In response to the gossip reported by tabloid Yahoo,
Joe Rogan says Trump ‘ruined Canada’ by helping Mark Carney win
After former prime minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation in January following Trump’s return to power and his talk of making Canada the “51st state,” the Liberal Party installed Mark Carney as leader.
With a springtime federal election called, Carney campaigned on an “elbows up” slogan and promised to negotiate new economic deals with the U.S. as his Conservative rival, Pierre Poilievre, faded in the polls.
“All we did is differ with them economically and Trump tried to turn them into a state,” Rogan said laughing, before imitating the president. “He said, ‘I called him Governor Trudeau. At first I was just joking, then a lot of people told me it was a good idea.’”
This shitty podcast apparently caused Canadians to unite and Poilievre simply fade into oblivion…
In a viral clip that has racked up more than 498,000 views on X, Rogan said Trump’s ongoing “51st state” rhetoric “single-handedly ruined Canada.”
“All of a sudden the whole country united because Trump’s trying to turn them into a state,” Rogan said.
Below is commentary with alternative perspective on the subject matter:-
EXCLUSIVE: The Transatlantic Tantrum—How a Rogan Rant Exposed the Most Absurd Political Scandal of the Decade
In a plot so ludicrous it would be rejected by a daytime soap opera, Joe Rogan has declared that Donald Trump, from the golf courses of Florida, successfully “ruined Canada” by orchestrating the political ascent of Mark Carney. Let that sentence sink in.
By Eddie Hardie🍁Social Steward | Statecraft Synergist
The Oracle of Austin, Joe Rogan, delivering his shocking geopolitical analysis. (Source: NPR)
The Bombshell Heard ‘Round the (Frozen) North
In what can only be described as a masterclass in geopolitical illiteracy, podcasting megastar Joe Rogan recently launched into a tirade on The Joe Rogan Experience. The subject? How former U.S. President Donald Trump, his arch-nemesis Justin Trudeau, and former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney are all players in a shadowy conspiracy that has, and we quote, “ruined Canada.”
According to Rogan, Trump’s visceral hatred for Trudeau is so all-consuming that he has secretly been pulling strings to ensure that Mark Carney—a respected economist and frontrunner to lead the Liberal Party—wins power. The logic, apparently, is that this would be a fate so horrific, so cataclysmic, that it would constitute the ultimate revenge against a nation whose greatest sin is producing excessive amounts of maple syrup and polite apologies.
Let’s deconstruct this farce, because the implications are as destructive as they are hilarious.
The “Scandal” That Laughs in the Face of Reality
First, the sheer absurdity. The notion that Donald Trump, a man who famously mispronounced the name of the Canadian Prime Minister’s wife and lied about Canada burning down the White House, is orchestrating a complex political coup in a country whose governance he barely understands, is preposterous.
This isn’t a scandal in the traditional sense. It’s a meta-scandal—a scandal created from the vapors of celebrity gossip, fueled by partisan rage, and weaponized through a platform that reaches millions. The real scandal isn’t Trump “ruining Canada”; it’s the erosion of factual discourse by influential voices who treat complex international relations like a WWE storyline.
A relationship so tense, it apparently spawned a continent-spanning revenge plot. (Source: NBC News)
Why This Charade is Catastrophically Bad for Everyone
Don’t be fooled by the comedy. This spectacle has real, negative consequences that ripple far beyond the recording studio.
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It Poisonously Infantilizes Democracy: Reducing the nuanced, multi-faceted political future of a G7 nation to a petty revenge fantasy by a foreign ex-president is an insult to every Canadian voter. It suggests that their sovereignty is a myth and their votes are merely pawns in a game played by foreign celebrities. This breeds cynicism and disengagement from the actual political process.
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It Drowns Out Legitimate Debate: Mark Carney is a substantive figure with a long record. He served as Governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England. There are legitimate discussions to be had about his policies, his ties to global finance, and his vision for the country. But now, thanks to Rogan’s rant, the conversation isn’t about policy—it’s about a deranged, fictional conspiracy. The signal is drowned out by the noise.
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It Exporting American Political Toxicity: The United States is grappling with deep political polarization and a crisis of misinformation. This episode is a prime example of that toxicity being exported. A major American media figure is dictating a false narrative about a neighboring ally’s internal affairs, potentially influencing public opinion and sowing discord. It’s a form of informational pollution with no border control.
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It Creates a False Reality: For the millions who take Rogan’s words as gospel, this becomes their reality. Canada is no longer a key ally and trading partner facing complex issues; it is a “ruined” victim of Trump’s omnipotence. This false narrative damages the fabric of international cooperation and mutual respect.
The Ironic Truth: The Real “Ruin” is the Discourse Itself
The most devastating irony is that Joe Rogan, in his attempt to sound like a rebel uncovering a hidden truth, has become the very thing he claims to despise: a purveyor of elite, out-of-touch narrative-spinning.
While he frets about Canada being “ruined” by a hypothetical Prime Minister, the actual ruination is happening in plain sight. It’s the ruination of truth, context, and sober analysis. It’s the replacement of governance with gossip, and of elections with entertainment.
Canada isn’t ruined by Mark Carney, Justin Trudeau, or even Donald Trump. But the integrity of public conversation is being severely damaged by the kind of unhinged, evidence-free sensationalism that this “scandal” represents.
So the next time you hear a geopolitical theory that sounds like the plot of a bad movie, remember the tale of how Trump “ruined Canada” from his Mar-a-Lago bunker. And then, for the sake of sanity, go read a newspaper.
Sources & Further Reading:
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Yahoo News: Joe Rogan says Trump ‘ruined Canada’ by helping Mark Carney win
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BBC News: The complicated relationship between Trump and Trudeau
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PolitiFact: Tracking the flood of misinformation in modern politics
The SNC-Lavalin Scandal: A Tale of Two Women that Exposed the Rot in Ottawa… Justin Trudeau, Jody Wilson-Raybould, Gerald Butts, Michael Wernick, etc.
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