Transcript of Top Admiral Rebukes Trump Over Canada War Rhetoric New

The top United States military commander in the Indo-Pacific, Admiral Samuel Paparo, was asked a critical question moments ago by the press during the Indo-Pacific Defense Conference in Canada. He was there in British Columbia with his counterpart, the leader of the Canadian military, and he was asked a critical question. How would you respond if Donald Trump gave you the order to invade Canada? What would you do if Donald Trump called you up and said you need to launch military strikes against Canada? And Admiral Paparo kind of laughed the question off. He was like, that is a preposterous premise. It would be like asking, what would I do if Martians came down from outer space? But the member of the press continued to ask, hey, that's what Donald Trump is saying, though. And don't you think it's belittling to the Canadian people that you're just laughing this off when Donald Trump talks about annexation on a daily basis? I want you to watch the response right here from Admiral Samuel Paparo, the United States Indo-Pacific Commander. Here, play this clip.

I'm familiar with your story and career, so this is a question that is asked with all due respect. Under what circumstances would you obey an order to launch military action against China?

Um, I, I'm, yeah, I find that, I find that scenario to be absolutely and utterly preposterous. And so I follow the orders of the Commander-in-Chief, but that is a needlessly emotional question. I don't find— forgive my saying it too— is that Canada is a close ally.

How so?

Thank you.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be insulting, but—

No, no, but, uh, you didn't answer the question.

I'm sorry?

You didn't answer the question.

I said I follow the orders of the president and I find it to be a— uh, would you ask me please also what my attack plans are for the Martians?

You want to dismiss it, by all means.

Yes, sir. I don't dismiss you. I don't dismiss you, but, uh, I do dismiss the question.

I'm sorry? You belittle it, and I don't think that's the right approach at all. This is a serious question about a serious issue. We had threats of annexation. I know it's not. I know it's a hypothetical, but nonetheless, if you've not thought about it, then maybe you should.

Thank you, John.

We'll go to Jody.

Now, he then goes on to talk about how the United States is okay with Canada procuring weapons from other sources other than the United States, and He says that from his vantage point, Canada as a sovereign nation should be free to pursue its own military strategies with the United States or on its own— that's up to the sovereign decision-making of Canada. Well, Admiral Paparo, that's very different than what Donald Trump says on a daily basis, and what Pete Hoekstra, the ambassador to Canada from the United States, says— that despicable, vile thing— what they're saying on a daily basis. They've threatened to pull out of NORAD if Canada does not buy American military weapons. They've threatened that they will launch their own military flyovers at Canada to intimidate people if, you know, if Canada does not buy from the United States. The United States Trump regime has also threatened to put kill switches in future weapons sold to Canada. So I know you're saying these words, but you do realize that your words are in stark contrast to what the Commander-in-Chief— sad for me to call him that— is saying here in the United States. Listen to what Paparo says.

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We're operating together now and today, and, uh, and so, uh, Canada's sovereign decisions on its own defense industrial base is a sovereign matter between 2 respected allies together with a very long history together. And my viewpoint is, is that so long as we remain interoperable within the alliance, you know, if the overall defense industrial base that supports Canada's defense needs confers to a stronger Canada and a stronger US-Canada alliance, it's all— it's to the good. And so there's no demand on the United States' part that Canada procures US equipment. There's just a need, a dire need that we be interoperable, and General Qaron Young I think very well understands that, and I think we're very committed to that.

Then Paparo goes on to act like everything is normal. He's like, you know, in these military alliances between the United States and Canada, and similar Western alliances, and alliances throughout the world, you know, we pride ourselves on our apolitical nature. You pride yourself on the apolitical nature? The Secretary of Defense is posting photos of Canadian cadets who haven't even graduated high school, mocking their appearance! You have the Secretary of Defense firing top generals and admirals for launching investigations into Apache helicopters doing flyovers of Kid Rock's mansion. You have a Secretary of Defense refusing to promote Black people and women as you stand next to a proud woman commander leading the Canadian Army. So it's nice that you're saying these words, but stop pretending things are normal because it undermines your credibility, Admiral Paparo. Here, play this clip.

Military-to-military relationships are such a serious foundation They're executed without emotion. They're executed on the facts, the facts on the ground of our requirement to defend our spaces together. And so is that— so, you know, these are foundations and militaries are designed to remain apolitical and ruthlessly focused on the facts of the geography, and of the capability and of the long-term interests of the country. And so while you do see— while, you know, you do see political discussions take place, for military professionals, we're always sort of ruthlessly focused on the mission ahead. And this professional ethos of apolitical military is really so common throughout the Indo-Pacific and throughout the world. And, you know, that's how we deal with the, you know, ups and downs of political discourse is with solid mill-to-mill, apolitical, technically focused day-to-day alliance issues that we work together.

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You know, and then you have, you know, the head of the Canadian military, and she's like, she's, she's asked a question about Canada's approach to buying military weapons and buying military equipment, and she's, and she says it in a very graceful Diplomatic wage. Like, well, we have our 12-point plan and the goal is to buy more Canada. Canada used to buy all of its weapons. It wouldn't even be a question that Canada would buy weapons from the United States. And now they're looking to Sweden with the Gripen. They're looking to the GlobalEye rather than the E-3s and the subsequent models of, of, of the AWACS over here. Why? Because of the constant barrage of threats by the Trump regime. When you say you're gonna make something the 51st state and it comes from the commander-in-chief, who then posts a series of videos of himself kicking the sign from Lake Ontario over and treating Canada with utter disrespect and using the language of war, how do you think Canada's gonna interpret it? It really actually pissed me off that Admiral Paparo treated the reporter that way. Oh, well, What a ridiculous— really, it's a ridiculous question.

Your commander, sadly, the commander-in-chief, is behaving like a lunatic and he's saying these horrible, horrific things. So yeah, the people of Canada have gone elbows up and they're taking it seriously. Listen to what the leader of the Canadian military says.

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So we are going by our defense industrial strategy. It's a buy, partner, build strategy, and it's founded on developing our strong and solid defense industrial base in Canada. This is incredibly important for a military, is to have a strong ecosystem around our forces. So, there is sovereign— there are 10 sovereign capabilities that we want to build in Canada. And of course, the partner and the buy, we can't make everything. We will need to acquire various capabilities through various like-minded partners and allies as well. So it's a mix of everything. And we are going by, again, meeting a specific military requirement because we need these capabilities to respond to what we need this to do militarily.

And what has Donald Trump been doing? More posts attacking Canada today. Apple Maps has just announced that it has changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. So now that very important change of names between Google Maps and Apple Maps is complete, ratified, and binding. Thank you for your attention to this matter. He called up the new CEO of Apple, threatened, shook down the new CEO of Apple— shame on him— and he changed the maps. He changed the Apple Maps. He shook down the head of Google, they changed the maps as well. And then Donald Trump posting, Christian leaders urge Trump to create legal pathway for Jewish Canadians facing anti- Semitism. Christian leaders are— what are you even talking about? I mean, you do realize, Admiral Paparo, that Donald Trump has said that Canada is dumping its fentanyl into the United States, that Canada is killing the United States. Trump uses the same language about Canada that Putin uses about Ukraine before the— before he invaded Ukraine. Like, you do realize that he said it today. Here's what Trump said today. Here, play this clip.

And I did change the name of a certain lake to Lake America, just like I changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. And people in this country love it. You know, we have 92% of the frontage. And why was it Gulf of Mexico? We have most of the frontage, almost all 93, 94%.

And here's what Trump also said today. Play this clip.

Like, I have China coming here. A lot of people say, who's the toughest one to deal with? Is it China, sir? Is it China? Is it Vietnam? I said, no, actually it's Canada. Canada has felt emboldened. They had presidents that didn't know what was happening. Not only the last one, all of them. I mean, they just were taken into— our country's been taken advantage of by Canada.

Because I'll tell you how they're talking about it on Canadian media right here. Amanda Alvaro, who was, uh, strategist for the Liberal Party. She was on CBC. Here's what she said.

Well, it's, it's pathetic, frankly. I mean, you have the Secretary of Defense of the most powerful military in the world using his enormous platform to mock and bully youth cadets, young women in the cadet program. Like, this is not some random internet troll. This is a serious pattern with U.S. administration, with the White House, with their allies. We're supposed to be their allies, and to have no recognition recognition for this alliance that's been built over decades and decades and use every opportunity to mock and ridicule. I mean, it is, it is actually beyond pale. It's just, it's unfathomable that this is actually happening. It still blows my mind, and yet it happens daily.

Shahril Evelyn said the following about Hegseth, that cruelty is the point. Here, play this clip.

I mean, well, the cruelty is the point. He doesn't— he didn't care He didn't care that they're teenagers, didn't care that they're cadets. This is somebody who quotes fake Bible verses from Pulp Fiction and calls it a rousing speech. This is somebody who, for as much as they like to vaunt the idea of merit in their own armed forces, suddenly if someone's skin color isn't white, their accomplishments don't matter. So it's no—

Hmm.

It's no real surprise that, of course, these are people who are going to poke at anybody who they don't agree with. View is outside of their own personal worldview of what matters and who matters and who is worthy of respect. And if we're talking about the fact that, you know, they're playing to this audience that they have who are, you know, they might be like, oh, this isn't what we voted for. I mean, well, it was. You just didn't think that this was going to be— that they weren't going to turn on you. like specifically, you didn't think they would turn on people who looked like you or people who supported the military or people who did this, that. And when it comes to the, the online sphere, the fact is like, yes, he has a— Pete Hegseth, he has a massive following. And where did he get the information from? From Canadians who also has a massive following who want to be noticed by those Americans with that massive following. So they are going to turn on their own countrymen to grift because that's— they see that is the, the path towards success because in the United States that is proven.

You can get all the way to the White House.

And you've got George Clooney over in Venice saying the following also about what Hegseth did.

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The idea that cruelty is the base, that being cruel and unkind is part of the fun of all of this. You see what the Secretary of Defense just tweeted out, a picture about women from in the military in Canada. You're going, what's wrong with you? Where's the sense of decency in all of this? And I'm ashamed of all of that. Finally, you've got Charlie Angus from Midas Canada. Make sure you all subscribe to Midas Canada. Here's what Angus had to say earlier today.

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I think part of the problem is, is that they don't have— they don't have the checks and balances. They don't have the people in the Pentagon or the White House who would be able to pull them back from the brink. So this is why I worry that we could— they could— they could stumble even further in escalation because there's no one around Trump to say, this is a really dumb idea, Mr. President. Why are we doing this when we've got so many other issues and the midterms are coming? What does it mean when we're watching a nation, like an empire, collapse before our eyes with this kind of, you know, end-of-days idiocy?

And then you had Prime Minister Carney. He was asked about American officials mocking Canada's military, its cadets, and posting memes. Here's what Carney had to say. Play this clip.

American officials have been mocking Canada's military, its cadets. You had Trump rename Lake Ontario, and also some officials saying that Canada— the US is not actually at war with Canada. The US is not actually at war with Canada. What do you make of all this, and what is your message to the US right now?

What needs to happen next? The U.S., first off, has always been— our plan has always been standing up for Canada first and foremost here at home, building Canada at home, diversifying abroad. Everyone in the world wants to do more with Canada, and we're doing that in a way that's in the best interests of Canadian workers, Canadian families, Canadian businesses. That's first. We have a positive— there's a positive opportunity that has always existed with the United States for a mutually beneficial trade deal. That respects Canadian sovereignty, which qui respectait les droits de la langue française, and respects our right to protect and promote the Quebec culture and the French language. It must have those characteristics. And when the Americans stop doing memes, stop throwing shade, stop trying to be tough, and start being serious about having those discussions. Uh, we can have those discussions, but it's, look, it's not constructive, but that's, that's their democracy.

More over here, uh, with Carney being asked about, uh, what do you make of US cabinet secretaries insulting the Canadian military? Let's play this clip.

Prime Minister, what do you make of US cabinet secretaries insulting the Canadian military?

It's beneath their office.

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