On December 12, 2025, American commentator Tucker Carlson delivered a series of explicit, uninterrupted statements during a live interview with Matt Walsh that collectively amount to an open endorsement of coercive action against Canada. In the span of roughly three minutes, Carlson engaged in an unprecedented narrative assault on Canadian sovereignty and legitimacy, asserting that:
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Canada is “not even a country” – overtly delegitimizing Canada’s status as a sovereign nation.
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The Canadian government is murdering “tens of thousands” of citizens each year – accusing Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program of essentially mass state murder, including of children, and “harvesting the organs” from those killed.
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The U.S. should consider invading and occupying Canada on human rights grounds – explicitly framing a hypothetical military intervention as morally justified, and repeatedly insisting “I’m not joking even a tiny bit” to underline the seriousness of his advocacy.
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Canada is “way worse than Maduro” and even “worse than China” – claiming Canada’s alleged crimes outstrip those of Venezuela’s Maduro regime and the Chinese government, thus positioning Canada among the world’s most egregious human rights violators.
From what I’ve experienced here, it’s just ego and not being able to handle hearing that another country might be better at something than America. I don’t know how well known the burning of the original president’s house even is here. I’ve only ever heard it talked about a handful of times, and always as a random bit of history trivia from a long time ago, I’ve never seen anyone get upset about it. But I’ve watched right-wing Americans get very defensive around the topic of Canadian healthcare my whole life. “That’s communism, it doesn’t work, did you know that Canadians pay half their salary in taxes and whatever other made up bullshit about Canada that Fox News told me.” Narcissists don’t like hearing that someone else is better at something than them and would rather start attacking than defending their position.