Tariffs Are “Carnival Carney’s” “Bread And Circus” Distraction To Fool Canadians
Mark “Carnival” Carney took over as Canada’s Prime Minister after “Travesty” Trudeau stepped down. The idiom “from the frying pan into the fire” aptly describes the current political and economic situation facing our northern neighbor.
The U.S. is not immune to bad leadership, and we also suffered under the Biden administration’s lack of guidance. That lack of focus led other countries we dealt with to become lackadaisical and complacent.
Everything changed when Trump was elected. Both Mexico and Canada recognized that illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and human smuggling were significant issues at the borders separating our countries. They also understood that Trump would demand accountability from them.
When the responses from both countries were less than enthusiastic, Trump proposed tariffs to emphasize how seriously the United States viewed the border issue.
Including “Carnival” Carney brings a new dynamic to the discussion. Referring to Carney as a liberal is akin to stating the sun is hot; both are significant understatements that fail to capture the true extent of their realities.
That said, Carney is now trying to use the tariff issue as a “bread and circus” distraction to hide the truth from Canadian citizens. I’m sure they are aware that the economy is suffering, but I doubt they fully understand the extent of the problem.
For those who aren’t familiar with the phrase, In a political context, “bread and circus” means to generate public approval, not by excellence in public service or public policy, but by diversion, distraction, or by satisfying the most immediate or base requirements of a populace, by offering a palliative, which in this case is Trump’s tariff.
Canadians are upset, and rather than address the real issues, Carney would rather try and make Trump and the tariffs a singular object that everyone can hate. That way, he can continue to run the economy into the ground with his phony climate change agenda and by kowtowing to the U.K.
Fox Business host Charles Payne pointed out to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney the economic position of his own country as he criticized President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Carney accused Trump of threatening his country’s sovereignty by imposing a 25 percent tariff on Canada, along with an additional 50 percent tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum. This action was taken as a measure to address the illegal immigration crisis and the fentanyl epidemic that has affected the U.S.
During his appearance on “Fox & Friends,” Payne referenced a 2021 prediction by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which stated that Canada will have the worst-performing economy among advanced nations over the next decade.
Payne then read to the show’s host:
“Carney had the nerve to mention the economy. Let me just read something to you real quick: This is the OECD. ‘The worst economy for any advanced nation for the decade will be Canada.’ I’m talking out of 36 countries, so you have Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Costa Rica, Ireland, Czech Republic, go all the way down, the absolute worst. So, he’s picking this up from former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. This is the economy. He’s talking about ruining an economy. Their economy and their quality of life have collapsed. Their GDP versus the American was so close at one point; almost 20 years ago, it was about 10 percentage points away, and now it’s not even 25 percent … Canada has imploded. Small business, non-existent.”
According to OECD data, Canada’s prospects for real per capita growth in gross domestic product (GDP) from 2020 to 2030 are bleak due to its expected low growth in output per hour worked. The report further indicates that Canada is projected to have the poorest economic performance among advanced countries from 2030 to 2060, with real per capita GDP increasing by only 0.8 percent.
Payne added:
“Someone’s asking you to have fair trade with them, someone’s asking you not to have drugs pouring into their country. How many times do you go to a restaurant and you see a group of people, and then the check comes, and then everyone takes out their money? That’s what friends do. They say we’ll equally share the burden.”
Initially, Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on Mexican imports. However, he postponed the implementation of these tariffs until April 2 after discussions with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. When Trump first announced his tariff plan in February, the Mexican president deployed 10,000 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. In a typical weak response, former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed a Fentanyl Czar in exchange for a temporary pause on the tariffs.
The president has stirred controversy by suggesting that Canada should become the 51st state of the United States, which has provoked outrage among Canadians. In an interview with Fox News’ Peter Doocy on Friday, Trump stated that Canada might not be as liberal as many people think and that it would make a “great” state.
I recently saw a breakdown of the Financial consequences for each country if a “tit for tat” tariff situation came about between the U.S. and Canada. I won’t get into specifics here, but let’s say that Carney should be looking diligently for ways to correct the border situation.
Canada has enough economic problems; the last thing its citizens need is to buy into Carney’s bait-and-switch delusion; doing their part to help fix the border is not an unreasonable request.
