“I would like to thank Donald Trump, without whom this would not be possible.” Mark Carney, the 24th Prime Minister in Canada, was too tactful on Monday to actually give credit to the President of the United States to return his party to office. But this is the truth of the Lord. Wishing Canada’s sovereignty, Trump has turned the estimated landslide of the Pemnom Conservative Party into defeat during the weeks. Not bad for the first 100 days of the US President. He can do a similar service for the current Labor Party in Australia this weekend, without even threatening to annex the country.
But Carney deserves the credit for the nailing of his opponent Pierre Pieliev to Trump. Instead of the “first” of the Canada poilievre, Carney announced Canada Strong. He did it while also distanced from Justin Trudeau, his deeply unpopular predecessor as a liberal prime minister. There are lessons for the Democrats here. If Kamala Harris throws Joe Biden under the bus with the same shipment as Carney to Trudeau, she can beat Trump last November. Mostly, Carney showed that non-supply can win in the right conditions-in the case as a foil of the world major populist.
Complete disclosure: I know Carney from the early 1990s. Although his skills as an economist and central banker were clear, Monday was the first time he stood in elections. He turned 60 last month, two days after replacing Trudeau. It’s hard to overestimate how amazing it looked a few months ago. Carney works for Goldman Sachs in London and New York. Then he headed the Canada bank. He then became the manager of the Bank of England. He then joined the world investment company. He promotes ESG in the UN – two abbreviations that usually become ill with an unlawful company. If globalism had a name and a face, it would have been Carney.
Only Trump could turn these mills into wings. In this respect, the 47th president in America is involuntarily playing an ally of democracy everywhere except at home. He gave the average Canada voter a course on the virtue of internationalism based on the rules. As the only person to run two G7 central banks, Carney can claim that he knows how the global economy works. Canada, like the EU, Mexico and most other countries, suddenly awakened the dangers of Renegade America. If the US President can threaten the sovereignty of his neighbor and a loyal ally, which country is safe?
There are two broader Trump take. The first is that it costs more for submission. Not only does Trump dismiss the sycophanes, he goes out of his way to humiliate them. This also applies to foreign leaders. Trudeau climbed a plane to Palm Beach in November, when Trump first threatened the tariffs for America’s neighbors. Mexico’s leader, Claudia Shainbaum, did not make the hike. Trump talks about her with respect; He continued to mock Trudeau as “governor of the 51st country.” Leaders tempted to cut off the hasty side transactions with Trump should be kept. His signature is not binding. Nor will the voters necessarily reward them for teaching him. The famous Commonsensical Canada reminds us that some things-patriotism, dignity-can be appreciated higher than short-term growth.
The second is that Trump is bad for Trump. Poilievre was sold as a softer version of Trump. Peter Dutton, the leader of the Liberal Party in Australia (the conservative), made it more bold. They both locked themselves in a cage of foreign. When Trump took steps to harm their nations economies, they could not easily reject it. Even voters with low information know flip flops when they see it.
Other right -wing leaders, in particular Italy in Georgia Meloni, resist Trump’s complete hug. Britain Sir Kyar Starmer also has to be careful. The more the populist reform of the most nigella Farage as Trump’s Stowe, the more difficult is its implicit criticism of Trump. As an alternative, Starmer can make a tariff transaction that Poland Trump, but can alienate the UK’s friends and partners. The gut will be needed, but not an unrealistic level of skill – for Starmer to paint both parties for Brexit, including the conservatives of the opposition, such as the goods of a foreign strong man.
This is the self -contained Trump core. Just as Trump rejects the Allies, he has no loyalty to friends. A large share of Republicans in Congress supports him by fear, not from devotion. Here, too, Trump gives the world a course for a crash. The best way to buy the vow “America (or Canada, Brazil, the UK, Italy, Mexico, etc.) is to play well with others. Power and prosperity are multiplied by friends.