CANADALAND Take My President, Please!
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Jan 7, 2026 Jen Gerson, an opinion writer and co-founder of The Line, joins the discussion to dissect Canadian and U.S. political moves following Maduro's capture in Venezuela. She contrasts the different Canadian reactions to the U.S. intervention, highlighting an alarming precedent for imperialism. Jen critiques both American aggression and Canada's complacency, urging a shift from reactive to transformational patriotism. The conversation also questions the moral foundation of current U.S. foreign policy and its implications for Canadian strategy.
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Precedent Over Principle
- The US arrest of Maduro exposes a naked imperial play that discards pretense and tests global rules.
- Jen Gerson warns this precedent chips away at international norms and invites escalation by showing there are no consequences.
Pretext Has Vanished
- Trump removed the illusion of moral pretext from US interventions by openly admitting strategic motives like oil.
- Gerson says that frankness reveals interventions are about leverage, not liberal values.
Tears Of Joy In Exile
- A Venezuelan caller on the Politics Edition wept with joy when Maduro fell and celebrated openly at 4 a.m. with family.
- Jen Gerson says that emotional rejoicing is understandable even if the method and motives are problematic.