Canada Turns the Screws on Trump

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What did Prime Minister Carney say about Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill”?

Ben Meiselas 0:00
Canada did it big. Prime Minister Carney going in for the kill shot yet again. At the Liberal Party caucus meeting in advance of some of the ambitious parliamentary goals that Prime Minister Carney has. He gave an incredible press conference where he was mocking Donald Trump. He was doing the accordion hands. He was calling out Donald Trump's big beautiful bill and Prime Minister Carney said we didn't need a big beautiful bill. We needed actually plans that work here in Canada. I want to show you what went down. I'll show you what Prime Minister Carney did. And then I want to give you the split screen because while Prime Minister Carney was delivering this speech, you had Donald Trump in the Oval Office behaving like a lunatic, banning
Ben Meiselas 0:50
Members of the press from covering him anymore in the White House. You had Donald Trump bragging about how repressive the United States is. So let me just show you what went down here. You have Prime Minister Kearney doing the accordion hands and mocking Trump. Watch for yourself. Let's play it.
Mark Carney 1:08
It's the functional equivalent of eighteen Hoover dams. Eighteen who were danced. Enough. Enough to light. Heat and cool. Light heat cool every home in Toronto, Montreal,
Ben Meiselas 1:30
Vancouver combined. Prime Minister Carney then said that Canada made the right decision a month ago by suspending our negotiations with the United States. No deal is better than a bad deal. Here, play this clip.
Mark Carney 1:47
Last month we made the right decision to suspend our negotiations with the United States.
Mark Carney 2:00
And And I want to thank А на вана тайн олив'ю. All your constituents? And Canadians across the country. Because we knew. As we were in those negotiations, what the priorities of Canadians were. We knew what the values of Canadians are.

How did Carney use the “Trump accordion hands” to mock the U.S. president?

Mark Carney 2:28
It wasn't tough to draw the red lines. So they offered too little. We couldn't accept it. They asked too much. We wouldn't give it. Now When the US is ready to return to the bargaining table, we will Come there, ready to strike. A deal in good faith, one that respects our sovereignty. Protects Not just protects, promotes. Our official languages and our culture.
Mark Carney 3:05
And One that fundamentally does what we know is possible, which is to promote jobs and growth on both sides of the border.
Ben Meiselas 3:18
You know, and I think about what Prime Minister Carney's saying there. At the same time, Donald Trump posted one of these like gigantic truth social posts where he's like, look at the deal that I did with Greenland and Denmark. Look at everything we're going to get. Denmark keeps its sovereignty. U.S. keeps broad rights to operate military facilities in Greenland. That's what the 1951 deal. Said where Denmark keeps sovereignty, US gets broad rights to operate military facilities in Greenland. So it's basically the same thing, but I guess the new part is blocking adversarial military activity that wasn't occurring, but then Donald Trump desperately wants to do business with Russia. And you have Russia now threatening all of Europe, according to European officials.
Ben Meiselas 4:09
Who say that they're essentially preparing for an all-out war in the coming weeks and months. And so, all right, Donald, you want to brand the 1951 deal, your deal. In any event, you had Donald Trump in the Oval Office while Prime Minister Carney was giving that speech. Trump said, if Democrats win the midterms, we will now have a Great Depression. This is the motivation of an Actual lunatic here play this clip.
Ben Meiselas 4:43
Now we need to clearly cleanse this YouTube video. After that, Prime Minister Carney then said that look, the Liberal Party in Canada will work whenever we can with members across the aisle because we want a strong Canada and that requires us working together. Play this clip.
Mark Carney 5:02
And our responsibility is to bring the energy I feel in this room. That I know you all possess. To bring the best ideas to parliament. Two. Represent The priorities The concerns. Of each of our constituents? And of all Canadians. to engage with all stakeholders, and to work whenever we can with members across the aisle. Because we're all here to make the greatest country in the world even greater for everyone.

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