Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa April 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
In Donald Trump’s first term, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and others would argue America First was not isolationist and did not mean America alone. No one claims that today. The voters in Canada, one of America’s closest allies, just rejected Trump’s caustic comments on the “51st state” and his tariffs. I suspect a majority of voters throughout the western alliance would have the same view.
Mark Carney won the Canadian Prime Ministership with a near majority for his own liberal party after being behind conservatives by 2 to 1 only three months ago.
This will be Trump’s first 100-day election defeat and could portend tougher trade negotiations as governments begin to process Trump’s deep unpopularity. Even his international right wing/populist nationalists may disengage from the Trump bandwagon. This is a setback for the ambitions of J.D. Vance and Steve Bannon.
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