Takeaways from Canada's election: America's northern ally rejects Trump after he dominates race
- Liberals won Canada's federal election on Monday, making Mark Carney the new Prime Minister.
- President Trump's attacks on Canadian sovereignty and trade policies outraged voters before the election.
- Trump threatened to make Canada the 51st state and called the former prime minister a "governor."
- Voter turnout reached 68.5%, the highest level recorded since 1993.
- The Liberal victory gives Prime Minister Carney a mandate to take a tough line against the United States.
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Takeaways from Canada's election: America's northern ally rejects Trump after he dominates race
The first major test of Donald Trump’s influence on the affairs of a longtime U.S. ally went badly. The U.S. president’s attacks on Canadian sovereignty outraged voters while the trade war he launched threatened to upend the economy of a nation dependent on U.S trade.
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A good summary by Krugman about why Trump’s attempts to leverage countries have been a dismal failure: The Canadian election, then, demonstrates why Trumpist trade policy, and foreign policy in general, is doomed to catastrophic failure. Trump isn’t trying to drive tough substantive bargains. Mainly, he seems to want to indulge in narcissism, demanding that other nations humiliate themselves so he can put on a display of dominance. And America …
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