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Maddowblog-Canadian prime minister: The United States is 'no longer a reliable partner'
“The old relationship we had with the United States ... is over,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney declared.
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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/canadian-prime-minister-united-states-no-longer-reliable-partner-rcna198560
Nearly nine years ago, as Barack Obama started wrapping up his final year as president, the Democrat traveled to Canada to deliver remarks to the House of Commons in Ottawa. To understate matters, Obama received an extraordinarily warm welcome.
In fact, an NBC News report from the time noted that the then-president was greeted with “rapturous” applause and an extended standing ovation, which included Canadian lawmakers chanting, “Four more years! Four more years!” for quite a while......
A lot can happen in nine years. The New York Times reported:
Carney, just two weeks into his tenure, also said, “The old relationship we had with the United States, based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation, is over.” He added, “We must fundamentally reimagine our economy. We will need to ensure that Canada can succeed in a drastically different world.”
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“We will need to dramatically reduce our reliance on the United States,” the prime minister went on to say. “We will need to pivot our trade relationships elsewhere. And we will need to do things previously thought impossible at speeds we haven’t seen in generations.”
Americans who voted for the Republican ticket last fall might not have realized they were throwing their support behind a U.S. foreign policy that would shatter Canadian confidence in the United States. But here we are.
In fact, an NBC News report from the time noted that the then-president was greeted with “rapturous” applause and an extended standing ovation, which included Canadian lawmakers chanting, “Four more years! Four more years!” for quite a while......
A lot can happen in nine years. The New York Times reported:
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada on Thursday vowed to defend his country’s workers, businesses and economy in response to new tariffs and threats from President Trump. He said Canada would move rapidly to trade more with other countries because it was clear that the United States was “no longer a reliable partner.”
Carney, just two weeks into his tenure, also said, “The old relationship we had with the United States, based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation, is over.” He added, “We must fundamentally reimagine our economy. We will need to ensure that Canada can succeed in a drastically different world.”
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“We will need to dramatically reduce our reliance on the United States,” the prime minister went on to say. “We will need to pivot our trade relationships elsewhere. And we will need to do things previously thought impossible at speeds we haven’t seen in generations.”
Americans who voted for the Republican ticket last fall might not have realized they were throwing their support behind a U.S. foreign policy that would shatter Canadian confidence in the United States. But here we are.
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trump is trying to claim that there was productive call today. The Prime Minister paints a different picture
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