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“Trump vs. Carney: How a Truth Social Post Shaped Canada’s Election

vincent Froom Season 1 Episode 26


On April 28, 2025—Canada’s federal election day—U.S. President Donald Trump sent shockwaves across the border with a Truth Social post proposing that Canada become the “51st state of the United States.” Within hours, the post went viral, political leaders scrambled to respond, and Canadian voters surged to the polls in what some are calling the “Trump Effect.”


In this explosive episode of Voice of America, we unpack how Trump’s digital interference may have cost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre his own seat and helped Liberal leader Mark Carney clinch a dramatic victory. From sovereignty slogans to electoral fallout, from Truth Social to Parliament Hill—we follow the ripple effects of one post that changed a nation’s future.


Was it trolling? Was it strategy? Or did Trump accidentally unite Canada against him?


Tune in for exclusive analysis, real-time reactions, and a chilling look at the new face of cross-border influence.




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