Carney's Davos speech draws reaction from around the world

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1. Posted this in another forum tonight, still need to listen to Carney's entire speech ...

The American Threat: Three Words I Never Imagined Typing

By Nicholas Kristof

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/opinion/trump-europe-greenland.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlA.o3Vq.l9zc88VoncQk&smid=url-share

'...Just last week, Carney reached a landmark trade deal with China that laid the groundwork for much closer economic ties. Some Americans are angry, but Carney said bluntly that China is now a “more predictable” trade partner than the United States. And Trump, instead of erupting with venom, calmly accepted the Canada-China deal.

“Middle powers must act together because if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu,” Carney said in a quite brilliant speech in Davos on Tuesday. He did not shake his fist or indulge in insults, but he indicated that the United States was no longer trustworthy and that Canada would find its own way forward.

“When the rules no longer protect you, you must protect yourself,” he said, describing this as a “rupture” with the past. “But let’s be cleareyed about where this leads. A world of fortresses will be poorer, more fragile, and less sustainable.”

He’s right, and that is indeed the world that Trump is leading us all into. It’s a tragedy for Americans as well as our former allies...."