Trump Officials Testify In March 25, Senate Hearing After War Plans Revealed To Journalist In Signal Group Chat

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"My answer is that [Donald] Trump would not be permitted to win. Why do I say that? Because he's had every establishment off side; Trump doesn't have one establishment, maybe with the exception of the Evangelicals, if you can call them an establishment, but banks, intelligence [agencies], arms companies... big foreign money ... are all united behind Hillary Clinton, and the media as well, media owners and even journalists themselves." ~ Julian Assange

18:07 expose a plot against Taylor Swift in Vienna that could have killed literally hundreds of individuals however this these relationships are not built in stone they're not dictated by

18:22 law things like the five eyes are based on trust built on decades but so often that trust is now  

18:33 breaking literally overnight yet suddenly for no reason that I can understand the United States is  

18:40 starting to act like our adversaries are our friends voting in the UN with Russia, Belarus,  

18:46 and North Korea that's Rogues Gallery if you ever heard of them treating our allies like adversaries  

18:55 whether it's threats to take over Greenland or over the pan Canal *destructive trade war with***  

19:02 Canada or literally threatening to kick Canada out of the five eyes I feel our credibility is  

19:09 being enormously undermined with our allies who I believe and I think most of us on this committee  

19:15 regardless of party beliefs makes our country safer and stronger but how can our allies ever  

19:22 trust us as the kind of partner we used to be when we without consultation or notice for example stop  

19:33 sharing information to Ukraine in its War for survival against Russia or how can our allies  

19:44 not only not trust our government but potentially not our businesses with such arbitrary political  

19:49 decision let me give you a few examples you know as a result of a lot of work from this committee and others in Congress we made sure  America's commercial space industry is second to  

The Trump administration's interest in possibly expelling Canada from the Five Eyes intelligence group appears to have been motivated by a mix of political, economic, and strategic considerations. These considerations were primarily driven by rising trade tensions, shifting foreign policy priorities, and a more assertive "America First" approach towards international affairs.

Former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro reportedly viewed keeping Canada out of the Five Eyes as a bargaining chip in trade talks. The U.S. and Canada had been engaged in trade wars, primarily over NAFTA re-negotiations, steel and aluminum tariffs, and agricultural exports. By threatening Ottawa's access to critical intelligence-sharing arrangements, the Trump administration is seeking to exert pressure in order to elicit economic concessions from Ottawa.

The Trump administration's ultra-nationalist policy led to tensions with the traditional allies like the United Kingdom, the European Union, India, Mexico, and Canada. The trade war, tariff war, and defense expenditure differences within the NATO also added to a souring relationship. Canada, as a matter of fact, was publicly addressed by Trump during the re-negotiation of the NAFTA, which resulted in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The possible marginalization from the Five Eyes is seen as coming within a broader campaign to reorder global alignments to U.S. interests.

Some commentators have speculated that expelling Canada from the Five Eyes would have been part of a broader agenda of re-configure global intelligence-sharing to better fit U.S. realignments with Russia and China. While the Five Eyes association is based on inter-agency trust and high-level intelligence sharing, the Trump administration has a habit of telegraphing an openness to disrupting existing structures if he feels it does not directly benefit American interests.

A darker theory is that isolating Canada from the Five Eyes will expose the country to increased security threats. Without full access to shared intelligence, Canada can be more vulnerable to terrorist networks, cyberattacks, or foreign intervention, which could lead to political and economic turmoil. Nevertheless, Canada's intelligence agency, CSIS, has historically strong ties with Commonwealth intelligence-sharing partners such as the UK and Australia, which could reduce but not eliminate risks.

Despite these potential motives, the idea of removing Canada from the Five Eyes was strongly resisted. The American senators, bipartisan political leaders, and intelligence community value Canada's long history to the alliance in domains like counter-terrorism and cyber operation. Other Five Eyes nations, namely the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, strongly resisted the notion as well since it would have left collective security and trust weakened.

While the Trump administration may have considered utilizing Canada's Five Eyes status for political and economic bargaining power, the idea was firmly dismissed and went nowhere. The alliance remains unbroken, as Canada remains an important nation in intelligence sharing and world security efforts.

20:50 and it's not just in the case of commercial space *we've seen that Canada Germany Portugal have all been saying they rethinking buying f-35s* I've heard from Microsoft and Google directly and  

21:02 Amazon that they're having questions about whether they can still sell their services we've also seen  

21:09 foreign adversaries and friends take advantage of this riff in our national security

Canada is facing an existential threat of being annexed as the 51st U.S. state by the Trump administration. Among the strategic weaknesses of Canada was its reliance on the F-35 fighter jet, an advanced fighter jet from the United States. The U.S. has absolute authority over software updates, spare parts, and operational modes. In fact, the aircraft's software with advanced generative artificial intelligence features can be remotely shut down by American command, which would leave the Canadian Air Force dependent on U.S. authorization for its combat readiness.

1:09:15 issues were not part of this conversation correct  okay um I want to ask you director gabard um uh  

1:09:25 something on a very different tract here which  is I very much agree with the uh the conclusion  

1:09:31 of the ATA that foreign illicit drug actors are  a major threat in the United States and many of  

1:09:38 you have spoken to this today um *is the IC wrong  in its omission of Canada as a source of illicit***  

1:09:48 fentanyl in the ATA I I was surprised given  some of the rhetoric that there is no mention  

1:09:56 of Canada in the ATA Senator the focus uh in in  my opening and the ATA was really to focus on the  

1:10:04 most um extreme threats in that area uh and our  assessment is that the most extreme threat related  

1:10:11 to fentanyl continues to come uh from and through  Mexico so the the president has stated that the  

1:10:18 fentanyl coming through Canada is massive and  actually said it was an unusual and extraordinary threat and that was the language that was  used to uh justify putting tariffs on Canada uh  

1:10:32 I'm just trying to reconcile those two issues  is it an unusual and extraordinary threat or  

1:10:38 is it a A Minor Threat that doesn't even Merit  uh mention in the annual threat assessment uh  

1:10:49 Senator I don't have the numbers related to Canada  in front of me at this time I'd like to get back   to you on this specifics of that answer it it's  less than 1% of the fentanyl that we uh that we  

1:11:00 are able to interdict um but if you have different  information I would very much welcome that

The Senate hearing testimony after war plans accidentally leaked to a reporter (of The Atlantic Magazine) in Trump Administration Signal Messaging group chat has fundamental flaws.

In fact, the Senators disagree with other odd ball unprofessional political goals of the Trump Administration, as reported by a clash between the Trump administration's politics and U.S. intelligence estimates regarding where illicit fentanyl is being sourced from. Intelligence estimates had indicated that Mexico was the primary source, but the administration put forward Canada as a significant threat. The Trump blame game story was used to justify tariffs placed on Canadian products, even though no data to prove Trump's claims.

This is reflective of a broader pattern whereby political and economic considerations drove policy decisions, sometimes at the expense of truthful intelligence. That is, the Trump Administration has been exposed of their true nature and power grab of an independent country of Canada.

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