If you watch one speech this week, let it be this one: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney burns Trump’s dream world to the ground, to the applause of the entire World Economic Forum.

[geonz@mathstodon.xyz]

@randahl My usual response to this is "N + 1" but this is people in positions of power, addressing real issues, not just "proving what you said was wrong."

[martinlentink@mastodon.social]

@randahl Agree.

[grootinside@troet.cafe]

@randahl

And if you get too excited about such a speech full of great quotable sentences. (no irony here)

Start to watch the blabbering of that elderly with the nuclear codes. And while you wondering why there is ANYONE there still in the room apparently without ANY selfrespect whatsoever - your head will explode.

Seriously. Everyone who attempts to contact him with a diplomatic approach is losing every respect from my side.

[samsenbdri@mastodon.social]

@randahl
Mr. Fink! Wait 7 minutes, for the protagonists! Woe betide anyone who isn't used to fast-forwarding.
Resume to follow later...

[janeinnj@newsie.social]

@randahl Saw a big chunk of it on tv last night. Brilliant speech. As an American, so very sad.

[clusterfcku@mastodon.social]

@randahl There are several YouTube uploads of this speech. Striking is the one by the National Post newspaper, a Canadian right leaning conservative and US Republican supporting paper from Konrad Black's media company. The upload shows the speech too, but the applause and standing ovation have been trimmed out. As you may know, Carney is of the Liberal party in Canada.

[lpm1@mastodon.social]

@randahl And according to Trump, his speech showed that Canada wasn’t grateful. Didn’t he say something like that to Zelensky? Mobster tactics.

[abulling@fedifreu.de]

@randahl Impressive how they did not even manage to cut the first 7 (!) minutes in which only a waiting screen was shown.

[clintruin@mastodon.social]

@randahl
Before everyone starts jumping up and down with joy over Carney's speech...here's the other side of the coin presented by my Prime Minister...
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Carney leaves door open to paying fee to join Trump’s Gaza 'Board of Peace'
https://nationalpost.com/news/carney-leaves-door-open-to-paying-1b-to-join-trumps-gaza-board-of-peace

[grootinside@troet.cafe]

@clusterfcku @randahl

applause?
standing ovation?

[contrasocial@mastodon.social]

@randahl

I have trouble getting too excited about mid-sized nations giving up on one world order farce in order to throw us all into a new world order farce that appears to be the same but simply has three fascist police states calling the shots regionally instead of one floundering to do it globally.

If anything I suspect we'll see fascism grow more efficient now that the big three have agreed to retreat into their respective spheres of influence and no longer have to stretch themselves.

[robo105@mastodon.social]

@randahl I watched it and as a Canadian I was impressed and proud

[xs4me2@mastodon.social]

@randahl

Simply excellent indeed…

[mok0@mastodon.online]

@randahl His French is excellent.

[mok0@mastodon.online]

@clintruin @randahl You did not listen properly. Carney very diplomatically said Canada was not going to pay $1 billion to Trump as he demands, but only if the money went directly to the population of Gaza.

[wolf@helvede.net]

@mok0 @randahl Id' surely have had had to excuse my French if I were in that seat.

[randahl@mastodon.social]

@contrasocial respectfully, I disagree. Look at how the world has invested in defending Ukraine against a fascist Russia. That is not the US investing or China investing. That is sound democracies — of all sizes — deciding that enough is enough.

[randahl@mastodon.social]

@Robo105 you have every reason to be proud. Historians will say, Prime Minister Mark Carney was elected at exactly the right time. He is setting an example for the world to follow.

Elbows up!

[peterbrown@mastodon.scot]

@randahl a standing ovation.

[clintruin@mastodon.social]

@mok0 @randahl
Dude...it's right in the subhead...
"The cheques would be intended to 'improve the welfare of the people of Palestine,' said Carney, during an appearance in front of the World Economic Forum"

So yeah, I "listened".
Answer me this. Sweden (along with many other countries) told Trump and his 'Board of Peace' to go fuck themselves.

Why hasn't Canada?