Canadian PM Hits Trump Hard In Victory Speech Lesson On ‘American Betrayal’

Mark Carney, the projected winner of Canada’s general election, said early Tuesday that his country is “over the shock of the American betrayal,” while warning that U.S. President Donald Trump has permanently fractured the relationship between the two neighbors.

Carney, who ran a campaign focused on Trump, said Canada is “at one of those hinge moments of history” as it reassesses its ties to the U.S.

“Our old relationship with the United States, a relationship based on steadily increasing integration, is over,” he said. “The system of open global trade anchored by the United States, a system that Canada has relied on since the Second World War, a system that while not perfect has helped deliver prosperity for a country for decades, is over.”

“We are over the shock of the American betrayal, but we should never forget the lessons,” he added.

Since his November win, Trump has adopted a harsh stance toward Canada, announcing tariffs targeting the nation and also calling for it to become the 51st U.S. state. His relentless attacks helped propel the Liberals, who trailed the Conservatives by over 20 percentage points at the end of last year, to victory.

Speaking from Ottawa, Carney said Canada can no longer count the U.S. as a friend.

“America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country — never,” Carney said. “But these are not — these are not idle threats. President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us. That will never, that will never ever happen.”

Carney said he plans to make that clear to Trump when the two meet, projecting confidence that Canada is ready to forge stronger ties with other nations in Europe and Asia.

“When I sit down with President Trump, it will be to discuss the future economic and security relationship between two sovereign nations, and it will be with our full knowledge that we have many, many other options than the United States to build prosperity for all Canadians,” he said.