Even as Canadians were casting their ballots on Monday, Trump could not stop himself from sticking his oar into the business of America’s northern neighbour one last time, with a social media posting that effectively consigned Pierre Poilievre’s candidacy to the ash heap of Conservative Party history.
“Elect the man who has the strength and wisdom to cut your taxes in half, increase your military power, for free, to the highest level in the World”, urged Trump on his social media account.
Poilievre reacted with fury, even as millions of Canadians were trekking to the polls. “President Trump, stay out of our election” he said on X in a dramatic election morning message.
Carney’s secret weapon turned out to be Trump himself (Photo: Mandel NGAN / AFP)
As the votes were counted, it became clear that Canadians had decided that Carney, who had never held any elective office prior to succeeding former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader on 9 March, will now helm the next government.
Carney’s secret weapon turned out to be Trump himself.
The Canadians thought it was a joke, with former Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who witnessed the conversation, telling reporters “the President was teasing us. It was, of course, in no way a serious comment”.
On paper, Trump and Poilievre initially seemed like soul mates, with some key figures in the US President’s “Make America Great Again” movement ardent fans of a populist Canadian Conservative they hoped would be come yin to Trump’s yang.
Amid a rising tide of public fury in Canada over Trump’s “51st state” rhetoric and America’s punishing tariffs on steel, aluminium and other Canadian exports on which the US relies, Poilievre distanced himself from Trump.
“The Conservative that’s running is stupidly no friend of mine”, Trump told Fox News on March 25th. “I think it’s easier to deal, actually, with a Liberal”, he said in remarks that stopped just short of endorsing Carney in the election.
In March, with Carney serving as Canada’s caretaker leader, the two men agreed on the need for comprehensive negotiations about a new economic and security relationship as soon as the election ended.
Carney will point to his victory as a clear indication that Canadians have no desire to abandon their democracy, sovereignty and independent leadership role in the world in order to become part of the United States.
“Canada is an interesting case” to become part of the USA, he again insisted.
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