Incoming Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he’s ready to meet with U.S. Donald Trump if he respects Canadian sovereignty and is open to talk about a common approach to trade.
“I am ready to sit down with President Trump at the appropriate time under a position where there is respect for Canadian sovereignty and we are working for a common approach, a much more comprehensive approach for trade,” Carney said.
This is the way. Leaders need to stop entertaining the orange idiot. He's the shitty kid that breaks stuff to get attention. Trump needs a time out.
I like Iran's attitude. They said "Whatever. Do what you're going to do." and didn't bother having more of a conversation.
Canada is a sovereign state, because it has its own constitution and government. It is true that King Charles III is the head of the Monarchy but that is inconsequential and for all intents and purposes, irrelevant.
Shumer/Democrats are signaling supporting a budget that includes the provision of unchecked trade war powers for Trump: Never allowing congress to question national emergency validity, or any other provocation he makes. The "Only one man:Trump is responsible for war on Canada" becomes false when full US political establishment throws support behind it.
Carney should be visiting Mexico and China (Russia and North Korea visits better than no visits) instead of "waiting for respect". Extreme failure of last government was limiting contacts with US and its other colonies. Cancelling or "Reviewing" military cooperation/purchases with US should be an immediate announcement. Panama just took every US demand up their bodies, and still got "Pentagon drawing up plans for invading Panama" because it might get massive foreign funding of projects in the country.
He added he respects Trump’s concerns for American workers and about fentanyl.
I wish the world outside the US trumpist media bubble would stop parroting this obviously bullshit "concern" about fentanyl. Drug addiction in the US is not a result of foreign agents. It is a mental health problem with social and economic roots. If fentanyl disappears today, it will be replaced by something else tomorrow. The trumpist framing of the issue is not only a bullshit pretext to circumvent USMCA but also actively hurts addicted people and their families. It's just shit. Stop touching the shit folks.