‘Old Relationship Is Over’ Canada’s New PM Asserts Stronger Position with U.S.

Canada’s new Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney wasted no time making headlines or enemies by declaring that the “old relationship” with the United States is officially over. Just weeks into the job, Carney is already escalating tensions with the U.S. after President Trump reintroduced tariffs aimed at protecting American industries from foreign exploitation.

At a Thursday press conference, Carney announced retaliatory trade measures, boasting that his government will strike back in a way that delivers “maximum impact in the United States and minimum impacts here in Canada.” He added, “We Canadians have agency. We have power.”

Power? Let’s talk numbers:

• 75% of Canada’s exports go to the United States, according to Reuters. That’s not just trade that’s lifeblood.

• The U.S. remains Canada’s largest trading partner by a landslide, importing over $450 billion worth of goods from its northern neighbor annually.

• A tariff war could cost Canadian workers thousands of jobs, especially in manufacturing and energy, industries already under pressure.

Carney’s chest-thumping rhetoric is a stark shift from decades of economic partnership and military cooperation between the two nations. But instead of extending a hand, he’s picking a fight he can’t afford to lose. His message was clear: Canada will seek to “pivot” away from the U.S. and build new trade alliances, pushing for the “impossible” at unprecedented speed.

This dangerous pivot might play well with the globalist elites in Ottawa, but the average Canadian facing inflation, job uncertainty, and skyrocketing costs may not share Carney’s appetite for confrontation.

Trump, never one to back down, responded swiftly. On Thursday, he warned that Canada and the EU would face even larger tariffs if they attempted to retaliate or “do economic harm to the USA.” It's a clear sign that Trump intends to put America first again.

Meanwhile, Carney finds himself scrambling to hold onto power ahead of Canada’s April 28 election, with conservative leader Pierre Poilievre surging in the polls. For many Canadians, Carney’s saber-rattling may be too little, too late from a party that drove the country into debt, division, and dependence on woke ideology.

Make no mistake this isn’t just about trade. It’s about leadership, sovereignty, and the direction of North America. Trump is drawing a hard line, and for once, Canada might have to decide whether it stands with a strong America or stands alone.

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