Carney’s Caught in a Bad Gangster Movie
Wish the PM could win a faster deal with Trump? Don’t forget how mob bosses work....The Don never lets up. Like a New York mafioso out to sew up new territory, he keeps levelling the smiling threat that Canada is due for a “merger” with the United States.President Donald Trump made sure everyone saw his 51st-state flex in the lead-up to his meeting Tuesday with Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Then, as the two met in the White House to negotiate trade and other issues, Trump’s patter could have been scripted for a new sequel to The Godfather.
“We want Canada to do great,” Trump said. “But you know, there’s a point at which we also want the same business.” What a pity, he implied, if Canada, like some wayward member of the Family, didn’t play ball. “We have natural conflict. We also have mutual love.”Back home, before any news had emerged from the meeting, Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre pounced, starting question period by decrying, “Still no deal, still no victory.”
He spoke as if Carney were engaged in negotiations with a U.S. leader who can be reasoned with, rather than a gangland boss running a racket with no scruples.
Too harsh? Consider how organized crime leaders construct their teams. Loyalty above qualifications, subservience over integrity, are what matter most.
So let’s look at the people Trump has chosen to execute his agenda in his second term as president....Trump’s first lieutenants
Carney ideally seeks a reasonable meeting of minds about drugs, guns, criminals and immigrants crossing the shared border. But who are Trump’s first lieutenants on such matters?
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Having said that, does anyone actually believe that Trump will actually honor any deal that he agrees to?