Carney visits Trump

Prime Minister Carney met President Trump in the White House on May 6, 2025.

The legacy media hailed the meeting in the Oval Office as a success. However, no changes were made in the substance or intent of trade policy. Carney got a smile, a handshake, a simple lunch, a reiteration of all that Trump has said about tariffs, and a repeat of the 'Canada 51st State' insult.

The CBC pumped up praise for Prime Minister Carney for the accomplishment of the visit. He survived without humiliation or being “Zelenskyy'd". The notion is that if the USA and Canada keep talking, an economic war will cool as Canada negotiates and the USA dictates.

Canada may not have our best team in Washington DC, but it is all we have for ethereal reasons of TV image and personal impressions, not based on substance, policy, or values.

There was no “white smoke” from the Canadian Embassy. However, bilateral relations were in dark, smoky ruins from Trump's social media quotes and his hurtful "executive orders".

Conservatives are naturally patriotic and wish the Prime Minister success in dealing with the USA for Canada's best interests. Canadians and Americans need to understand the significant integrated nature of our economies. Canada is the USA's best economic customer, and it is the only country with some military integration with the USA. Our broad electrical grid is connected to the USA, as it purchases significant Canadian electrical energy. Our major oil pipelines go southward. This understanding is crucial for navigating the complexities of our economic relations.

Canada has always made cars, beginning with the 1904 Ford plant in Walkerville, Ontario. There is a long history of auto manufacturing at branch plants of American companies in Canada. Under current trade rules, there are no Canadian or American cars, as integration means mutually ours. Various car tariffs, such as the 1965 Auto Pact and the 1994 NAFTA, have been negotiated. Canada has historically sold forest products to the USA, but US protectionism has often disputed lumber trade agreements.

Canada will always trade with the USA, but Canada must first get its own house in order, to diversify international business. Canada should be a global economic leader, but socialist ideology has hurt our standard of living. Canada has natural resources and a skilled workforce that uses the latest technology. Yet it is Canada's fault that our economy has significantly fallen behind our competitors.

The Trudeau administration created a poor economic climate for growth. Consequently, international investment went elsewhere. Until a Conservative federal government can take office, we can only hope that the Liberals will keep borrowing from the Conservative political platform and make the required complete turnaround.

Canadians must politically support governance that is in their best interest. Sadly, during the election, astute readers of the White House of Donald Trump knew there would be no change or negotiation that Carney could make to have tariffs disappear. However, the Liberal machine played upon voters' fear, then offered Carney as the negotiator saviour of Canada. Voters were deceived, as insiders knew that Trump would not change for Carney. 

Sitting beside Carney, Trump was asked directly in the Oval Office if anything could be done to remove tariffs. Trump's direct and unequivocal response was a resounding “no” that left no room for doubt. 

REPORTER: Tariffing Canada. Is there anything he (Carney) can say to you in the course of your meetings with them today that would get you to lift tariffs on Canada?

TRUMP: No.   REPORTER: Why not?   TRUMP: Just the way it is.

The only cover-up answer Carney could offer reporters later at the Canadian Embassy was that there is a "process" of discussing the larger Canada-USA relationship.

This directness of Trump's response underscores the futility of the situation. It's time Canadians realized the Liberals scammed and misled into a false choice. The future for Canada is to rid ourselves of our political self-harm, and put the Canadian house in order with a Conservative federal government as soon as possible.