Prime Minister Mark Carney recklessly provoked President Donald Trump, with the predictable result of a hyperbolic overreaction — a 100% tariff threatened on all goods and services exported to the United States — which, taken at face value, would have a devastating impact on Canada’s economy.
Although we should not accept his threats at face value (take him seriously, but not literally), it was irresponsible for Carney to have indulged his ego for domestic political purposes.
Maybe Carney is working a con stoking the base for an early election while privately walking back his public comments?
