Canadian conservative leader Pierre Poiliervre claimed Wednesday that US President Donald Trump supported Prime Minister Mark Carney's liberal candidate as he hopes that “weak and conflicted” Canadian leaders would “address easily.”
Trump made the statement that Poilierbre emphasized in an Interview With Lowline Graham from Fox News on Tuesday night. Trump actually said he didn't care who won the upcoming election to take over liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but he thought it might be “easier” to deal with liberals. He also took some shots at Poilliebre, who has been talking tough with Trump for his own bid for Canadian leadership.
“I think it's easier to actually deal with liberals and maybe they were going to win, but I really don't care. That's not a problem for me at all,” Trump told Ingraham.
“The running conservatives are stupidly not my friend. I don't know him, but he said something negative.
Poilierbre claimed that Trump was slandering him and boosting Carney. Because the US president knows that Polyeble is a tough negotiator and always puts Canada first.
“Kearney is weak and will build a cave at Trump's demands, just like he did when he moved his company's headquarters from Canada to New York City,” Poilliebre said.
“Canadians don't want weak and conflicted leaders. They want a strong prime minister who will put Canada first,” he insisted.
“Canada First”, the current Conservative Party Platform and sloganwhich was clearly inspired by Trump's “America First” platform, but the phrase “Canada First” was It's so old Bloodline.
The conservative platform heading for the upcoming federal election is roughly the same as Trump's platform, with some extra prosperity inherent to Canada, such as the pledge to reopen the homebuilding industry by cutting the deficit.
Poiriebre was once Welcome, It was criticizedas a Canadian Trump version. He is adept at dealing with stupid questions from reporters, and he shares Trump's dedication to national sovereignty, criticizing Trudeau with many of the same terms that President Trump used against former President Joe Biden, and he even shares the habit of giving Trump's enemies a funny nickname.
Poilliable's stunning viral video of Canadian media handling made him popular with many American conservatives and billionaire Elon Musk. Approval Polyeble as Canada's best choice for the Canadian Prime Minister after Trudeau announced his resignation in January. One of the reasons Poilievre has achieved such an incredible footprint on global social media was his enthusiastic repost and endorsement of his videos.
There were stories of the liberals actually slipping into third place in Congress behind the NDP, the other major leftist party, as the conservative leader was 20 points ahead of his future liberal rivals at the time of Trudeau's resignation. Trump's trade and border disputes with Canada, coupled with the unpopular Trudeau's departure, Re-shuffle deck And he threw up the upcoming election.
The liberal candidate will be Mark Carney, a former central bank who has never actually won the election. Carney It became The liberal leader at last week's party meeting was sworn in as Trudeau's interim successor when he resigned last Friday.
Part of the reason the liberals chose Carney is because he appears to be farther from Trudeau and his harmful policies than the other candidates. Carney is work difficult To reshuffle his cabinet, promote policy resets and play the impressions of speaking himself as a much tougher opponent than Trump's Trudeau.
Poilliebre's jive about Carney, who makes Trump bully him to move him to New York City, was the controversy It exploded last month As Kearney's job for Brookfield asset management I came downstairs Examination.
Carney has been a Brookfield executive since August 2020 and resigned in January to run for leadership of the Liberal Party. In November, Brookfield announced it Move Headquartered in New York City from Toronto as part of its corporate restructuring plan. One reason for this move was to make it easier for the company to attract large investors from Wall Street.
Carney claimed it had nothing to do with Brookfield's decision to move its headquarters from Canada, but soon conservatives production A document that showed he would urge shareholders to approve the relocation plan in December. They also pointed out when Carney voted unanimously to approve the relocation despite claiming that he was chairman of Brookfield's board and resigned as chairman before the decision was made.
Kearney's campaign responded that Poilierbre and the conservatives were “scary” to choose “technical” details and were trying to build a controversy over everyday corporate decisions because they were “scary” to oppose Kearney and his “serious experiences in business.”
Canada's National Post It's attracting attention On Tuesday, Trump gently criticised Poilierbre in the past, teasing him for not being a “magaga” and Polyave said, “President, that's true. I'm not a maga. I'm the first person in Canada.”
