• MartianRecon@lemmus.org
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    7 hours ago

    The ‘Middle Powers’ need to all unite. The US is no longer a trusted ally on the world stage, and without a reliable foil to China, they can bully their way into whatever they want to. If these countries all stand against the Chinese they have a shot.

  • Zorque@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Its a good thing there’s a guy like trump that all the center-right politicians can rally against to prove they’re good guys instead of just the lesser evil!

    • neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works
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      4 hours ago

      Carney, as a politician, has been the most outspoken about trump for a world leader of his caliber to be. He’s toeing the line of outright taking an opposing stance, because these things take time to replace the whole chain in a process. But it is happening in the background, slowly.

      A bunch of US companies are posting massive losses attributed to Canada shutting down trade with them. Canadians would even prefer not having access to that item vs paying even a Canadian cent to support a company that pays US taxes.