Mark Carney: Unrump Democracy

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“I would like to thank Donald Trump without him this was not possible.” Mark Carney, the twenty -fourth prime minister of Canada, was very tact on Monday to give the US president already his party’s return to office. But it is the truth of the Lord. By clearing Canada’s sovereignty, Trump turned the expected ground collapse of the almost expected conservative Party to defeat within weeks. It is not bad for the first 100 days of the American president. It may provide Saleh similar to the current Labor Party in Australia this week without even threatening to include the country.

But Carney deserves to be credited with his opponent Pierre Pollyfler to the Trump. Instead of “Canada first”, Carney announced “Canada Strong”. He did this as he was also distancing from Justin Trudeau, his deep non -popular predecessor as the liberal prime minister. There are lessons here for Democrats. If Kamala Harris Joe Biden threw at the bus with the same transmission that Carney did to Trudeau, he might have defeated Trump last November. Most of all, Carney showed that non-popularity can win the appropriate circumstances-in this case as a monotheism of the populist leader in the world.

Full disclosure: I have known Carney since the early 1990s. Although his skills as an economist and Central Bank were clear, Monday was the first time that he was standing for the elections. He reached 60 years, two days after Trudeau was replaced. It is difficult to overestimate the extent of the possibility of this there is a few months ago. Carney worked in Goldman Sachs, London and New York. Then he headed Canada Bank. After that, he became the governor of the Bank of England. Then join a global investment company. He promoted ESG at the United Nations – two abbreviations that would usually give him from an unseen company. If globalization has a name and face, it will be Carney.

Only Trump could have converted these grinding stones into wings. In this regard, the forty -seventh president of America plays an unwanted ally for democracy everywhere except at home. The average voters in Canada gave a crashing course in the advantages of the bases -based international. As the only person who runs the Benkin from the Central G7, Carney can claim to know how the global economy works. Canada, like the European Union, Mexico and most other countries, suddenly woke up to America’s rebellious dangers. If the American president can threaten the sovereignty of its neighbor and its loyal ally, what is the safe country?

There are two fast food treatment Trump. The first is that the cost is more expensive. Not only does Trump’s paratrooper do not respect, but rather go out to humiliate them. This also applies to foreign leaders. Trudeau arrived on a plane to Palm Beach in November when Trump first threatened the definitions of America’s neighbors. Mexico leader, Claudia Shinbom, did not take the journey. Trump talks about it with respect. He kept mocking Trudeau as “the governor of the 51st State”. Leaders who have been seduced by cutting hasty side myths with Trump should be careful. His signature is not binding. Voters will not necessarily reward them for his comfort. The famous Canada reminds us that some things-national, dignity-can be estimated than short-term growth.

The second is that Trump is bad for Trump. Poilievre sold himself as a more moderate version of Trump. Peter Daton, leader of the Australian Liberal Party (conservative), has frankly larger. Both of them locked themselves in a cage of someone else. When Trump took steps to harm the economies of their countries, they could not disguise easily. Even low information, voters know the heart when they see one.

Other right leaders, especially Italy, Georgia Miloni, resist Trump’s full embrace. British Sir Kerr Starmer must pay attention. Whenever he could photograph Nigel Faraj from popular reform in the United Kingdom, Nigel Faraj was in Trump, the more strict criticism of Trump. Instead, Starmer may undertake an introductory deal that disturbed Trump but can alienate British friends and partners. It will take courage – but not an unrealistic level of skill – for Starmer to draw both Britain’s exit from the European Union, including opposition governors, as sponsors of a strong foreign man.

Here, Trump’s self -essence lies. Just as Trump rejects the allies, he has no loyalty to friends. A large share of Republicans in Congress takes it out of fear, not dedication. Here again, Trump provides the world with a crash. The best way to recover the vow “America (or Canada, Brazil, Britain, Italy, Mexico, etc.) is to play well with others. Power and prosperity are hit by friends.

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