Paying Homage to a Liege Lord
"Why is America subsidizing Canada?""We don't need their cars, we don't need their energy, we don't need their Lumber, we don't need ANYTHING they have, other than their friendship, which hopefully we will always maintain.""They, on the other hand, need EVERYTHING from us!""We're going to be friends with Canada. [Carney's election victory was one of the] greatest comeback in political history.""Canada chose a very talented person, a very good person.""[Could Carney do anything to persuade him to lift tariffs?] No."U.S. President Donald Trump
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| U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 6, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis |
Seated with U.S. President Donald Trump, newly-elected Canadian Liberal leader Mark Carney cemented his friendly relations with the man who has spurned the traditional view of Canada as a neighbour and ally to confront it instead with accusations of trade advantage and free-rides on America's dime by expressing his admiration for the man as a 'transformational' leader. Transformational he most certainly is, having transformed the United States from a reliable ally, a leader in world politics, a moral and compassionate voice for peace and reconciliation, into one that has isolated itself, asserted its exceptionalism, thrown its economic weight around, accusing other nations of taking it for granted and imposing trade upsets threatening to send the globe into recession.
That's transformational...tossing diplomacy and fairness into the dustbin of a worn era, to elevate bluster and threats to the apex of world relations, sending other nations into tenterhooks of uncertainty and dread of the next uninhibited charges of America's new direction in alienating itself from all that it had formerly led as the world's sole influential power in democracy in action, the leader in world markets, the ultimate arbiter in state-to-state relations, and the conscience of humanity. All suddenly in collapse as an ethical and egotistical blight takes centre stage and threatens to annex Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal.
When asked why Mark Carney, Canada's new prime minister was anxious to meet with him, Trump responded that he had no idea, other than perhaps wanting to discuss a 'deal'. If there's anything dear to the heart of the American president, it's a deal. Not any deal, but one that he dominates and calls the parameters on, and should he so deign, offer crumbs to an adversary. Mark Carney sat in silent assent listening to the stream-of-consciousness outflow. He sat in silence while Trump verbally assaulted one of his personal friends and primary political colleagues.
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| U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 6, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis |
But he was on the few occasions when he was able to intersperse the flow of Trumpian triumphalism by fawning appropriately and in the process cementing Trump's impression of him as a 'good fellow'. The meeting between the Canadian and the American delegation went smoothly; the conversation led and dominated by the garrulous self-promoter and oiled well by the unctuous servility of his guest. One whose manner allowed him to escape the humiliation that tore into a much better man, Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy whose 'respect' for Trump was called into question.
President Zelenskyy responded to the corruption of reality spouted by Trump and his entourage, vigorously defending Ukraine and his government's decision-making. His was a celebration of
David facing Goliath undeterred by consequences and fuelled by righteous outrage over the promotion of lies and accusations that held little resemblance to reality. Mark Carney's treatment was that of a sycophant, a humble penitent, signalling how onboard he was with Trump by emulating his thrust fist.
David facing Goliath undeterred by consequences and fuelled by righteous outrage over the promotion of lies and accusations that held little resemblance to reality. Mark Carney's treatment was that of a sycophant, a humble penitent, signalling how onboard he was with Trump by emulating his thrust fist.
"Canada is a place that will have to take care of itself economically ... It's hard to justify subsidizing Canada to the tune of $200 billion, or whatever the number might be.""[I have great respect for] a very talented person, a very good person [who had pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in the history of politics], maybe even greater than mine."U.S. President Donald Trump
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| U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meet at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 6, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura |
Labels: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, U.S. President Donald Trump, Washington Meeting
posted by Pieface @ Thursday, May 08, 2025
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