Carney talks about Trump threats is hard

Mark Carney scored a major victory in taking over Justin Trudeau’s successor, which not only made him the leader of the Liberal Party, but by default the next Canadian Prime Minister.

This is an extraordinary result for a man with very little political experience. He was never elected to Congress, let alone served in a cabinet post.

But what Carney owns – as the governor of the Bank of Canada and the governor of the Bank of England during the Brexit negotiations – was a long history of global finance during the economic turmoil.

At such a moment, Carney has been arguing that it could be priceless.

The country’s politics has been turned around due to what happened south of the border, with U.S. President Donald Trump launching a trade war and threatening to make Canada the 51st state.

After announcing the results of the leadership competition on Sunday night, addressing a group of liberal supporters, Carney promised to face Trump’s threat, tariffs and claims of sovereignty over Canada.

“Canada will never become part of the United States in any way, shape or form,” he said. “We didn’t ask for this fight, but when others take off their gloves, Canadians are always ready.

“The Americans should be without a doubt,” he warned. “In trade, like in Canadian hockey, there will be a victory.”

He repeatedly mentioned the U.S. president and said his administration would maintain retaliatory tariffs until “the United States shows us respect.”

However, how he will translate the powerful language on the Ottawa stage into practical solutions to the challenges of these twins, however, is far from clear.

Liberals may hope Trudeau will withdraw from the stage, which itself will help clear the air.

They may not believe Carney was able to at least reset his personal chemistry.

On the other hand, if he had to work hard to win concessions, would he still risk the anger of men using unpredictability as a form of political art?

Much of that will depend on the U.S. president’s insistence that he wants to exert real economic pain on Canada and annex its territory.

This is a difficult question to answer.

After Carney accepted the party’s nomination, I caught up with former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, who served for a decade since 1993 and went on stage earlier that night.

Does he think Mr. Trump is serious?

“You know, I don’t,” he told me. “Do you know? Does anyone know? I’m not a doctor or a psychiatrist. He changes his mind every two or three hours. So [for him] To be a leader in the free world, it’s busy for everyone. ”

Despite the U.S. threats that dominated Canadian politics – Carney described the current situation as “a dark day brought by a country we can no longer trust” – there is still domestic political matters to focus on, especially the prospect of a general election.

Once he serves as prime minister in the next few days, Carney will have to decide whether to hold a quick election. If he doesn’t, the parliament’s opposition party may force a person through a vote of distrust later this month.

The Liberal Party faces election forgetting before Trudeau says he resigns.

After nine years in power, he was responsible and lightning rod for public outrage over rising costs of living despite levels of government spending and intense national debt.

Under the management of young populist leader Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative power swept the stage, which turned Lambasting Trudeau into a movement.

Now, not only does he lose the advantage of an unwelcome opponent, but his political style is at risk of being disconnected. In the current environment, even consistency with Trump’s politics is a potential responsibility with Canadian voters.

The Republican president recently said that Canada’s conservative leaders are not enough for magazines.

The Liberals suddenly felt a sense of revival – the gap that once had a conservative (used as the Gulf) narrowed significantly. You may feel the optimism in your room on Sunday night.

Poilievre realized the danger, accusing liberals of “trying to deceive Canadians” of choosing it for the fourth term. But his statement also highlights the political message of how Trump changes the borders.

“It’s the same liberal team that drives taxes, housing costs and food prices, and Carney himself makes a profit from moving billions of dollars and thousands of jobs in Canada to the U.S.,” Poilievre wrote.

“We need a new Conservative government that will make Canada the first to make a change.”

The election of Donald Trump has led to Canadian rallying around the national flag and has pushed a former central bank governor, a prototype member of the country’s political elite, to the country’s top post.

The Conservatives may still lead in the polls, but for a long time, liberals believed that under Carney, they had a fighter again.