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Bernardo de La Paz

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6. Canada is a tough negotiator (elbows up) so there is no trade deal yet.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Nov 2, 2025, 10:10 AM

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Carney is playing good cop, Ford bad cop. It's a team effort.

Canada negotiated hard with tRump for CUSMA (USMCA) in 2019, a deal tRump said was the best ever then but now says is the worst. He hates it now so he calls Christia Freeland, Canada's chief negotiator at the time, a "nasty woman" or something similar. Elbows were up.

Carney is smart and tRump likes him personally, says so all the time, and then says Canada doesn't want to negotiate (not true) which is an indication that Canada has elbows up.

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Canadians take to social media to debate their prime minister's apology to Trump over anti-tariffs ad [View all] BumRushDaShow Sunday OP

The amount of Trump ass kissing is truly disgusting and nauseating. Irish_Dem Sunday #1

Here's one mdbl Sunday #3

Carney soothes tRump ego but directs his team to negotiate elbows up. Hence no deal and tRump's displeasure. Bernardo de La Paz Sunday #8

Could not disagree more angrychair Sunday #12

I'm sorry you think Conservative Pierre Three-Word-Slogan Poilievre would be better bc that's what your hope means. Bernardo de La Paz Sunday #14

It's a cancer angrychair Sunday #20

The oak is broken by the storm, the willow grows. An angry warrior is a dead warrior. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sunday #21

If you don't stand up to a bully angrychair Sunday #22

Which is why Carney is standing up where it counts, at the negotiating table. . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Sunday #23

+1000 It's their govt that's the problem, not ours. Fords Crackpipe Sunday #28

It is right for Jeffries & Ds to take your approach, but not for foreign leaders, who are in a different position. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sunday #24

So for those bashing Carney, Zelensky apologized to trump. Fords Crackpipe Sunday #27

+1000 Fords Crackpipe Sunday #26

It's your govt that's the problem, not ours. Fords Crackpipe Sunday #25

Apologized for telling the truth mdbl Sunday #2

Read the apology. He does not say the ad lied karynnj Sunday #11

Respectfully disagree angrychair Sunday #13

Respectfully, I would suggest that foreign leaders have a tough problem now karynnj Sunday #16

Another post where every sentence is true and part of a well-connected analysis. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sunday #19

Every sentence in your post rings true. Bernardo de La Paz Sunday #15

Thank you karynnj Sunday #17

Very kind of you to say so. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sunday #18

If he had said "our irrational president" that also would have been the truth. mdbl Sunday #29

I came here to say that! robbob Sunday #30

Smart people have to apologize because dumb people have their "feelers" hurt. GreenWave Sunday #4

what? poozwah Sunday #5

That's why Carney is an international diplomat and you are not. He is playing a long game and playing well. Bernardo de La Paz Sunday #7

Canada is a tough negotiator (elbows up) so there is no trade deal yet. Bernardo de La Paz Sunday #6

Nothing to stop Democrats from making their own version, and I hope they do (nt) William Seger Sunday #9

What Trump is too stupid to grasp... GiqueCee Sunday #10