On Friday President Trump noted (off-the-cuff) he was ambivalent to the trade interests of Canada and had no intention to restart discussions. However, Trump also said he holds no personal animosity toward Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for the stupid and antagonistic move they made in purchasing a manipulative television ad intended to undermine the Trump trade position.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed he did apologize to President Trump for the Canadian effort.
GYEONGJU, South Korea, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Saturday he had apologised to U.S. President Donald Trump over an anti-tariff political advertisement and had told Ontario Premier Doug Ford not to run it.
Carney, speaking to reporters after attending an Asia-Pacific summit in South Korea, said he had made the apology privately to Trump when they both attended a dinner hosted by South Korea’s president on Wednesday.
“I did apologise to the president,” Carney said, confirming comments by Trump made on Friday.
Carney also confirmed that he had reviewed the ad with Ford before it aired but said he had opposed using it.
“I told Ford I did not want to go forward with the ad,” he said.
The ad, commissioned by Ford, an outspoken Conservative politician who is sometimes compared to Trump, uses a snippet of Republican icon and former President Ronald Reagan saying that tariffs cause trade wars and economic disaster.
In response, Trump announced that he was increasing tariffs on goods from Canada, and Washington has also halted trade talks with Canada.
When departing South Korea earlier this week, Trump remarked he had a “very nice” conversation with Carney at that dinner but did not elaborate. On Friday Trump still said the United States and Canada will not restart trade talks. (read more)
Carney also noted he had great discussions with Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping but did not negotiate any trade deals.
Instead, the Canadian Prime Minister emphasized the release of Canadian citizens detained in China and requested that Beijing not interfere in Canadian domestic politics.
The irony is strong.
The current USMCA (CUSMA) trade pact covers approximately 60% of U.S-Canada trade; it is the remaining 40% is being debated and argued.
President Trump’s position is pragmatic. He would prefer to just deal with 100% of the trade sectors in one bilateral free trade agreement; hence, his ambivalence until the USMCA is dissolved.
Canada, on the other hand, is entirely dependent. They demand all trade conflicts be resolved without opening up the USMCA. Again, another conflict. Canada is like the dependent spouse in a divorce arguing for child support payments when the “children” are in their twenties.
The current status is President Trump pulling back completely from discussions with Canada, while the various provincial Premiers and Prime Minister Mark Carney agonize over the issue.
At a certain point, when the entire national economic plan of Canada is based on “Donald Trump bad”, and all political messaging internally is to proclaim they have no alternative policy positions, the Canadians might not realize it, but they are confirming complete and total dependency on the nation Donald Trump represents.
What took place in last week’s tour of Asia, makes Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney look very small.
Carney is small. He has never managed anything. He was a government shill doing things that don’t matter. He is absolutely about the worst person the Communist Canadians could have elected. However he is a talker on every side of an issue. If he does nothing, Canada has a slim chance. But if he does the government “investment” stuff he has been talking about Canada will be like the US if Harris won. It will be over.
Canada’s very own Gavin Newsome.
I’d enjoy this even more if Trudeau/CastroJr hadn’t run away like a little bitc&. Shows that that twinkle socks saw the storm coming. That storm being Donald John Trump, and 80 million patriots!
Absolutely Bshaw7369610. But Purple Barney aka Christina Freeland is still in the game sucking more money from the plebes to aid the lost Ukraine war while pocketing her usual percentage.
Who’s your Daddy now, Carney?
Funny how often I get the impression that a lot of so called leaders are looking for an adult to fix things for them. Would explain how happy some of them are to meet with Trump.
It wasn’t always the case, I’m sure you remember, Frank…they ridiculed him, openly snickering at him in Europe early on in his first term. And I’m sure he hasn’t forgotten either. But time and events can change everything. I think you’re right…the only adult on the stage, save maybe for President Putin.
Western Europe – mainly Germany, Britain, and France.
Easter European leaders have always seemed happy to meet with President Trump. I think a lot of that stems from President Trump treating them with respect like he would any other CEO. Been a long time since they weren’t treated as vassal states just along for the ride.
It absolutely does…genuine respect is a mutual virtue. But it has to be earned also.
Events in Europe have gotten away from their unelected overseers. It has been a long time coming, but President Trump has stood as a complete contrast to those leaders in member states whose loyalties are, or were, more faithful to the Brussels “elites” than to the people in their own individual nations.
He has inspired new voices to rise and challenge the autocracy they’ve lived under for decades. This is what I hoped would happen with his elections. Respect earned. And change, though slow, is following.
As you said Betsy.
Of course the disengenuous Carney despite his “objections” let the false ad run throughout the weekend of the World Series.
Let Carney languish with no talks through to the time of USMCA extension in July with POTUS voting No and offering a bilateral.
Sounds like checkmate.
Checkmate, yes…for the moment anyway.
But I think watching President Trump over the years that he will eventually build Sun Tzu’s “golden bridege” for Carney to cross. He has done this before with those who once held him in low regard and made converts out of them.
Carney may be a hard case, but I suspect in the end he will be forgiven (publicly anyway), and it will be an easier Trump advantage as the USMCA comes to its natural end.
Game, set, and match…President Trump.
The bottom line re Carney is that he’s nothing but a globalist eunuch. While acting like he has some bargaining position with PDT, he just looks smaller and weaker every time he opens his mouth
Elbows down. Knee bent. Eyes down on the ground.
👍🏻 😁 😎
He was appointed by his political party to replace trudeau, no election. Worked for WEF and hold passports.
Oh CaNADA!
doh, canada
your gvmt doesn’t stand on guard for thee
“Canada” is the second-largest country on earth in terms of land mass. It used to be a proud and independent nation. However, we are not in the position of Canadian voters, who can and should throw out these obviously-corrupt “decision” (sic …) “makers.”
“Make CANADA Great Again.” Wow. Isn’t this what the citizens of every country ought to be doing, with regards to their homeland?
If you do not put “[your_country]” first, absolutely no one else on earth ever will. (And, why on earth should they?)
Long before Donald Trump decided to enter politics, he had one “meme” that was entirely assigned to him (and even though it was just a popular television show at the time, hence fiction): “Yer Fired!”
The USA is trying to realize that this is “more than an acronym on a red hat.” Isn’t it time that [Canada … etc. etc … etc. etc.] begin to do the same? This is your survival. If you find that incompetent leaders are presently in charge of that, you do not “give them quarter.” You get rid of them.
Long-ago advertisements in long-ago in-flight magazines: “In life, you don’t get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate.”
Chester Karrass, a pioneer on the subject.
Inspired me to understand and approach negotiation as a distinct business discipline.
“Canada” is the second-largest country on earth in terms of land mass.”
Depending on the sources, it seems Canada has anywhere from 99.4% to 101.6% of U.S. landmass, but their coastline is more than 9 times the length of our coastline.
Now let’s talk about how much of their land is actually habitable by humans…..
Almost all sources indicate between 12% and 20% of their land is habitable.
Only about 5% of Canadian land is suitable for agriculture, compared to 17% in the United States.
90% of their population live within 100 +/- mi. of the Canada / U.S. border.
Ref. https://realcountrysizes.com/usa-vs-canada-size/
Ref. https://brilliantmaps.com/70-of-canadas-population/
Thanks GB. With China after the suitable 5% it’s so sad for our Canadian Treepers. Wish them well.
I remember those ads!
I don’t think this inspires pride or confidence.
What an abject embarrassment! I wonder where she got all the ornamentation hanging on her jacket. Hobby Lobby? Looks like another DEI hire. If I were in the armed forces, I sure wouldn’t want to be sharing a foxhole with HER!
Actions (and Big mouths) have consequences.
It was never independent…. look at their currency images
Next image of Carney may be him on his knees trying to consume a hot dog. 🌭
The time has come for the USA to put canada out of our misery.
Just a tad too late. And groveling never looks good. President Trump knows he is going to eat Canada for breakfast, all in his own good time.
So does this mean he made the wrong selections on the A and B column of the menu and he no get egg roll???
It’s interesting to note Carney waited a week to apologize for that ad, and then appears to be trying to throw Ford under the bus for running it.
I guess Carney didn’t get the reception from Xi he thought he would, or Xi told him his new trade deal with the US looks better than a deal with Snow Mexico.
Did they even bother to think for two seconds about the reaction to their own action? In what world would the outcome be favorable to them? Unbelievable.
Eating crow with some humble pie for dessert.
Carny.
Carnival.
Clown.
Little Markie Carney got a well deserved spanking from his Daddy and is now begging for forgiveness.
I think Daddy will soon take away Markie’s allowance.
He shouldn’t have apologized He should of bought Trump a dinner and a few drinks … cause Trump’s gonna f him at the negotiating table
🤔
Sorry – but who is this Carney fellow?
Does he make maple syrup or something?
/s
One of his children is trans, living in the US.
Wonderful 🙄
Beta males are the worst. I find them repulsive.
Me too Mrs. Sunshine, they are utterly and completely useless in every way possible.
“Ford, an outspoken Conservative politician who is sometimes compared to Trump” – Hahahahaha, Ford’s only similarity to Trump is that they both own properties in Florida. During Covid, after many lockdowns, Ford tried to pull another one, in 2022, I think, and wanted to close access to city parks again. Almost all police regional departments in Ontario said they will no longer enforce his orders and he was forced to back down. His luck is that the alternatives to him are communists, so he’s able to dominate the political spectre from right-of-centre to left-of-centre.
Thanks for the reality check on Ford’s background.
I don’t remember the access to parks thing, but then I live in BC not ON. What I do remember is Ford announcing he was going to ban non-essential travel between towns … and then several regional police forces announced that they weren’t going to enforce it, whereupon Ford backed down.
Yes, that really happened.
https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/many-ontario-police-services-refuse-to-enforce-ford-governments-new-random-stop-laws
How do you come up with the 60-40 numbers? I’ve seen news article claim that as much as 95% of trade between the US and Canada are USMCA compliant. Canadian officials on tv repeat that the average tariff on Canadian products is around 5%. Would be nice to get reliable numbers on it.
Ford may be his personal attack dog, but Carney gave the go ahead. Weasel.
The audacity of this man would not exist without corruption in the US CONgress. Without the graft and scheme Canada would have a standard of living equivalent to Mexico.
The bribes and government corruption I used to associate with India, has been wreaking havoc in our nation for 35 years – at least. I college (1980’s) I studied about why India was stuck economically and it boiled down to the level of corruption that existed. The amount of bribes at ALL levels of government was what was pinpointed as the reason it wasn’t an economic powerhouse. And here we are – hopefully were.
And now we have imported that corruption and installed it at high corporate levels with oversight of our most sensitive data systems. Thank you every president and congress of my lifetime, until Trump.
I love your illustrations, Sundance. This one in particular made me ROFL!
So who runs Canada, the Prime Minister or the Premier of Ontario? If Carney really didn’t want that ad broadcast, you mean to tell me he couldn’t squash it? The Canadian “dream team” is a nightmare for the people of Canada.
The only one telling the truth in this situation is DJT.
Who runs Canada? The UK. And the USA Federal Reserve.
The other side of this situation is that several provinces are already making serious moves towards leaving Canada. Alberta is looking to around next year to hold a referendum on leaving, and are already apparently in talks with the US and several other nations about oil production and distribution. Without Alberta to help prop up their ailing economy, Canada will implode economically then politically.
Actually, the referendum is about staying in Canada, but if it fails…
Carney is the useful idiot in Canada, just as Biden was during his term.
The foolishness of the Canadian political idiots have learned nothing for the past 10 months and Doug Ford’s actions have proven that. Should anyone wish to negotiate with PDJT the door is always open providing you have a valid plan that could have merit for all parties that are involved. Attempt to negotiate in the public forum of MSM you will fall on your face and may even feel a shoe entering your rear end.
The Canadians are desperate and it is very clear that nobody within their leadership has any ability to negotiate anything let alone an issue such as trade and tariffs, or something a crucial as the future of Canada.
Now comes the punch in the nose, advertise Canadian propaganda on US television when the snow Mexicans will not allow us to utilize Canadian banking, media, television and radio.
What a hard way to learn a lesson! Ouch.
Oh well, a bed was made.
The little POS had to take a knee because he FA and FO. PDJT should still stick it to him.
Don’t know if their politicians are as corrupt as ours but I do know they don’t they are not the sharpest knives in the drawer.. Hard to say which is worse the criminal or the idiot .. Some say one can be fixed the other not so much
The apology is due to the American People for attempting to falsely influence our SCOTUS and citizens.
Very good point. As well as to the Reagan Library.
I dont know about others, but I dont believe everything I see on television so no offence taken.
..also if SCOTUS is influenced by a tv commercial we are in much more trouble than any of us have ever thought.
I would never vote for someone who has never made payroll.
Or anyone who hasn’t had a significant failure or two and learned from them.
Concur.
He has all the political acumen and forceful will of the second term of Gray Davis, the recalled California governor twenty two years ago. McClintock was my choice. Even that now seems an exceptionally grave error.
I remember those days.
This is what happens when you allow your urban parasites and third-world invaders to vote. They will vote to dismantle the nation and skitter off with whatever they can take. Now Carney and his pet jackass Doug get to sit there like two blow-up dolls, wondering why things aren’t working out for them.
Just heard that Quebec independence movement may be re-igniting. Could we convince the First Lady to give a nice little speech in French stating how much she appreciates French culture ?
Alberta has an independence vote coming up in 2026. Keep an eye out for the outcome. If Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan vote to leave there goes 80% of Canada’s GDP!
Manitoba will vote to join the USSR as it is run by a socialist.
If they do vote for their independence from Canada then what will their governing body look like going forward? Do they join forces and become a new nation? Would they wish to remain as independent as their economies allow, yet possibly come under the umbrella of existing US territories, similar to Guam and American Samoa?
I imagine they would become separate Dominions under the British Crown. Much like Labrador and Newfoundland were for a long time.
You heard wrong. A recent poll, conducted a few weeks ago at the 30th anniversary of the last independence referendum, showed that 65% of Quebec voters will vote NO when it comes to independence.
“………..65% of Quebec voters will vote NO when it comes to independence.”
They’re like a cat, standing at the back door meowing to go out. Open the door and the cat looks up at you briefly, then runs back inside the house. Repeat as necessary in order to drive the owner of the house nuts.
They’ll go with France/Macron if it succeeds
Carney must read and live by James 1:19
“Be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger”
Canada is even worse off than I thought. Besides globalist shill Carney, who replaced globalist shill Trudeau, they’ve got a female in charge of the military (a first for the 5 eyes, BTW), who is literally CRYING while apologizing about “systemic racism”:
https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1984304554343874858
<<Sigh.>> If only pesky whitey could be dealt with, all of Canada’s woes would be solved. Canada’s “leadership” is certainly making great strides in that direction.
Eh?
That’s the Australian Ambassador, Kevin Rudd, and the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr Carney, apologizing to President Trump in the last few days. Who is next?
MTG?
the apology needs to be made with the same magnitude and reach that the offense was done, otherwise it’s just meaningless words
Remind me again… What is it Canada is known for?
They made a soft drink once, right?
Canada High & Dry or something like that.
They provide an alias for some Americans when they are travelling around the world.
I never pretended I was Canadian and really never got much sh1t for being an American. Also, while traveling in France, it helped that I invested time to learn the language and about their culture.
Most Europeans know that it is our Clowns 1n Amer1ca that have been F’ing up the world for the last 80 years.
It has been about a decade since voyaging to Europe: am less certain that a majority of Europeans are aware that EU ‘leaders’ are actual Neo-Nazis.
My best friend did that after high school. It was the first step in us parting ways.
On my recent travels to Japan and the UK, was never given a bad time for being an American. I’m a fat old white guy in jeans and New Balance sneakers, so it’s very obvious. Lol
As I was there during our election a year ago, all the Japanese were quite interested who I was going to vote for, and I saw many posters and T-Shirts in shops honoring Trump. Absolutely no garbage talk.
In England had several folks come up and say they wish they had a Trump. Muslim protest parades and Islamic Fundamentalists with bull horns were frequently seen/heard.
Unfortunately, the biggest unknown is what the Supreme Court will decide on Tariffs and the effects it will have on President Trump’s trade agenda including the trade deal with the snow mexicans…
Be a shame to have to return all that tariff money- might have budget cuts to the extensive security details some enjoy!
Based on what Trump has accomplished with tariffs thus far, the SCOTUS will be taking a pragmatic view such that the US Congress as a group could never achieve these results for America. How would the Congress even go about it? These are not Legislative decisions, they are Executive decisions. If the Congress disagrees with any of the tariffs they can put forth legislation, which the Senate has already done.
MAGA. F these Crap Weasels
Canadian politics have always been influenced by Europe. Everything east of Manitoba is hard-core leftist these days.. Canada will always lean towards the European liberal political model. Arnie is just the latest village idiot to run the country and they will continue to elect more and more people like him.
Kissing rings or not, the fact remains that President Reagan had a vastly different view on tariffs from that of President Trump.
President Regan hatted tariffs and only used them in a very limited manner and with great reluctance such as his targeted tariffs on Japanese semiconductors and motorcycles
President Trump loves tariffs, calling them “the most beautiful word in the dictionary” and “my favorite word.”
The two Presidents have much in common, but their view on tariffs is not at all among them.
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Reagan never really accepted that economics was a weapon, as much as nukes.
“I did apologise to the president, Carney said, I even tugged my forelock and called him Daddy but it doesn’t seem to have made much difference.”
Canada and Mexico are two vastly different countries. Neither seem to have a strong thread of Christianity, at least by looking at the fruits of their actions. Mexico at least has a history and still some activity in Catholicism. Canada, seems not so much. As a result, Mexico is a more grounded country with people who will work. They are limited somewhat by a lack of a lot of natural resources other than oil. And their socialist government and the cartels certainly hold them back economically.
Canada on the other hand has a huge liberal population with the expected results of all liberals – impotence and incompetence. Canada has abundant natural resources but no ability to exploit them due to the largely liberal mindset. As a result, they sit in a mansion without the will to heat it, cool it, or maintain it.
So what is a businessman like President Trump supposed to think? You can apologize for your inherent world view that keeps you from supporting yourself but that’s really immaterial to the issue. Creating two separate agreements, one with Mexico and a totally different one with Canada is absolutely the only way to go. Mexico will stumble around and make at least partial progress with theirs. Canada is just going to whine and wonder who is going to turn their lights on for them.
The ad, “commissioned by Ford, an outspoken Conservative politician who is sometimes compared to Trump” by whom?
I have never heard that comparison, and there is no validity to such comparison.
Doug Ford , Rob Ford all the same drug addicts, gives a fk what he says, Canada is in the stone age,
Rob Ford was great.
Carney also confirmed that he had reviewed the ad with Ford before it aired but said he had opposed using it.
“I told Ford I did not want to go forward with the ad,” he said.
Is this the first time a Ford went under a bus?
Whom to believe Carney and Ford are both proven liars!
Canada has their ass in the wind again, apologizing, what’s next start breaking down in tears? Maybe cry a little.
“requested that Beijing not interfere in Canadian domestic politics.
The irony is strong.”
After his flunky Ford ran the false Reagan ad.
Someone should have asked him why he thought Xi was more worthy of respect than President Trump.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Amazing how a Carpetbagger WEF puppet who hasn’t lived in Canada for decades can swoop in and be installed as Prime Minister after Fidel Castro jr.
Now you can bet he has an open line to the globalist and DS stooges in this country and his strings have been crystal clear from day one.
President Trump’s overseas “apology tour” is completely different (in such a good way) from Obama’s apology tour!
I wish President Trump would have pulled the nuclear power plant deal off the table. Canadian companies can’t be the only people that construct them.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/westinghouse-electric-cameco-corp-brookfield-asset-management-80-bln-nuclear-2025-10-28/
Tom Luongo pointed out in a podcast a couple of weeks back… Canada is a part of the British Empire’s never ending quest to control the US..
it’s not Canada that Trump is negotiating with, it’s the real powers that run the city of London
Carney is just a figurehead/selected PM .He has orders and he carries them out. Nothing more.. nothing less
Never forget the role of the MI-6 ..they have been fighting Trump for a decade now…even trying to kill him….Now, the Steele Dossier and the UKrainian hit man Ryan Routh begin to make more sense
I still prefer men who wear cuff links but I appreciate the statement by PM Carney. Thank you.
Grovel as much as you like you globalist lefty scumbag Muslim loving Pr**k. It wont help you or Canada
Carney was sorry that he got caught, then had to explain his foolishness.
Carney isn’t sorry at all.
Who cares?