Mark Carney promised to take on Donald Trump. He’s done anything but

In his election night address to Canadians last year, Mark Carney spoke with gravity and urgency about the threat posed by Donald Trump. “America,” he declared, “wants our land, our resources, our water, our country … President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us.” Having spent the 2025 campaign warning Canadians about the seriousness of this threat, the prime minister sounded similarly unequivocal about the need for a more assertive approach to Canada-U.S. relations. “Our old relationship with the United States, a relationship based on steadily increasing integration,” he added, “is over … We have to look out for ourselves and above all we have to take care of each other.”