PM Carney - I meant what I said in Davos

[taiwan_girl]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-denies-walking-back-davos-speech-9.7062599

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he spoke to President Trump and told him he stands by his remarks last week issuing a call-to-arms among smaller powers against economic coercion.

This marks the latest uptick in trade tensions between Ottawa and Washington just as U.S. officials prepare a formal review of the North American trade treaty that Canada relies on to ship exports to the U.S. on a largely duty-free basis.

Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, didn’t identify the U.S. or Trump, but was widely interpreted as a rebuke to Trump’s policies on using American economic and military might to achieve geopolitical goals. The remarks offered a template for countries on countering this pressure.

“To be absolutely clear, and I said this to the president: ‘I meant what I said in Davos,’” Carney said Tuesday about his 30-minute conversation with Trump. “It was a broader set of issues, and Canada was the first country to understand the change in U.S. trade policy that he initiated, and we’re responding to that.”

[Renauda]

Last Friday Bessent was telling some US TV newsman that the majority of Albertans want to separate from Canada and join the US. Wholly inaccurate.

He, like other members of the Trump cabinet are mendacious gossips and bald faced liars.

[blondie]

PM Carney’s speech was excellent.

[Renauda]

@blondie

Bessent lied today again alleging that Carney “aggressively walked back” his Davos address when he spoke with Trump on the phone. The man’s a creep.

[Renauda]

Seems that Bessent finds Carney’s superior competence as statesman and candid remarks at Davos need to be checked by employing an extortionist response:

"I would just encourage Prime Minister Carney to do what he thinks is best for the Canadian people, not his own virtue signalling, because we do have a USMCA negotiation coming up," Bessent said, using the American acronym for the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/us-treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-mark-carney-9.7064976

Everyday the Trump Adminstration marvellously confirms the essential truth behind Carney’s remarks at Davos. No wonder it garnered a standing ovation.

Bessent again makes an ass of himself.