Obama invokes maple syrup and Martin Short in Canada tariff jibe

CTV Your Morning's rally clip pairs the former president's joke with his warning about costs for American consumers.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 53,827 views a day, 17 times a normal first day on this channel (3,233).

Barack Obama Mocks Tariff War with Canada | Your Morning

Canada's supposed menace, in Barack Obama's telling, comes down to maple syrup and Martin Short. Speaking at an Ohio rally, the former president uses the unlikely pair to ridicule Donald Trump's tariffs on America's northern neighbor.

"The big trade war he's starting now is with that well known evil empire, Canada," Obama says in footage carried by CTV Your Morning. He follows with the punchline: "Canada. I mean, these are the people who gave us maple syrup and Martin Short."

The Short drew about 37,000 views in its first 12 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for that format. Its comment section was also much busier than a typical first day.

CTV's brief report moves from the joke to Obama's economic criticism: his warning that American consumers face rising costs. The clip captures a pointed contrast in his argument, treating Canada as an implausible enemy while presenting the tariffs as a problem for Americans' wallets.

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The numbers

The Obama clip passed CTV Your Morning's usual first-day Shorts audience before its first day was over.

the video's first day

usual first day here

3,233

this video

53,827

subscribers

230,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

126,823,216

views per day

85,149

typical day: 99,889

the video

views

37,180

likes

746

comments

32

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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297,000

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281,000

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249,000

The Smothers Brothers

238,000

CTV Your Morning

230,000

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208,000

As of October 27, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.