Acting barely like a leader and more like a dictator who wants everything he lays eyes on, Donald Trump has spent more than half of his second term as president salivating after Canada, wanting it as America’s 51st state, and leveling tariffs against the former U.S. ally when they refused to bend. But contrary to what Trump says and what MAGA desperately wants to believe, Canada is now confident that defeating a bully like the POTUS is a done deal.
Mark Carney has now won the elections in Canada and officially become its Prime Minister. In case Trump was hoping to sway the current administration in his favor, his PR team better remind him how he has technically annihilated his relationship with the country and nuked any chance of recovery.
Carney has been vocal and resolute in opposing U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent trade policies and dreams of annexing Canada. In early 2025, when the MAGA leader imposed a 25% tariff on Canadian imports, including steel and aluminum, Carney condemned these tariffs as a violation of trade agreements and harmful to Canadian workers and families. He united Canada and assured that they “will not bow down to a bully.”
In the last week of March 2025, he publicly severed all ties with America, announcing in a cabinet meeting that “the old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over.” This declaration was enough to somewhat bring Trump to his senses as he then got on a call with Carney wherein he shockingly “respected Canada’s sovereignty” and even told reporters that he “always loved Canada.”
And that’s why the people of Canada are confident that they have the leader they need to deal with a man like Trump.
Such was the extent of Trump’s toxicity that it changed the course of Canada’s election as initially, conservatives were predicted to have a landslide victory, but the country soon tipped in favor of the liberals and Carney. The Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre, suffered major failures, even costing Poilievre his own seat, after they failed to deal strongly with and address Trump’s provocations.
But not Carney.
He has risen as an international leader willing to challenge Trump openly. Apart from appearing to be a capable leader, he is a respected name in the international world of finance – he was the former Governor of the Bank of England and Bank of Canada – and has already expressed the goal to become the world leader America can’t be until Trump remains in the White House.
No matter what Trump and team say, it is impossible to see why Canada should even think about knuckling under America.
Published: Apr 29, 2025 10:26 am