As we have all learned in the past week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney manufactured an oppositional narrative to the U.S-Canada trade deal in order to say no. Today, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick gave specifics about the last-minute Canadian demands that blew up the trade agreement.
Secretary Lutnick has a long-standing relationship with Prime Minister Mark Carney and during the negotiations he talked at length to both Canada’s primary trade negotiator, Dominick LeBlanc as well as Prime Minister Carney. Lutnick notes the issues Carney claimed were too much for Canada to agree to were entirely manufactured at the last minute in order to say no.
At no point was the French language ever mentioned in the trade discussions. At no time was the trade sector that involves U.S. tariffs against heavy-duty trucks and semi tractor trailers ever mentioned, until Friday at 4:00pm when Carney brought up that issue. The agreement was outlined and agreed by all parties prior to Friday; Howard Lutnick speaking twice to Prime Minister Carney personally. There was no issue until the last minute when Canada chose to make issues.
As Lutnick notes, this is all political on the Canadian side. Prime Minister Carney needed domestic political leverage to manipulate his constituents. This is worth watching:
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The full presser is below that covers other topics including the Kennedy Center. In the longer video the Canada issue comes up at 18:38.
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Its all blowing up on Carney. Canadians aren’t dumb they’ve just been lied to
Oh yes they are…
Not all of us…
Yeah, they voted for Carney. That says plenty.
Not to be snarky, but wouldn’t that be like saying that WE voted for Biden? The steal was in. Just guessing it happens in Canada also.
Yes. “they” doesn’t mean everyone and obviously not all Canadians are idiots.
Just the ones who voted for the Lefty tyrants. Just like American Democrats are idiots.
The fraud of elections(how the votes are tallied) is rampant in Ontario and other major cities of Canada.
The left only wins by fraud.
Gosh I hope Alberta votes to succeed.
And also to secede.
Yup! May they succeed in their ambition to secede!
<smiles>
We are beginning to suspect that Carney’s victory is probably as real as Joe Biden’s 83 million votes.
So are 40% of Americans. Can we trade NY, CA, MI for Alberta?
Don’t forget mininoplace….
Just NYC, leave upstate alone.
Yep, polling is showing up to 70% of Canadians support Carney in this.
You are assuming the Acadian public is getting actual news.
Bad assumption.
Um….yeah a lot of them are.
They’re cretins who deserve the country they have gotten.
Sounds like dealing with Carney is like dealing with Iran.
So Canadians were lid to over and over again when they kept electing and re-elected that buffoon (The Boy Castro) because he had good hair?
Historical facts say Canadians are just as stupid as Democrats and the Labor Green voters here in Australia.
We have the same problem here. Could we get the dumb Canadians and TDS/No Kings crowd into their own area of the world, wall it off and never hear from them again?
They could solar, green, EV, diet, protest, not work, march without purpose, educate without education, no laws, no police, snort, abort, mutilate to their hearts content. It would be very Mad Max with EV’s
That would be amazing and it is something I pray for!
unfortunately, the country has been taken over by socialist/communist types, is too close to our frenemie
England (Canada is part of the Commonwealth and Canada is doing their bidding when it comes to taking
on the US) and many that have/had vacation homes in the US are raging mad at the US, Canadians going so far as to
boo the US during the national anthem at sporting events.
btw, their media is as bad as ours
Far far worse. They are paid vast amounts, to spout the party line (socialism) and ensure that any who question the official narrative get destroyed. (See lawfare against the Truckers Convoy).
And Lake America adds the icing to the cake !
Oh,Betsy your the best.😎👏👍
She sure is.
💯 🎯 Betsy = Besty. 😀
you’re (Let’s NOT lose the language. m’kay?)
Or the grammar and punctuation for that matter.
In my day we used capital letters at the start of sentences and italics for emphasis. But whatevs.
I’ve been low-key obsessed with linguistic evolution for a hot minute, obvs.
There, their, they’re, Jim. 😎
Perfect for when he looks in a mirror.
Troll-a-licious!
Don’t tell him about the KICK ME Post-It Note stuck on the back of Carnival Barker Carney
PDJT should have wrote it backwards, then. 😀
😂
Carney, looks like a real turd!!!
OMGosh! ROFLOL!!!
Actually the air waves are non stop about this pathetic stunt and absolutely nobody is watching Lutnick or Jamieson Greer’s absolutely stellar beat down of Carney.
I love Trump but this stunt unraveled all of the beautiful ways these two men articulated truth.
DD
Pirate radio broadcasts could fix that media control.
Offshore in Lake America.
Radio Free Canada
Perhaps from Dontario instead.
He’s a New Yorker. It’s called breaking balls. Wait for it
Wait until Marx Carnage really gets schlonged, LOL.
Wasn’t Carney’s ever so carefully rehearsed performance blaming his walkaway on “unreasonable last-minute US demands” also a “pathetic stunt”?
The good President adds a bit of levity in making a deserved point, your guy’s “stunt” was purely duplicitous.
Total Stunt. Total Propaganda.
A pre-planned fraud to deceive and manipulate.
Timed to help democrats and done to justify EU and China idiocy.
Just one problem. He doesn’t control American media. Neither does Obama, no matter how much obeisance the news media gives to Obama.
Bunch of fools.
He’s calling him a fool.
President Trump worked to get this super deal for Canada and Canada just blew it up at the last minute to gaslight President Trump for political gain.
He’s a fool and President Trump has no problem saying so.
1 ‘They’ weren’t going to watch it anyway as it disputes their narrative.
2 From a standpoint of need , why should Americans care ?
Are Canadians outraged by the delusional bi++h that slapped the NJ girl ?
Demanding proper justice are they ?
How about the cartels ?
Maid ?
Americans have no obligation to consider Canadian feelz, anymore than we have to consider the feelz of the ticks on our dogs backs.
P.s. I can still get Canadian wine cheaper here with the tariff, than you can in most of Canada.
Any outrage over that ?
No surprise here at all.
Commie has to Commie.
Canadian gov’t encouraged TDS, now they have to manage TDS.
Very unenviable position. They could have played nice from the beginning and this would all be behind us and both countries would be a lot better place.
Greedy, corrupt and stupid Canadians leaders. Canadians should rise up and remove them from office.
>> They could have played nice from the beginning.
Maybe “they” could have, but not Mark Carney.
Let us not forget why clowny/carney pulled this stunt.
He’s conspiring with our domestic demonratic party enemies and our enemies of America who presently both rule over and are destroying Europe.
It’s a war against the American people and our Republic itself.
bingo.
RIGHT ON THE … 🎯
(BULLSEYE)
9, 8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1……
‘Canadian gov’t encouraged TDS, now they have to manage TDS.‘
That is exactly what’s happening.
So Carney is just a contrarian to make himself look bigger. Let’s see how that works in his favor. King Charles will send him a fruit basket.
So he’s sending Harry and Meghan to Carney?
No, they just moved back to the UK. Most likely the money ran out and the Hollywood careers sputtered and died. So the two grifters will probably try to worm their way into Charles’ good graces using the grandkids as pawns.
Yes, and it just may be bitter fruit. GBR has no way to help Canada economically nor does the EU, not for any length of time. The EU is in serious financial trouble already. Continuing this trade war into next year leads to disastrous consequences for Canada.
Lutnick’s prediction that Canada will come right back to the table and accept the deal AFTER Carney’s party gets re-elected may be spot on.
Full of carbon credits.
It’s always political. Tell us something we don’t know.
How can Carney please his Chinese benefactors, not alienate the UK or EU and at the same time explain the dire consequence of the failed trade negotiation to the cold cocked Canadian constituency?
Carney must stoke the TDS syndrome in Canada and blame President Trump for what Carney orchestrated.
How does that saying go about they cut off their nose to spite their face…
I doubt that China plays a dominant role in this treachery. I see it as being the same demonic forces fueling the intentional destruction of Europe and the U.K.
The same demoniclly inspired madness fueling the democratic party and it’s entire infrastructure; the ‘Democratic’ party that seeks to invert all that is good, decent and most ferociously of all, anything that is TRUE.
Demonic forces living on the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. Pure evil.
The people will only take so much
The Fhit is about to hit the San
“The agreement was outlined and agreed by all parties prior to Friday; Howard Lutnick speaking twice to Prime Minister Carney personally. There was no issue until the last minute when Canada chose to make issues.”
So the word of a Canadian leader is worthless.
What else is there to say?
Carney was instructed to make issues.
Of course, just proves (manifested) that much more, his words are not worth your time.
It’s like your boss saying, my door is always open. And while the words are still coming across their lips, you are already thinking to yourself, sure, boss.
Lutnick sounds like an everyman. Great talking off the cuff. Never seemed to be a stumbled thought.
i wonder if that CBC directive was meant to personally wound Howard Lutnick?😕
just when you think the Canadian leadership can’t go any lower…
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/08/27/canadian-state-media-tells-journalists-do-not-refer-to-the-sept-11-attacks-as-terrorist-attacks/
About one of the best pressers I’ve seen in really ever. Talk about brass tacks, no BS and no political middle, say nothing speak. Good job and all it took was 5-6 straight forward sentences. He said more in 45 seconds that most politicians say in their entire careers.
He’s made billions, yes probably in insider ways, but he is using his billions to basically, “I don’t care and I’m satisfied with what I have.” He is having fun. He is the exact opposite of Carney. Carney is forever looking for that next dollar and doesn’t care how he gets it. Lutnick doesn’t care. He probably enjoys this job. He would probably be a good in your face POTUS.
I’m guessing, but the PDJT Administration seems to be having a lot of fun especially lately.
I have a question-
Canada surely knows it has no leverage on the US and can cause considerable economic harm to itself even with European or Chinese assistance.
The US can trigger a pullout from the USMCA which starts a 6 month countdown to termination.
So what does Carney expect to gain?
He expects the mid-terms to swing congress and derail our great President.
Staying in power, keeping grassroots populists down with upcoming Canadian elections in October, and Alberta solidly within the Canadian Confederation.
Seems like that would about cover most of it.
Carney, treats the Canadians like a bunch of chumps, I THINK THERE GOING TO BE PISSED OFF ONCE THEY CATCH ON, IF THEY EVER DO.
(? they’re, contraction for “they are”. Just sayin)
Thank you.
Well I guess that’s it then. The end of the grammar and punctuation era in Western civilization.
Canada: more ghey than Bud Light.
Just a question. If LeBlanc feels free to come down and meet with people trying to create midterm chaos at Carney’s behest, why don’t we send someone to visit with Alberta’s movers? Create a little angst of our own?
And Lutnick is such an honest broker of the truth. It is insulting to use him as a witness. For what it is worth I don’t believe either side spins honesty and I have a hard time believing any deal so far was fair.
Is that you, LeBlanc?
Why does it have to he fair? Wasn’t fair for us for decades. Were you complaining then?
Agreed. We need to rub their noses in it. Humiliate their smug leaders. They had a chance at “fair” and blew it.
I want to see that administration CRUSHED and I hope the decent, conservative, rational Canadians survive the pain that country is about to feel.
What would the McKenzie Bros. say about Carney?
Carney intentionally blew the trade deal to please his EU puppet masters that want Trump’s party to lose the midterms. That’s all this is about. They hate Trump and want him gone so they can carry out their globalist plans without opposition from him.
Even if the GOP loses both House and Senate, Trump won’t be gone until Jan 2029 😎
True but he will be a lame duck without the Congress to support him. Plus, Democrats will instantly eliminate the filibuster, start packing the SC, and initiate yet another impeachment proceeding against him. All of it just to hurt Trump.
It’s going to be a long, rough two years if the GOP loses Congress.
Who was the irritating idiot shouting in the background? Carney?
Wish they had tazed him.
If it’s not Ukraine then it’s Canada. The drama never ends, does it?
This is the typical “shock at the last minute” technique used by the chinese. You’ve been negotiating for so long and at the last minute they pull this out of their arse, you argee just to close the deal instead of walking away with nothing.
The poison pill us usually so bad that it is a really crappy deal and it’s really no deal at all but a complete surrender.
Laura Ingraham had a interesting segment on this topic this evening.
In summary, she stated she was hearing in her circles, that this shuttering of the trade deal was not only just “politics” for Carney’s political benefit, as Lutnick was voicing, but also for the benefit of attempting to help northeastern (Maine & Michigan) Dem candidates in the midterms thereby damaging PDJT’ congressional control. Essentially Carney created a new position in the PM’s office that he filled with a former Hillary Clinton campaign aide, Maia Johnson. She is serving as a senior advisor to Carney & is pulling these strings.
I believe it was initially being reported in the Juno News
Most of us knew about this since SD reported on it earlier in the month.
Alberta Canada Premier Danielle Smith Speaks Out – Explains Why PM Carney’s Threats Against US is Suicide for Canadian Economy (Video)
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/08/alberta-canada-premier-danielle-smith-speaks-explains-why
Gotta give that guy in the background credit for chanting shame shame shame for 24 minutes.
He never missed a beat.
The average Canadian knows very little about this 30+ year disparity in trade, knows less about Trump’s recent targeted tariffs and the reasons for them, and nothing pertinent about who controls the Ontario/Carny govt.
The Canadian subjects are like little children enduring/surviving in a world where decisions are made by the big people.
The Media in Canada is about as censorious as in North Korea.
I genuinelyf eel sorry when Canadian leftists comment on Substack or here, or any other site not completely controlled by the Leftwing machine.
Their comments would be allowed in Canada or England. or Australia.
While MY comments would get me a knock on the door by a goon squad….. IF the comment somehow evaded censor.
🪛 ‘em……
Screw Carney and the leftists. No trade deal period. Let the Canadian dollar plummet as 20% of their GDP disappears.
We should start charging them a toll to use our lake.
Carney is a globalist scumbag, and Canada is a tyrannical totalitarian censored hellhole of persecution.
Having said that, Lutnick is a scumbag too (even if not a globalist; which he may be also).
So tiresome these elite dirtbags doing Satan’s bidding.
Jesus, return quickly Lord.
Sometimes you need some unsavory types who know how to fight on your team. Lutnick knows how to play the games.
“Alberta Canada Premier Danielle Smith Speaks Out
– Explains Why PM Carney’s Threats Against US
is Suicide for Canadian Economy (Video)”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/08/alberta-canada-premier-danielle-smith-speaks-explains-why/
Jasmin Laine, a Canadian conservative podcaster said on her Aug 24 podcast that her American sources told her the Canadian trade team had frequently mentioned polling numbers during conversations. This struck the American administration as odd because it’s not normally the type of language they would hear at trade talks. The Canadians would say things like “If we do that we will drop 5 points in the polls.” This type of thing was mentioned often enough during the trade talks that the Americans took note of it.
i think average Canadians have been so propagandized into believing they can actually survive a trade war with the US they won’t accept any concessions or reasonable give and take. They don’t see how bad things really are because they have been listening to the spin and believing it.
Jasmin Laine also says that Carney has not consulted his own party, the Conservative Party or the provincial premiers in regards to the trade negotiations. It’s like a one man show.
DICTATOR comes to ones mind .
I like her but favor Derek Smith, unacceptable fringe. ²
I just listened to his latest. Excellent info and entertaining too! 👍
If Canadians agree with this, then they are shooting a bullet into their feet, especially that Carney who is dragging them down the hole.
Glorious if this is really happening. Let THIS happen!
https://cairnsnews.org/2026/08/28/staggering-42-per-cent-of-canadian-companies-considering-or-have-moved-production-to-us/
As a Canadian, I would like to point out that before Carney was elected, Donald Trump said in March 2025, that he would rather deal with a Liberal than with Pierre Poilievre ( leader of the Conservative Party in Canada), and called Poilievre “stupidly no friend of mine.” Trump had already criticized Poilievre in February 2025 saying that Poilievre was “not a MAGA guy” and “not a Trump guy at all.” After Carney won, Trump said Poilievre “hated me much more” than Carney. So the preference for Carney over Poilievre was stated publicly before the election.
Well, now Canada has who Trump preferred, and sadly we are all paying for it.