Canada’s new Prime Minister, globalist-banker-turned-politician Mark Carney, has officially declared what many of us have known for years: the days of America being Canada’s economic crutch are over. In a press conference Thursday in Ottawa, Carney waved goodbye to what he called the “old relationship” with the United States, lashing out over President Donald Trump’s unapologetic America First trade strategy—including his recent push for a 25% tariff on foreign cars.
“The time will come for a broad renegotiation of our security and trade relationship,” Carney said, vowing to push back on what he views as a new, tougher United States. Translation: Trump’s tariffs are working, and Canada’s liberal elite doesn’t like it.
Carney, who just took over leadership of Canada’s Liberal Party with a staggering 86% of the vote after the implosion of Justin Trudeau’s political career, spent more time chest-thumping about Canadian “agency” than he did explaining how Canada plans to survive economically without the protection of its biggest trading partner. “We control our destiny,” he said. “We can give ourselves much more than any foreign government, including the United States, can ever take away.”
That’s rich coming from the same political class that has relied on U.S. trade, military protection, and shared economic integration for decades while outsourcing its manufacturing base and letting Canadian identity rot from within.
Trump, of course, isn’t interested in playing globalist footsie with Carney or anyone else in Ottawa. On Wednesday, he announced that foreign-made cars would face a 25% tariff—a move designed to reinvigorate America’s auto industry and bring production back home. For now, products covered under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) are spared, but that pause may not last long. Trump has made clear: if you want access to the U.S. economy, you’d better come to the table with a deal that benefits American workers.
And let’s not forget, it was President Trump who already renegotiated NAFTA into the USMCA during his first term, forcing both Mexico and Canada to agree to stronger terms for American labor and industry. Now, as Trump returns to the world stage, he’s proving once again that he’s not afraid to flex America’s economic muscle—and our neighbors to the north are rattled.
Carney’s performative outrage may play well to Canadian elites and media sycophants, but it won’t hold up in the real world. Canada sends nearly 75% of its exports to the U.S., and their economy is tightly tethered to ours. If Trump wants to turn up the pressure, he can—and he will.
The reality is this: Canada needs America far more than America needs Canada. Trump knows it, and Carney knows it too.
Trump’s “make Canada the 51st state” comment may have been tongue-in-cheek, but it touched a nerve for a reason. Canada has become so used to riding the coattails of the U.S. that any talk of standing on their own sends their leadership into panic mode. Carney can bluster all he wants, but without access to American markets, his country is toast.
President Trump is proving once again that America leads, others follow—and if our so-called allies don’t like it, they’re welcome to try and go it alone. Good luck with that, Mark.
