I don’t know, Brian. Kamala appears to have been really influenced by Aristotle’s theory of ethics as she never missed a chance to remind us that she grew up in a middle class family.
Hey Brian, we met at the Inferno confernace the other day. This is a great channel. You have a sober mind and aproach things rationally. Even though your not an American, it's refreshing to hear somone talk about virtue in American politics. God bless you!
As an American Catholic and a supporter of your channel, let me say I genuinely appreciate and look forward to your perspective. Thank you very sincerely.
The only thing I’d disagree with (as a fellow Canadian) is that our politicians are constantly in campa gn mode as well, and you can see it all year long and in between election cycles. It’s just a little different and more obvious after the writ is dropped. Great video, thanks for sharing, on point ✌🏼
I saw a clip of the Conservative Party leader (don’t remember his name) and Trudeau was in the room (Parliament?) and it was very obviously campaign rhetoric that was used by him.
America is an oligarchy. The president doesn’t rule. The idea republican government is fake and always leads to decline and oligarchy. Monarchy is obviously the form of government catholics should support.
The American morale is boosted for sure today! We aren't out of the woods and we have a lot of work ahead, but today was pop the champagne! We celebrating 🎉
Congrats Americans! Hopefully we can follow your common sense and elect Poilievre's Conservative Party at our election next year (Hopefully an early election)
@@alexandremuise8889 The most right-wing candidate is Maxime Bernier. But maybe because Bernier isn't backed by bankers he's not as big as other "conservative" parties around the world.
He walked in their shoes - even for 5 minutes, that's more than any of the other did. He showed those people that he SEES them, he knows they are there, and he walked among them. My hats off to him for that (and even more-so for the creative burn on Kamala's lies!)
agree. IN my praying over the situation of the elections and the Catholics who openly support a pro-abortion candidate, I was told that our next mission is to break the hearts of stone, Ezekial 36. I'm looking into St Paul's street evangalization group. We need to preach the gospel, and not leave it to the Protestants who spread lies about Catholics.
From the moment I subscribed to your channel, I always look forward to your new videos. Your videos are like a breath of fresh air for me. Thank you for your noble work! Greetings from Ukraine!
What Church? Maybe the false Church of Francis and all of his misunderstandings, but not the Catholic Church. Making prudential judgments is not a vote for an evil. And besides. BH, whom I like, is way way misinformed on Trump and America in this commentary.
Everyone has the ability to speak their opinions without having to worry about what others think this whole world always thinks that they’re opinion is the correct answer
That's not necessarily true as an actress named Gina was fired for a joke pointing out the (eft's) hypocrisy and was falsely accused of "denial" of a certain event. The media misrepresented it.
We do care what you think Brian I appreciate all the things that you say. This election will affect the entire world so you can weigh in as much as you want. God bless you.
I don’t mind you commenting on and/or talking about American politics. Canadians are good folks in general. Pleased to be neighbors. Thank you for caring.
I like hearing the Canadian perspective 👍🏻 I’ve noticed that “endorsement” craziness as well. I often criticize Trump, specifically how he is weak on the abortion issue, but as soon as I say something nice about him, there are some people who think that means I agree with 100% of what he says/does. It’s so odd.
@@HowToBeChristian I give him the benefit of the doubt that he is being pragmatic. Secondly the SCOTUS is not going go along with any federal abortion laws. The Dobbs decision made it a states rights issue. The Dems were gaslighting people and then filling them with bs that they can federalize and abortion law and SCOTUS would do nothing. Lastly we have to win the country over and this can be done one state at a time to change the culture to one that respects life
So someone is telling you to stay out of our politics? Okay, Karen and Ken, then stay out of everything. You are more than welcome to share your thoughts on our election. At some level all of our countries impact each other. Plus, you're very thoughtful, which is appreciated.
Hi Brian, I think you're mistaken about Donald Trump's upbringing. Although his parents may have been wealthy, it was due to the extremely hard work & ingenuity of Donald's father in the construction business. As a child, Donald's father often brought him to the construction sites, where he learned first hand the value of hard work. His mother, in an interview, once said that even as a child, Donald wasn't that interested in playing games, but if he did, it was "always building blocks; he loved building things." Even after inheriting a fortune from his father, who he greatly loved & admired, he continued working tirelessly in the construction business, quadrupling his inheritance. He ventured into many other areas as well, even show business. Family, patriotism, and hard work are his life, and it shows. He demonstrates keen interest in the stories of everyday people, and he has worked & played with every walk of life. Despite this, he has never smoked, drank alcohol, or consumed drugs. He has seen much; he knows much; and he relaxes very little. Even on the golf course, he's working, as he has related in interviews. So I think your assessment of him being born wealthy with no understanding of hard work is quite unfair & inaccurate.
Brian, America culture was conceived as the child of the radical Protestant Reformation. We were colonized purposefully by England's religious malcontents. Continual controversy is the very child of this movement. Thus, like Protestants we are quarrelsome and contentious, however because of this we are at least alive and not political zombies as seems to be the case in Canada. Furthermore, some liberal commentators, like Anna Kasparian, have noted they are treated better by "conservatives" than conservatives are treated by liberals. This is, in my opinion, because more conservatives are traditionally religious and live in a culture of sin forgiveness and repentance, thus they understand that one can make mistakes and change, whereas Liberals live in the Marxist environment where if you are conservative you are on the wrong side of history, the predestined progress that we will create and therefore that makes you an unredeemed oppressor who cannot be tolerated because you prevent progress.
@@nics4967 Hmmm Regan and Bush Sr in my opinion were quite different.Because Regan helped create a vibrant economy, I would not call the acceptance of his reign an example of political Zombieism. With Bush Sr and Bush Junior I would say geopolitical zombieism infected the American mind because we were incapable of seeing the political machinations behind their foreign policy. I was dead set against the war in Iraq, and the supposed weapons of mass destruction that were used as its primary cause. That they were never found did not surprise me in the least. However when trying to point this out even with members of my own family I got the glassy eyed stare. As to FDR, I wasn't alive then. My knowledge of that period came mostly from my parents. FDR did prevent a revolution from occurring because of his social interventions, however, surprise, it was WWII that really ended the depression. My observations about the Canadians being political zombies is mostly based on my Americain reactions to Trudeau's handling of the Covid crisis ( we were awful, you were by far even worse) and his shocking suppression of the truckers rallies. The stunt Trudeau polled by freezing peoples bank accounts, if i correctly understood what he did, would have proved insurrection in this country if that were tried here.
Respectfully, Maybe your country would benefit from a little more political exposure of Canada's leaders before their election, as I view the behavior/policies of Trudeau and other leaders in your country...I enjoy your perspectives as a Catholic.
A strong neighbor with a strong leader hopefully means Canada is more secure, for hopefully 4 years. Forgive me for putting my trust in man but the last 4 years seemed like a disaster at least for the American borders and national security.
@@BrianHoldsworth Dick Cheney’s endorsement of Kamala says it all. This MAGA republican party has been remade as a “peace through strength” foreign policy as opposed to the kinetic interventionist nation building and regime change of the George W Bush administration, which curiously continued under Obama. The dems are now the neocon/neoliberal establishment war hawks.
9:39 please. God chooses flawed people. Trump is the plumber here to fix the pipes. We have to choose efficacy over appearance of virtue. (We haven’t had a virtuous president in generations- and even then we find out later they were hiding a lot)
I would think Brian agrees. He was merely pointing out the observation that Trump is not a very virtuous person. He wasn’t saying that fact disqualifies him or anything. It was just a diagnostic statement, not a call to action.
The problem is that he's probably the least competent person the Republicans could have nominated. He's just not good at leading the executive branch. The guy had control of both houses of Congress and couldn't even get Obamacare repealed - the most maligned policy of that era.
Insightful analysis of the U.S. presidential election and American politics in general. It's always interesting to hear how people from other countries view our political system and leaders. I would agree with nearly everything you said.
Thank you for articulating in a clear way. I agree with much of what you said. Hearing you speak about the divide in our country's politics in a non-confrontational way is refreshing. And I think JD Vance is also a clear thinking speaker!
We also must remember that since Jesus hasn’t come back we must deal with men who are sinners and fallen just like we are. Our choice is for the one who does the least damage to our society. Pray for a peaceful transition and that the president elect to get closer to God as God uses him for His plan.
1:00 US elections were a 9 month process until recent history. Like you said the importance of these Federal Elections have taken new significance as a result of growing cultural dominance of the elite, and a rejection of their new norms that are antithetical to common people's beliefs and lives. And understand that from my perspective we do not want our government to get "things done" like the Canadian government as institiated under Trudeau. The governement (we believe) should have a limited role in our society. The Marxists view the roll of government differently.
If you don’t like a certain person being president then that’s fine but it’s your opinion so obviously others should be able to express their opinions 💯
Brian one thing that's important is that we remember as an American I vote in the support of the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights my interests are also dictated by my faith in God as Catholic my family and the support of my national family America! I have great respect for the Canadian Patriots in the North and support them I remember their example with a national trucking! They gave us a good example to follow! 🔥🤟🇺🇸 And the one thing to remember about us in the lower 48 and the other two states in our national laundry we are American not Canadian and we have American sensibilities not Canadian ones and you must remember that we are similar we are not the same!
Are you judging Trump on his behavior of 20+ years ago or within the past 10 years? Are you open to the possibility that he has largely amended his life since sacrificing his comfort for his country?
With regards to billionaires, I think that the problem with billionaires as a class is that elite social acceptability is based on maximizing class differentiation in the elites' favor and at the working/middle classes' expense. While it's very common for billionaires to seek to maximize elite social acceptability, however, some of them just don't seem to care. Trump and Musk, for instance, share some distinctly middlebrow interests -- like fast food and video game streaming -- with the working and middle classes. They're people who took the kinds of dreams a lot of working/middle class kids had when they were eight ("I'm gonna build a giant gold tower with my name on it!" "I'm gonna make a massive angular electric truck that can accelerate faster than a race car and drive itself!") and simply refused to accept anything short of accomplishing them. Working and middle class Americans, who would generally prefer to live as if there was no class divide, tend to find billionaires who lack interest in elite social acceptability attractive... both because it's actually possible to interact with them as human beings and because they're successful people who actually enjoy seeing other people succeed.
Thank you, Brian, for your thoughts. It is always great to get a perspective that is outside of the fishbowl that we Americans are in. Also, most of us don't listen to two years of ads or speeches; we tune them out, haha.
In Trump's case; his previous career moves were the overriding primary stances, as well as the fact that "Baby-murder Inc"/"Planned Parenthood" was advertising that they were scared of him- now anybody who knows the evil of that agency knows that anyone who they're opposed to we have a duty to support.
Well, that's politics for you. You aim for the ideal but it cannot be decoupled from pragmatism. You try to move in the right direction, but it's going to be a struggle. You'll get your hands dirty. A fellow Catholic here that attends the TLM regularly and did not have qualms voting for Trump. I'll take the good with the bad. I didn't vote for him in 2016 for reasons you outlined, but the man has learned discipline over the years--you can compare how he ran his campaign this time vs. the last two times. And it takes a certain type of courage on his part to keep campaigning despite the bogus indictments by his political rivals and 2 assassination attempts. Despite his foibles, the man does have a sincere love for his country, and people see that. Edit: Also, great channel. Praying for you in Canada.
In America we vote for the candidate we regard as the lesser evil. Seemed to me an obvious choice. Trump is not the second coming but he does appear to care about Americans and their interests. Kamala's platform was hating Trump and promoting abortion...and precious little else.
Only since about 2008 have American politics become so intense. Most of my life, your criticism of candidates in America would have been joined by people who were voting for them. The ascendancy of the hard Left and their insistence on the road to Communism orMarxism has been at least part of this phenomenon. There have been other influences and factors at work, but fear of living a Soviet life can make for intense actions. Also, many of us are still more like you than you know about.
Nothing that was said here was profound or interesting in the least. “We shouldn’t be so divided and accept others regardless of their politics”. Wow, great idea Einstein. Never heard that one before.
Judge them by their fruits. Trumps children seem to love their father even despite the divorces and affairs with other women. His children also don’t seem to have the vices that we attribute to the “elite” of the US. They have intact families who don’t write in their diaries that “papa got in the shower with me”. I live in a small community and I personally know the “elites” of my community and relationships with them. From that insight I’ve found that they are often times, if not most times, normal people who are “geniuses” in their own right. 2 or 3 generations back their family banded together to accomplish the businesses that are the foundation of their inter-generational wealth. Similarly, they tend to pass on the family values and Christian values they were the cornerstone to the original success. These families aren’t with out scandal or sin, but they are not without their hard earned merits. And as Trump said in his acceptance speech, we have to protect our geniuses. I think that families that have cracked the code are geniuses of a sort especially compared to families that don’t have their act together. Scripture tells us that poor is not better than rich just as rich is not better than poor.
What Trump taps into the most is the proper resentment people hold towards elitists who see themselves as the authors of all that will bring humanity to its ultimate perfection. The denial of original sin and the imperfectability of the human condition is an affront to Christianity even when those offended are not aware that this is what offends them.
Brian, you had some very interesting thoughts and I appreciate your opinion. While I am not sure that I agree that the United States is an Empire(though I understand your rationale in declaring it so), I do agree that we need all the prayers that we can get. I believe that one of the main reasons that President Trump was elected is because of a multitude of people in our nation repenting and praying. We still have a long way to go but I appreciate your prayers and I hope they all make a difference.
Please don’t think Americans don’t care what Canadians think; I think most of us actually value the view “from the outside.” Alternative perspectives are always valuable if you are actually interested in LEARNING.
I don’t care that Trump is rich. I'm sure that's nice for him and his family. I don't even care that he speaks rudely sometimes. Honestly, he just speaks like a New Yorker; he says what he wants without a filter, but he's genuine and authentic about it. But the main reason I voted for him was the economy, illegal immigration, national security, and ending wokeness. I cannot stand being pandered to. I cannot stand living next to the ridiculous border crisis, and i can't stand the cost of living. Trump has a good track record on all of this, so the choice was clear to me.
😊 we are a constitutional republic not a democracy. 😊 For the first time, I’m disappointed in your commentary. I don’t think you did your research. KH has always been a politician starting with her documented affair with Willie Brown, a prominent politician in California. JB has always been a politician and has held some type of office for as long as I can remember. DJT mother was a servant who happened to marry a real estate agent that made a good life for their children. If you watch the videos of him interact with people, he relates to them more than any politician I have ever seen. He has the hard work ethic of the middle class American.
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I don’t know, Brian. Kamala appears to have been really influenced by Aristotle’s theory of ethics as she never missed a chance to remind us that she grew up in a middle class family.
LOL 😂
As she grew up a multimillionaire in Canada
No, it was Hitler and Stalin who taught the "ethics" of social manipulation.
Were the Greeks' lawns as important to them as they were to the Harrises and their neighbors?
She is a Marxist
From your neighbor to the south, love you Brian. Always appreciate your thoughts.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us
St. Joseph, Terror of Demons, pray for us
Go getum St Joseph
Thanks! Keep up the good work ❤
Thanks!
Hey Brian, we met at the Inferno confernace the other day. This is a great channel. You have a sober mind and aproach things rationally. Even though your not an American, it's refreshing to hear somone talk about virtue in American politics. God bless you!
As an American Catholic and a supporter of your channel, let me say I genuinely appreciate and look forward to your perspective. Thank you very sincerely.
So his ignorant and sanctimonious attitude towards Trump doesn't offend you?
From a Texan I love your input!! God bless America 🙏🏻🇺🇸 God bless Canada 🙏🏻🇨🇦 your comments are spot on, thank you.
Thank you. Please pray for Canada. We are led by an fascist. I pray for the USA every day. God bless. ❤
As a Catholic American woman I an relieved Kamala lost
Then you're not a practicing Catholic. Trump embodies deeply anti-Christ values.
Thank you kindly Brian! ❤
Brian, you have every right to speak out on American politics. God bless you and your mission.
The only thing I’d disagree with (as a fellow Canadian) is that our politicians are constantly in campa gn mode as well, and you can see it all year long and in between election cycles. It’s just a little different and more obvious after the writ is dropped. Great video, thanks for sharing, on point ✌🏼
I saw a clip of the Conservative Party leader (don’t remember his name) and Trudeau was in the room (Parliament?) and it was very obviously campaign rhetoric that was used by him.
Pierre Poilievre 🍎
America is a Constitutional Republic, not a democracy.
America is a continent, che.
America is an oligarchy. The president doesn’t rule. The idea republican government is fake and always leads to decline and oligarchy.
Monarchy is obviously the form of government catholics should support.
@@BalthasarCarduelis America is a country, North America and South America are continents
Allegedly.
@@0NoOne1nParticularthat's what nasa would want you to believe
The American morale is boosted for sure today! We aren't out of the woods and we have a lot of work ahead, but today was pop the champagne! We celebrating 🎉
Surely prices will go down as promised right? We'll see
Congrats Americans!
Hopefully we can follow your common sense and elect Poilievre's Conservative Party at our election next year (Hopefully an early election)
3:08 Israel wins.
@@alexandremuise8889 The most right-wing candidate is Maxime Bernier. But maybe because Bernier isn't backed by bankers he's not as big as other "conservative" parties around the world.
@@jamesmccloud7535 Prices will go down (or wages up, more likely) but what is important is that the Marxists have been given the boot.
Let's pray for Trump and Vance
The secular state will keep obliterating Christians…
I pray so hard I should be a monk.
We care 🇺🇸💜🇨🇦. About America it affects us. And Americans citizens have been the forefront of very important issues! God Bless America. 🇺🇸
The whole world 🌎
Congratulations to DJT.....keeping him, his family & his great team in my daily prayers....love & support from South Africa 🇿🇦 🇿🇦 🇿🇦
8:02 thats not true he worked at McDonalds
He walked in their shoes - even for 5 minutes, that's more than any of the other did. He showed those people that he SEES them, he knows they are there, and he walked among them. My hats off to him for that (and even more-so for the creative burn on Kamala's lies!)
Facts 😂
No politician seeking a political office is a saint. To look for one in politics is a fools' errand.
Now is not the time to rest on our laurels. Our Lord has given us a chance to right our nation. Time to get to work.
Yes!! This is what I keep telling others as well. The battle has only begun. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
That is correct. Also rest on sunday thoo
Agree 100% !
agree. IN my praying over the situation of the elections and the Catholics who openly support a pro-abortion candidate, I was told that our next mission is to break the hearts of stone, Ezekial 36. I'm looking into St Paul's street evangalization group. We need to preach the gospel, and not leave it to the Protestants who spread lies about Catholics.
This might be our very last chance. Make it count.
American politics affect the whole world
Absolutely nailed it
From the moment I subscribed to your channel, I always look forward to your new videos.
Your videos are like a breath of fresh air for me.
Thank you for your noble work!
Greetings from Ukraine!
As the Church allows, voting for the lesser of two evils.
What Church? Maybe the false Church of Francis and all of his misunderstandings, but not the Catholic Church. Making prudential judgments is not a vote for an evil. And besides. BH, whom I like, is way way misinformed on Trump and America in this commentary.
@@edwardbaker1331 You do not know the true church's teachings. Advise you to read up on it. Both theology, and social teaching.
Everyone has the ability to speak their opinions without having to worry about what others think this whole world always thinks that they’re opinion is the correct answer
That's not necessarily true as an actress named Gina was fired for a joke pointing out the (eft's) hypocrisy and was falsely accused of "denial" of a certain event. The media misrepresented it.
@ well I meant some especially the ones that make it happen and speak 🗣️
I truly respect your thoughts and welcome your input!! Thank you!! ---a Catholic Texan
Excellent analysis !
Well done !
Thank you for your prayers and your thoughts. You have been very helpful. God bless you 🙏
Brian, you're a great guy.
We do care what you think Brian I appreciate all the things that you say. This election will affect the entire world so you can weigh in as much as you want. God bless you.
Brian, I appreciate your perspective.
Thanks be to God
@@villefere6968more than 7%my mother and my aunts all voted for him
@@villefere6968 was it so bad for them during Trump's first term? The country certainly seemed in better shape than in the last 4 years under Biden.
One disagreement. Trump is an avatar of trumpism which is a synthesis of old democrat ideas and republican ideas into something better than both
Trump is really just a moron who can't read but has a super power: extreme cruelty.
I appreciate your perspective, brother.
I don’t mind you commenting on and/or talking about American politics. Canadians are good folks in general. Pleased to be neighbors. Thank you for caring.
I like hearing the Canadian perspective 👍🏻
I’ve noticed that “endorsement” craziness as well. I often criticize Trump, specifically how he is weak on the abortion issue, but as soon as I say something nice about him, there are some people who think that means I agree with 100% of what he says/does. It’s so odd.
@@HowToBeChristian I give him the benefit of the doubt that he is being pragmatic. Secondly the SCOTUS is not going go along with any federal abortion laws. The Dobbs decision made it a states rights issue. The Dems were gaslighting people and then filling them with bs that they can federalize and abortion law and SCOTUS would do nothing.
Lastly we have to win the country over and this can be done one state at a time to change the culture to one that respects life
So someone is telling you to stay out of our politics? Okay, Karen and Ken, then stay out of everything.
You are more than welcome to share your thoughts on our election. At some level all of our countries impact each other. Plus, you're very thoughtful, which is appreciated.
Hi Brian, I think you're mistaken about Donald Trump's upbringing. Although his parents may have been wealthy, it was due to the extremely hard work & ingenuity of Donald's father in the construction business. As a child, Donald's father often brought him to the construction sites, where he learned first hand the value of hard work. His mother, in an interview, once said that even as a child, Donald wasn't that interested in playing games, but if he did, it was "always building blocks; he loved building things." Even after inheriting a fortune from his father, who he greatly loved & admired, he continued working tirelessly in the construction business, quadrupling his inheritance. He ventured into many other areas as well, even show business. Family, patriotism, and hard work are his life, and it shows. He demonstrates keen interest in the stories of everyday people, and he has worked & played with every walk of life. Despite this, he has never smoked, drank alcohol, or consumed drugs. He has seen much; he knows much; and he relaxes very little. Even on the golf course, he's working, as he has related in interviews. So I think your assessment of him being born wealthy with no understanding of hard work is quite unfair & inaccurate.
You need to do more research of Donny and his family. He haven't found the skeletons yet.
Very well articulated.
I really like your input, I get you I used to live outside of the US and I could see how much the good and bad things done here affect other countries
Brian, America culture was conceived as the child of the radical Protestant Reformation. We were colonized purposefully by England's religious malcontents. Continual controversy is the very child of this movement. Thus, like Protestants we are quarrelsome and contentious, however because of this we are at least alive and not political zombies as seems to be the case in Canada. Furthermore, some liberal commentators, like Anna Kasparian, have noted they are treated better by "conservatives" than conservatives are treated by liberals. This is, in my opinion, because more conservatives are traditionally religious and live in a culture of sin forgiveness and repentance, thus they understand that one can make mistakes and change, whereas Liberals live in the Marxist environment where if you are conservative you are on the wrong side of history, the predestined progress that we will create and therefore that makes you an unredeemed oppressor who cannot be tolerated because you prevent progress.
Well said!
Was America politically a zombie when one party had 12 years in power?
@@nics4967 Possibly, possibly not. What period are you referring to?
@JohnFDonovan-by1nt Reagan/Bush Sr would be the primary period I meant.
FDR was 12 as well, and the secondary meaning.
@@nics4967 Hmmm Regan and Bush Sr in my opinion were quite different.Because Regan helped create a vibrant economy, I would not call the acceptance of his reign an example of political Zombieism. With Bush Sr and Bush Junior I would say geopolitical zombieism infected the American mind because we were incapable of seeing the political machinations behind their foreign policy. I was dead set against the war in Iraq, and the supposed weapons of mass destruction that were used as its primary cause. That they were never found did not surprise me in the least. However when trying to point this out even with members of my own family I got the glassy eyed stare. As to FDR, I wasn't alive then. My knowledge of that period came mostly from my parents. FDR did prevent a revolution from occurring because of his social interventions, however, surprise, it was WWII that really ended the depression. My observations about the Canadians being political zombies is mostly based on my Americain reactions to Trudeau's handling of the Covid crisis ( we were awful, you were by far even worse) and his shocking suppression of the truckers rallies. The stunt Trudeau polled by freezing peoples bank accounts, if i correctly understood what he did, would have proved insurrection in this country if that were tried here.
Respectfully, Maybe your country would benefit from a little more political exposure of Canada's leaders before their election, as I view the behavior/policies of Trudeau and other leaders in your country...I enjoy your perspectives as a Catholic.
Our ruling elites are not primarily polarizing the left and the right. The high class elites use the lower classes against the middle classes.
You are a Canadian, I care about what you think, thank you for getting involved. That's called friendship😊
“…and you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
You don't need to apologize for having an opinion. I appreciate this.
A strong neighbor with a strong leader hopefully means Canada is more secure, for hopefully 4 years. Forgive me for putting my trust in man but the last 4 years seemed like a disaster at least for the American borders and national security.
Agreed. The Dems foreign policy has been really bad since Obama and the effects show.
@@BrianHoldsworth Dick Cheney’s endorsement of Kamala says it all. This MAGA republican party has been remade as a “peace through strength” foreign policy as opposed to the kinetic interventionist nation building and regime change of the George W Bush administration, which curiously continued under Obama. The dems are now the neocon/neoliberal establishment war hawks.
Yes and yes!!
9:39 please. God chooses flawed people. Trump is the plumber here to fix the pipes. We have to choose efficacy over appearance of virtue. (We haven’t had a virtuous president in generations- and even then we find out later they were hiding a lot)
I would think Brian agrees. He was merely pointing out the observation that Trump is not a very virtuous person. He wasn’t saying that fact disqualifies him or anything. It was just a diagnostic statement, not a call to action.
The problem is that he's probably the least competent person the Republicans could have nominated. He's just not good at leading the executive branch. The guy had control of both houses of Congress and couldn't even get Obamacare repealed - the most maligned policy of that era.
@@tylercurtis764Obamacare is actually very popular.
@@tylercurtis764he‘ll be more effective this time the Republican party had many against him his past term
I love Obamacare and I voted Trump in the last three elections.
J.D Vance is a promising upcoming leader.
As an American, I’m alright with any foreigner that acknowledges American hegemony - and all that comes with that - commenting on our politics.
I'm English and I'm celebrating the victory of Donald Trump because his presidency has effected us and will once again effect us positively.
I am American and yes our neighbors to the north and south are important to our success. First time listener to this channel, subscribed!
I traveled throughout Canada when young and I found that we have a lot more in common.
Well said and interesting!
Measured take. Good job, Brian.
We love your input😉🙌🏼🙏
Canadians have the right to talk about anything you want to.
Sadly, our laws do not agree with you
Good observations.
always good to hear from you Brian even if you are a Canadian lol yet the majority of the working class voted for him vive Trump!
Insightful analysis of the U.S. presidential election and American politics in general. It's always interesting to hear how people from other countries view our political system and leaders. I would agree with nearly everything you said.
Thank you😊
Thank you for articulating in a clear way. I agree with much of what you said. Hearing you speak about the divide in our country's politics in a non-confrontational way is refreshing. And I think JD Vance is also a clear thinking speaker!
As a Floridian American, I agree with you.
If I wanted to read Aristotle’s virtues, what book or website is recommended?
Nicomacean ethics
Hope your country gets straightened out. Your opinion is appreciated here. God bless.
Very interesting. God bless
I appreciate your opinion
We also must remember that since Jesus hasn’t come back we must deal with men who are sinners and fallen just like we are. Our choice is for the one who does the least damage to our society.
Pray for a peaceful transition and that the president elect to get closer to God as God uses him for His plan.
1:00 US elections were a 9 month process until recent history. Like you said the importance of these Federal Elections have taken new significance as a result of growing cultural dominance of the elite, and a rejection of their new norms that are antithetical to common people's beliefs and lives. And understand that from my perspective we do not want our government to get "things done" like the Canadian government as institiated under Trudeau. The governement (we believe) should have a limited role in our society. The Marxists view the roll of government differently.
If you don’t like a certain person being president then that’s fine but it’s your opinion so obviously others should be able to express their opinions 💯
Brian, Well said. Aristotle is still a good teacher.
Of course we want Brian’s take.
Brian one thing that's important is that we remember as an American I vote in the support of the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights my interests are also dictated by my faith in God as Catholic my family and the support of my national family America! I have great respect for the Canadian Patriots in the North and support them I remember their example with a national trucking! They gave us a good example to follow! 🔥🤟🇺🇸 And the one thing to remember about us in the lower 48 and the other two states in our national laundry we are American not Canadian and we have American sensibilities not Canadian ones and you must remember that we are similar we are not the same!
Are you judging Trump on his behavior of 20+ years ago or within the past 10 years?
Are you open to the possibility that he has largely amended his life since sacrificing his comfort for his country?
Isn't it amazing how little allowance there can be for Christians to recognize the possibility of redemption in the lives of public individuals?
I'm open to the possibility but I don't see anything that points to much of a change.
That was pretty spot on.
With regards to billionaires, I think that the problem with billionaires as a class is that elite social acceptability is based on maximizing class differentiation in the elites' favor and at the working/middle classes' expense. While it's very common for billionaires to seek to maximize elite social acceptability, however, some of them just don't seem to care.
Trump and Musk, for instance, share some distinctly middlebrow interests -- like fast food and video game streaming -- with the working and middle classes. They're people who took the kinds of dreams a lot of working/middle class kids had when they were eight ("I'm gonna build a giant gold tower with my name on it!" "I'm gonna make a massive angular electric truck that can accelerate faster than a race car and drive itself!") and simply refused to accept anything short of accomplishing them.
Working and middle class Americans, who would generally prefer to live as if there was no class divide, tend to find billionaires who lack interest in elite social acceptability attractive... both because it's actually possible to interact with them as human beings and because they're successful people who actually enjoy seeing other people succeed.
Sounds about right Brian.
Good opinion Brian.
Thank you, Brian, for your thoughts. It is always great to get a perspective that is outside of the fishbowl that we Americans are in. Also, most of us don't listen to two years of ads or speeches; we tune them out, haha.
I'm 100% positive Josiah was yelling at the screen for most of this video
We faced voting for the lesser of two evils, Harris presented herself as anti Catholic more than once
In Trump's case; his previous career moves were the overriding primary stances, as well as the fact that "Baby-murder Inc"/"Planned Parenthood" was advertising that they were scared of him- now anybody who knows the evil of that agency knows that anyone who they're opposed to we have a duty to support.
Campaigning is the beginning of the fight. The fight is worth it.
A slight breeze on day in Butler Pensalvainia may have saved our republic and millions of lives worldwide. Thanks God.
Perogis and an 'Arn to celebrate
That breeze is the Holy Spirit.
Heh, I'm disappointed with both choices, but I voted based on what I believe is the party ideals that align with what I understand the Bible teaches.
You do have some good insights. Perhaps we can piece it together and come up with better ways of doing things.
I voted more for his Catholic Vice President than I did for Trump.
Well, that's politics for you. You aim for the ideal but it cannot be decoupled from pragmatism. You try to move in the right direction, but it's going to be a struggle. You'll get your hands dirty. A fellow Catholic here that attends the TLM regularly and did not have qualms voting for Trump. I'll take the good with the bad. I didn't vote for him in 2016 for reasons you outlined, but the man has learned discipline over the years--you can compare how he ran his campaign this time vs. the last two times. And it takes a certain type of courage on his part to keep campaigning despite the bogus indictments by his political rivals and 2 assassination attempts.
Despite his foibles, the man does have a sincere love for his country, and people see that.
Edit: Also, great channel. Praying for you in Canada.
In America we vote for the candidate we regard as the lesser evil. Seemed to me an obvious choice. Trump is not the second coming but he does appear to care about Americans and their interests. Kamala's platform was hating Trump and promoting abortion...and precious little else.
Only since about 2008 have American politics become so intense. Most of my life, your criticism of candidates in America would have been joined by people who were voting for them. The ascendancy of the hard Left and their insistence on the road to Communism orMarxism has been at least part of this phenomenon. There have been other influences and factors at work, but fear of living a Soviet life can make for intense actions. Also, many of us are still more like you than you know about.
Nothing that was said here was profound or interesting in the least. “We shouldn’t be so divided and accept others regardless of their politics”. Wow, great idea Einstein. Never heard that one before.
Therefore, you think it would have happened
Judge them by their fruits. Trumps children seem to love their father even despite the divorces and affairs with other women. His children also don’t seem to have the vices that we attribute to the “elite” of the US. They have intact families who don’t write in their diaries that “papa got in the shower with me”. I live in a small community and I personally know the “elites” of my community and relationships with them. From that insight I’ve found that they are often times, if not most times, normal people who are “geniuses” in their own right. 2 or 3 generations back their family banded together to accomplish the businesses that are the foundation of their inter-generational wealth. Similarly, they tend to pass on the family values and Christian values they were the cornerstone to the original success. These families aren’t with out scandal or sin, but they are not without their hard earned merits. And as Trump said in his acceptance speech, we have to protect our geniuses. I think that families that have cracked the code are geniuses of a sort especially compared to families that don’t have their act together.
Scripture tells us that poor is not better than rich just as rich is not better than poor.
LOL
Kids who have abusive parent/s, divorced parents, etc still have "love" for their "Errant" parents.
What Trump taps into the most is the proper resentment people hold towards elitists who see themselves as the authors of all that will bring humanity to its ultimate perfection. The denial of original sin and the imperfectability of the human condition is an affront to Christianity even when those offended are not aware that this is what offends them.
Canadians are Americans too! God bless you, Brian!
Brian, you had some very interesting thoughts and I appreciate your opinion. While I am not sure that I agree that the United States is an Empire(though I understand your rationale in declaring it so), I do agree that we need all the prayers that we can get. I believe that one of the main reasons that President Trump was elected is because of a multitude of people in our nation repenting and praying. We still have a long way to go but I appreciate your prayers and I hope they all make a difference.
Maybe if you campaigned longer you wouldn't have ended up with Trudeau.
@@carolynkimberly4021 and we keep re-electing him! To our own great ruin. 🇨🇦
Please don’t think Americans don’t care what Canadians think; I think most of us actually value the view “from the outside.” Alternative perspectives are always valuable if you are actually interested in LEARNING.
So true! How much time, and $$$$ spent, and candidates not doing their job!
Trump is a patriot, Kamala Harris is not. At least Trump cares about the country and believes in america.
Save Canada, dump Trudeau and his cronies.
I don’t care that Trump is rich. I'm sure that's nice for him and his family. I don't even care that he speaks rudely sometimes. Honestly, he just speaks like a New Yorker; he says what he wants without a filter, but he's genuine and authentic about it.
But the main reason I voted for him was the economy, illegal immigration, national security, and ending wokeness. I cannot stand being pandered to. I cannot stand living next to the ridiculous border crisis, and i can't stand the cost of living. Trump has a good track record on all of this, so the choice was clear to me.
😊 we are a constitutional republic not a democracy. 😊
For the first time, I’m disappointed in your commentary. I don’t think you did your research. KH has always been a politician starting with her documented affair with Willie Brown, a prominent politician in California. JB has always been a politician and has held some type of office for as long as I can remember. DJT mother was a servant who happened to marry a real estate agent that made a good life for their children. If you watch the videos of him interact with people, he relates to them more than any politician I have ever seen. He has the hard work ethic of the middle class American.