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00:00ever since january 2025 president donald trump has unleashed a wave of rhetoric against canada

00:09that has shocked allies and embarrassed even his own party he has mocked the idea of canadian

00:15sovereignty saying out loud that canada should simply become the 51st state he has imposed

00:21sweeping 35 percent tariffs on virtually all canadian exports a move meant not to negotiate

00:27but to punish he has accused canada of failing to stop the flow of fentanyl into the united states

00:33despite evidence that the overwhelming source of the crisis lies elsewhere and he has gone further

00:40still belittling canada's standing on the world stage treating it less like a sovereign partner

00:45and more like a subordinate neighbor the insults have piled up the tariffs have bitten deep and the

00:52goodwill of america's closest ally has been tested like never before but in the clash between rhetoric

00:58and reality it is america's own economy that is now paying the price now the consequences are

01:05unavoidable tourism is down anger is up and one republican leader from louisiana has been forced

01:12to say out loud what washington will not the tariffs have failed the rhetoric has backfired

01:17and america is left begging canada to come back whether this sudden outreach represents donald trump

01:24quietly backing down or whether it is simply a strategy of sending others to smooth over the

01:29damage while he doubles down at home is hard to say what is clear however is that republicans who once

01:36stood firmly behind him are now traveling north themselves trying to relieve the tension face to

01:41face with canadians who feel insulted dismissed and wronged before turning to the american diplomat

01:48sent to canada for damage control it's worth pausing to review how the canadian boycott has impacted the

01:53u.s economy so what happens when the world's friendliest neighbor finally says enough the answer

02:01is being measured not in words but in billions the numbers tell a story of their own in 2024 canadians

02:08made more than 20 million visits to the united states spending over 20 billion dollars and supporting

02:14roughly 140 000 american jobs that steady flow of visitors was the lifeblood of countless hotels

02:22restaurants border shops and tourist attractions but since the boycott took hold in 2025 that current

02:29has slowed to a trickle by the summer of this year canadian visits to the u.s had fallen by a third

02:36a drop large enough to strip billions out of the american economy in june alone visits plunged 33

02:42percent compared to the year before and the decline only deepened as the summer wore on

02:47by august car trips from canada were down 34 percent by july even air travel had collapsed falling more

02:55than 25 percent each percentage point represents lost hotel nights empty tables and vanished paychecks for

03:03workers who depend on tourism a third of canadian travel gone it is the economic equivalent of

03:09shutting down the tourism industry of an entire american state the impact is not just in the

03:15aggregate it is visible at the border where duty-free stores that once bustled with canadian

03:21shoppers now stand half empty one duty-free operator reported that its business had collapsed

03:27by more than 80 percent in a single month and it is visible in america's exports as well in the first

03:33half of 2025 u.s alcohol exports to canada were gutted distilled spirits down 62 percent wine down 67

03:42wiping out at least 173 million dollars in value for just that sector all of this adds up to a slow

03:50burning crisis analysts at the u.s travel association warned that even a 10 drop in canadian travel

03:57would cost more than 2 billion dollars and erase 14 000 jobs what the united states is facing now is

04:04not 10 percent it is three times that a collapse of a third of canadian travel and the losses are

04:11already in the billions these are not abstract numbers they are the day-to-day reality of border

04:18towns of resorts in florida of hotels in new orleans of festivals in louisiana when canadians stop coming

04:26american workers lose shifts small businesses lose customers and state economies lose vital tax revenue

04:32and because canadians typically book their trips months in advance the full weight of the boycott

04:37has not even been felt yet the damage is baked into the months and years ahead against that backdrop of

04:45economic pain the sight of american politicians traveling north begins to make sense it is not

04:51diplomacy for its own sake it is triage an attempt to stanch the bleeding caused by policies and rhetoric

04:58that have driven america's closest ally into open boycott and so into this storm steps an unlikely

05:05messenger a republican loyalist suddenly cast in the role of apologizer in chief the messenger is billy

05:12nungesser the republican lieutenant governor of louisiana who has just returned from a self-appointed

05:17mission to canada his trip took him through toronto montreal and quebec city not to lecture or

05:23negotiate but to plead he wanted canadians to know they are still welcome still loved and still

05:29desperately needed we love canada we have a lot of great friends up there he said

05:36every five years i go to the congress and bring families back together we want them to know when

05:41they're comfortable traveling again we welcome them back to louisiana on camera it sounded polite

05:48off camera it sounded desperate tourism dollars are drying up canadians once flocked to louisiana's

05:55festivals its french quarter its cajun food and jazz clubs now they're staying away and nungesser knows why

06:04in spite of what our president has said and done we love canadians he admitted uncharacteristically blunt

06:09for a republican in a republican state it breaks my heart and embarrasses me what our president said

06:15about the 51st state not everyone in america feels that way that admission is startling a republican

06:24standing in front of canadian cameras openly distancing himself from a republican president

06:28just to reassure a foreign audience that not all americans share the same disdain

06:33but the desperation is real and so are the stakes

06:36nungesser tried to remind canadians of their long history of friendship and generosity

06:43i was right at the front of the bp oil spill he recalled

06:47the canadian children sent letters in a box of pennies to save the pelicans and all that canadians

06:53have done fighting forest fires in america we've just been great friends for so long

06:59the irony is painful the very nation that once sent pennies to help america's pelicans is now

07:04withholding billions to make a point for him the insult of calling canada the 51st state was not

07:11just a political misstep it was personal it breaks my heart and embarrasses me a great many of us feel

07:18the same way i do about those comments but if he was hoping that this combination of charm and nostalgia

07:24would be enough the response from canada made it clear that things will not return to normal

07:30so easily travel agents told him in no uncertain terms we love louisiana but we're not coming there

07:37until until some said he apologizes or he's out of office it was not subtle it was not diplomatic it

07:44was a line in the sand this was no vague grumbling it was a boycott in plain words canadians were

07:50withholding bookings and dollars until america made amends for louisiana the stakes are high

07:56it's huge nungesser admitted it's our largest international market our numbers are down

08:03canadians book trips way out so the full effect hasn't even hit yet but i can't blame them i'd be

08:07angry too the damage isn't just immediate it's structural tourism works on long booking cycles

08:15and the fallout from trump's rhetoric will ripple through hotels and restaurants for years

08:20nungesser sees only one solution an apology but on that he was blunt the odds of him apologizing

08:28i don't think he does that very often everyone knows donald trump doesn't say sorry which means

08:34the boycott could drag on indefinitely that is why nungesser spoke not only to canadians but to his

08:40own president and congress he needs to apologize it was something off cuff he shouldn't have said

08:46we need more people to speak out when they disagree it was not rebellion but courage rare

08:52in a party where dissent can mean being primaried out and still washington offered no contrition

09:00the u.s ambassador to canada dismissed the anger urging canadians to move on

09:05nungesser bristled the ambassador needs to apologize too for him to be offended offends

09:10me that was the wrong message instead of mending fences america's envoy deepened the divide

09:17for nungesser the contrast is glaring ronald reagan his favorite president once said canadians

09:24are our best friend they're our neighbor you should treat them just like your next door neighbor

09:30one republican president built bridges another is burning them down

09:35yet even in frustration nungesser's plea remained the same canadians are welcome and louisiana needs

09:40them we welcome them back he said but it may take until this president apologizes or is out of office

09:49canada holds the leverage america the blame until that changes the boycott stands

09:55his closing words carried humility come see us in louisiana when you feel comfortable

10:01and so the story comes full circle america tried to bully canada with tariffs and insults the tariffs

10:06failed the insults backfired and now america begs

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