Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney sends his negotiators HOME after Trump pushes him too far – “AMERICA HAS CHANGED!”
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has ordered his trade negotiators home from Washington, rejecting Donald Trump's demands and delivering a stunning verdict on what has happened to the relationship between America's closest neighbors.
“America has changed,” Carney told Canadians Saturday morning. “We recognize that sometimes, its signature is written in pencil.”
That's quite a thing to hear from the prime minister of Canada.
Carney suspended negotiations Friday night after the Trump administration changed its terms at the last minute.
This morning, he explained his decision in a 22-minute address that went far beyond the usual diplomatic language countries use when negotiations fall apart.
“We cannot accept what they offered and we will not give what they asked,” Carney said. “We were not prepared to compromise Canada’s sovereignty or undermine our key industries.”
According to Carney, Trump's negotiators wanted concessions involving Canadian protections for French language and culture, and also wanted Canada to align some of its trade policies toward other countries with America's.
Carney called that “a power play” and “a question of sovereignty.”
Then he described what's happening between two countries that have lived peacefully beside each other for more than 200 years in language that would have been almost unimaginable before Trump.
“You’re at war when you’re attacked, and we got attacked.” Trump's new 50 percent taxes on a range of Canadian goods went into effect overnight. Canada is hitting back “dollar for dollar,” with its retaliation beginning Sept. 8.
But the bigger damage may take much longer to undo. Carney reminded Canadians that he warned last spring that America was trying “to break us so that they can own us.”
Now his government is deliberately expanding trade elsewhere so Canada won't have to depend as heavily on the United States. “Canada is becoming stronger and less dependent on America,” he said.
Think about what Trump has accomplished here. Canada isn't some hostile foreign power. It's the country next door, one of our oldest allies and our largest trading partners. And its prime minister is now openly calling the United States an attacker and telling his citizens that their future requires becoming less dependent on us.
Trump likes to boast that other countries finally fear America again. Problem is, our closest friends are also learning not to trust us.
“America has changed,” Carney said.
The painful part is that he's right. Sad.
Here you go dementia Drew!
The truth hurts!
Please don't deflect again!
