TDS Time Machine | Oh, Canada!

**SPEAKER_1** (0:00)
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**SPEAKER_2** (1:43)
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**SPEAKER_3** (2:11)
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**SPEAKER_4** (2:14)
You're listening to Comedy Central.

**Desi Lydic** (2:31)
When Donald Trump won in November, it was largely on the promise of improving the everyday lives of American people, from fixing inflation after it was already fixed, to fighting the nationwide crime wave that he made up. And today, in a press conference from Mar-a-Lago, Trump announced one of those common sense kitchen table policies that Americans have been waiting for.

**Donald Trump** (2:52)
We're gonna be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

**Desi Lydic** (3:02)
Yeah. Let's do that. Why the hell not? We have been so concerned about all the scary things that Trump's gonna do. We forgot he's also gonna do some really stupid things. I guess Gulf of America does have a ring to it, as in there was another horrific oil spill in the Gulf of America.
But okay, fine. Let's rename the Gulf, I guess. And now let's focus on the price of eggs.

**SPEAKER_8** (3:31)
President-elect Donald Trump urging America's northern neighbor to quote merge with the US., saying many people in Canada love being the 51st state.

**Donald Trump** (3:39)
Canada and the United States, that would really be something. You get rid of that artificially drawn line and you take a look at what that looks like.

**Desi Lydic** (3:50)
What? That would go all the way from the Arctic down to the Gulf of America. This is insane. Canada can't become part of America. That's the country I pretend to be from when I'm traveling abroad.
Why does Trump want Canada so much? When he hears that Canadians love pouring gravy on their poutine, he knows they're not talking about poutine, right? By the way, this isn't the first time he's mentioned this. He's been tweeting about making Canada the 51st state for months now. Side note, I'm impressed that he currently knows there are 50 states, but surely Canada's not going to just take this. Prime Minister Trudeau, tell him what's up.

**Justin Trudeau** (4:40)
I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister.

**Desi Lydic** (4:44)
God damn it, god damn it.
Well welcome to the United States, Canada. Locker rooms are over there. Our Wi-Fi password is hoctuas69420. And you pay for health care now. But no, Trudeau didn't resign just to make it easier for Trump to take over Canada. The fact is he resigned because he's very unpopular now. And if he ran again, he'd have to face this guy, Pierre Poliev. He's the leader of the Conservative Party. And based on this interview, he's a pretty intimidating dude.

**SPEAKER_10** (5:20)
On the topic, I mean, in terms of your sort of strategy, currently, you're obviously taking the populist pathway.