download - 2025-01-25T101120.532.jpeg"Best friends shouldn't move together..." - but we must certainly work and cooperate to strengthen North America's security, achieve energy dominance and economic prosperity.I spoke with Newsmax today to reach an American audience and reiterate Alberta's position on tariffs and border security.facebook_20250126_151626.mp4 Video ReportingBecause Trump has been doubling down on his desire to buy Greenland, what do you make of Trump's insistence on this, Daniel?I think she's very concerned about Arctic security, and he wants to make sure that he's got partners who are equally concerned about it. He's been oppressing Canada for some time since the first administration to make good on our two percent commitment to fund NATO spending, and our country currently has a plan to get there by twenty thirty-two. All of the premiers in our country of- been pressing the federal government to move faster than that, and I think that that's what I'm hearing is that if we can demonstrate that we are a partner in Arctic security, we already have NORAD as a combined force between Canada and the U.S. for protection. I think those are the kind of things that the president wants to see from Canada, those kinds of things that you'll see a law
- Our voices asking for here are, I will do you think that Trump should acquire Greenland and Canada?I think we want to continue to be best friends with the United States. There's a phrase: the best friend shouldn't move in together. We have a very strong, long-term relationship with the United States. It's been terror-free for much of it in the last number of decades. We know that we support the Americans and their aspiration for energy dominance, which is connected to national security.He is a part of the reason why the Americans have been able to export so much oil internationally to achieve their targets and to achieve the support of their allies is because Canada backfills. We have a heavy oil that goes into US refineries to keep prices low for American consumers, and then that allows the Americans to exploit.-their product around the world. You make the same case on all the critical minerals, and mean we're watching as China is trying to cross out to cut off the critical mineral supply chain to the United States for germanium and gallium and intimidate. We've got a that, and Canada, we've got uranium mature. We think would be a great partner for the United States providing that security, so I think we've got a partnership that works someWe want to maintain that all right, well, we've got this looming threat of twenty-five percent tariffs imposed by Trump on Canadian goods starting February first. You have decided to take a different approach. I understand from the other premiers of your country that last week he did not sign their joint statement on how Canada plans to respond to these ten-or of threats prompting criticism that you are not for Team Canada; that's what some people are saying. I want to get your take. Tell us about your decision. Well, some of my colleagues were saying that we needed to cut off energy exports. The United States might think that's the exact opposite of what we want to do. I think we want to double our exports. the united states a boot right now america gets twenty-one weeks- Uses twenty-one million barrels of oil a day; the only produce you only produce thirteen million barrels a day; you need to get that additional amount from somewhere, and our particular grade of heavy oil is a year for refineries that are configured to receive it. If you don't get it from us, there are places in the world that you probably don't want to buy it from, like Venezuela and around, and so if the American.Source@Premier Smith [attachment deleted by admin]