Trump Calls Canada’s Immigration Policy Self-Destructive, Cites Unemployment
Trump says Canada is allowing millions of unchecked immigrants into the country, calling it a Liberal takeover that will end badly and pointing to rising unemployment as evidence.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump attacked Canada’s immigration policy on Truth Social, calling the country self-destructive for admitting what he described as millions of unchecked and unvetted arrivals.
Here is the full post on truthsocial: “Canada is destroying itself by allowing millions and millions of people into the Country, essentially unchecked and unvetted, and who are causing problems that will soon be too big to handle. It is a Liberal takeover that will end very badly. Already showing up in their numbers. Big unemployment. ‘Oh Canada! President DJT” on September 23, 2026 at 9:08 AM ET.
This is Trump’s 6th message released today, and the last post was 31 minutes ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 17 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 1 of his 37 posts over the last 30 days classified as Immigration posts.
Trump’s post framed Canada’s immigration intake as a politically driven crisis, attributing rising unemployment and social strain to what he called a Liberal takeover. He offered no specific figures to support the unemployment claim, and the post did not name any Canadian official or policy by title.
Canadian public opinion on immigration has shifted sharply in recent years. A 2024 survey by the Environics Institute, conducted with the Diversity Institute at Toronto Metropolitan University, found that 58% of Canadians believed the country accepts too many immigrants — a 14 percentage point increase from 2023, itself built on a 17 point rise the year before, according to torontomu.ca. That two-year swing was the most rapid since the Focus Canada research program began tracking the question in 1977, and the highest share expressing that view since 1998. The survey covered 2,016 Canadians interviewed between September 9 and 23, 2024.
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Support for immigration’s economic benefits has also eroded. Close to seven in ten Canadians — 68% — said immigration has a positive impact on the economy, but that majority had declined for the second consecutive year, according to torontomu.ca. The weakening was most pronounced in the Prairie provinces and among Canadians aged 18 to 29.
Opinion diverges most sharply along party lines, with Conservative Party supporters expressing the strongest agreement that immigration is too high at 80%, while 45% of prospective Liberal voters and 36% of NDP supporters shared that view, according to torontomu.ca. The Canadian federal government moved to address public pressure in 2024, announcing new limits on temporary foreign workers and international students after a record number of new immigrants settled in cities across the country the previous year.
Statistics Canada data showed that in major urban centres, including Calgary, recent population growth translated into roughly two to three additional residents per newly completed dwelling — a sign that demand was rising faster than supply could respond, according to aaisa.ca. Trump’s post did not address housing. His remarks focused on what he characterized as an unmanaged intake of people and a politically motivated policy failure, closing with the phrase “Oh Canada” — a reference to the country’s national anthem — and his initials.
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