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<v Speaker 4>trade war is just making it worse in those states

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<v Speaker 4>where Republicans, if they're going to hold on to it,

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<v Speaker 4>this is why the Senate is, quite frankly, now in

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<v Speaker 4>play because of Donald Trump and policies like this and

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<v Speaker 4>Americans turning against these policies. I have no idea what

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<v Speaker 4>this trade war is about because it certainly doesn't benefit Americans.

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<v Speaker 4>Prices aren't getting lower because of Donald Trump and his

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<v Speaker 4>tariffs and his trade war. manufacturing jobs aren't coming back

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<v Speaker 4>and we're not growing the economy. So I'm like the

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<v Speaker 4>rest of Americans asking, why does he keep doing this?

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<v Speaker 4>Why does he keep putting these tariffs and these trade

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<v Speaker 4>wars on at these times where we're already hurting economically

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<v Speaker 4>and this is not happening? And the problem is all

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<v Speaker 4>those Republicans running in those states now have to answer

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<v Speaker 4>that question.

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<v Speaker 1>If I'm not mistaken, I think, like you said, Michigan, Ohio,

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<v Speaker 1>and Maine are the three biggest trading partners in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of U.S. states, or three of the biggest with Canada.

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<v Speaker 1>And all of those seats are potentially up for grabs, Charlie.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's not just there. Republican senators, Senate candidates, they

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<v Speaker 1>have begun to, you just keep, they are slinking away

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<v Speaker 1>from Donald Trump on the tariff war. Ashley Hinson, by

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<v Speaker 1>the way, running for Senate in Iowa, called the beef

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<v Speaker 1>tariffs that Trump is looking to impose. I think she

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<v Speaker 1>said it was a Yeah. Quote, a bad idea.

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<v Speaker 4>Is this is this issue?

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<v Speaker 1>Is this an issue that you can see more Republicans

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<v Speaker 1>trying to get elected, you know, in November, breaking away

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<v Speaker 1>from Donald Trump on?

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<v Speaker 5>Well, they would love to write if Donald Trump would

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<v Speaker 5>let them break away from him. This is part of

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<v Speaker 5>the problem of being in Donald Trump's political party, that

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<v Speaker 5>it's very, very difficult to show any in any independence.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, and look, I mean, we just step back

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<v Speaker 5>for a moment because, Jacob, I think you're old enough

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<v Speaker 5>to remember when going to war with Canada, blaming Canada

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<v Speaker 5>was a It was a bid on South Park.

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<v Speaker 4>South Park, exactly.

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<v Speaker 5>These are the nicest people in the world. Nobody wants

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<v Speaker 5>to blame Canada. No one wants to go to war

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<v Speaker 5>with Canada. And yet here we are in this. And

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<v Speaker 5>the economic fallout is going to be considerable. But also

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<v Speaker 5>just think about more than a century of trust and

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<v Speaker 5>relationships with our nearest neighbor. squandered for no reason whatsoever

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<v Speaker 5>except for Donald Trump's fragile ego and his peak that

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<v Speaker 5>Canada has not bent the knee, that Canada will not

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<v Speaker 5>simply roll over because Mark Carney has been one of

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<v Speaker 5>the most forceful leaders in saying we need to adjust

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<v Speaker 5>to a world in which we can no longer rely

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<v Speaker 5>upon or trust the United States. states of America. And

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<v Speaker 5>so this is a black eye for Americans. And it's

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<v Speaker 5>just tragic. I've done so many interviews with people in

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<v Speaker 5>Canada where I start off by saying, just so you know,

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<v Speaker 5>literally no one I've ever met is mad at Canada.

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<v Speaker 5>No one hates Canada or thinks that Canada is an enemy.

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<v Speaker 5>And watching the White House right now and people in

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<v Speaker 5>the right wing media Try to cast Canada as somehow,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, a proxy of red China or somehow a

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<v Speaker 5>hostile force or freeloaders. That's just not going to land

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<v Speaker 5>because they're Canadians, right?

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<v Speaker 4>We know them.