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Judi Lynn

(163,573 posts)
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 03:01 PM 7 hrs ago

Trump Advisor Peter Navarro's "Canada Has Been Taken Over by Mexican Cartels" Recirculates Before G7


by Lucy Strathmore in Daily Edition | June 16, 2025
3 min read

Trump Advisor Peter Navarro’s “Canada Has Been Taken Over by Mexican Cartels” Recirculates Before G7
by Lucy Strathmore in Daily Edition | June 16, 2025
3 min read

Peter Navarro
Pete Navarro, Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Pete Navarro, White House Senior Counselor to the President for Trade and Manufacturing, appeared on Fox News in March and spoke about President Donald Trump‘s tariff threats, including those directed at Canada. Navarro said at the time: “What I want to say to every world leader who gets up in arms when all we’re asking for is fairness, and to have them stop killing our people, is ‘please, listen to us.'”

Trump Advisor Peter Navarro’s “Canada Has Been Taken Over by Mexican Cartels” Recirculates Before G7
by Lucy Strathmore in Daily Edition | June 16, 2025
3 min read

Peter Navarro
Pete Navarro, Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Pete Navarro, White House Senior Counselor to the President for Trade and Manufacturing, appeared on Fox News in March and spoke about President Donald Trump‘s tariff threats, including those directed at Canada. Navarro said at the time: “What I want to say to every world leader who gets up in arms when all we’re asking for is fairness, and to have them stop killing our people, is ‘please, listen to us.'”

Navarro, who has said repeatedly said that Trump tariffs are levied as a way to pressure countries to do more to stop the flow of fentanyl into the U.S., added, “Canada could do a lot more. Canada has been taken over by Mexican cartels.”

Now with Trump’s attendance at this week’s G7 conference in Canada expecting to largely focus on tariffs and the trade balances between the seven powerful nations, liberal influencer Aaron Rupar is recirculating Navarro’s widely mocked take on the situation in Canada and his alleged exaggerations about the presence of Mexican cartels there.

Trump Advisor Peter Navarro’s “Canada Has Been Taken Over by Mexican Cartels” Recirculates Before G7
by Lucy Strathmore in Daily Edition | June 16, 2025
3 min read

Peter Navarro
Pete Navarro, Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Pete Navarro, White House Senior Counselor to the President for Trade and Manufacturing, appeared on Fox News in March and spoke about President Donald Trump‘s tariff threats, including those directed at Canada. Navarro said at the time: “What I want to say to every world leader who gets up in arms when all we’re asking for is fairness, and to have them stop killing our people, is ‘please, listen to us.'”



Navarro, who has said repeatedly said that Trump tariffs are levied as a way to pressure countries to do more to stop the flow of fentanyl into the U.S., added, “Canada could do a lot more. Canada has been taken over by Mexican cartels.”

Now with Trump’s attendance at this week’s G7 conference in Canada expecting to largely focus on tariffs and the trade balances between the seven powerful nations, liberal influencer Aaron Rupar is recirculating Navarro’s widely mocked take on the situation in Canada and his alleged exaggerations about the presence of Mexican cartels there.

According to a Government of Canada press release issued in February, Canada is “taking all necessary steps to address fentanyl in Canada; by appointing a fentanyl czar, launching the Canada – U.S. Joint Strike Force, convening a new taskforce to combat money laundering, and investing $1.3 billion to strengthen our border.”

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Trump Advisor Peter Navarro's "Canada Has Been Taken Over by Mexican Cartels" Recirculates Before G7 (Original Post) Judi Lynn 7 hrs ago OP
If Peter Navarro says it, it must be something. dchill 7 hrs ago #1
Something fictional. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 7 hrs ago #2
Something excremental EYESORE 9001 6 hrs ago #7
Reminds me of a song... dchill 5 hrs ago #8
I'm really sick of hearing about this "fentanyl crisis". You don't wanna die of it don't take black market pills. Walleye 7 hrs ago #3
They Fly South Every Winter Deep State Witch 7 hrs ago #4
I really wish Canada would've refused the felon entry to their beautiful country. SheltieLover 7 hrs ago #5
You'd think if that was true, we'd have better Mexican food up here Fiendish Thingy 6 hrs ago #6

Walleye

(41,018 posts)
3. I'm really sick of hearing about this "fentanyl crisis". You don't wanna die of it don't take black market pills.
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 03:06 PM
7 hrs ago

Deep State Witch

(11,893 posts)
4. They Fly South Every Winter
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 03:09 PM
7 hrs ago

Honking, spreading their crap all over the place, and generally being a nuisance!

Oh, wait. That's Canadian GEESE!

SheltieLover

(69,982 posts)
5. I really wish Canada would've refused the felon entry to their beautiful country.
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 03:11 PM
7 hrs ago


I hope Carney shuts this down quickly.

Ty for sharing.

Fiendish Thingy

(19,542 posts)
6. You'd think if that was true, we'd have better Mexican food up here
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 03:36 PM
6 hrs ago

But alas, even halfway decent Mexican cuisine is extremely hard to find here in BC (and believe me, I’ve looked really hard).

Being a California native, good Mexican food is one of the few things I miss about the US (other than family and friends of course).

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