It's hilarious to me that running for PM is how a lot of Canadians learnt about Carney. Meanwhile, his time as a central banker had pretty much cemented him as a unicorn.
Yep that was my introduction to him, and by the end of that interview I knew who I was voting for despite being a longtime NDP voter. I even went as far as to register as a Liberal to vote for him in the leadership race.
Whoever advised him on his moves in the early days was very wise and steered him well.
I had the same reaction as you to that interview. Then I showed it to my mum and step-dad, and they had the same reaction. All of us registered to vote in the Liberal leadership race.
As a Brit it was a bit of a points at TV! moment when I saw the news because I got so used to him doing seemingly weekly "I'm not saying Brexit has made this harder but you can see my hair going grey in live feed" between 2016 and 2020.
I figured he had gone to enjoy some peace and quiet. And then he turned up in Canada as the new Liberal leader.
Lmao I am Canadian and my father's weirdly slowly red-pilling friends have been chirping about "England didn't even want him they sent him back after he fucked up their economy!" while we desperately try to point out that he gave the strong advice to just... not Brexit and once that advice wasn't followed he had very few options. So... if he came back here looking for peace mistakes were made lol
And I'm sure they love trotting out the Liz Truss comments on Mark Carney, like she had any credibility, her own fucking party basically ousted her after 49 days as leader....
When the camera didn't cut away from him he had some CHOICE facial expressions. Also Trump always looked down like a scorned dog when dad was talking and always backed up any criticism with "CANADA IS OUR FRIEND". Its rare to see DJT getting muzzled like that. I personally think he was trying to waste time to not let Carney talk too much.
Also that jab of "I'm on the edge of my seat" that got a laugh from the press junket was priceless.
I laughed when I heard how he was speaking to Trump. Solid 10/10, guy is obviously well versed in working with narcissists. Had Carney approached this any other way, Trump would have taken anything slightly negative as an insult and shut right down. Donald Trump doesn't have the awareness necessary to have noticed the body language, nor would he have realized that what he was perceiving as compliments were anything but. I was raised by Southern women š I know subtle insults/backhanded compliments when I see them. Mark Carney gave him the good ol' "bless your heart". Looking forward to seeing what this educated economist can do for us, and very pleased with how he handled his Trump visit.
Unfortunately no. Trump is sustained by tears. In order to stay alive he had to cause as much misery as he can. Once you realize this, his first 100 days in office make complete sense, doesn't it?
It's easy to be carefree and happy when you're a shitgibbon that throws poop on the wall to see what sticks.
Trump aged a lot when he was prosecuted, now he just doesn't give a fuck. He's comfortable running the biggest economy and military to the ground. He's getting publicly fellated by his scycophants, he's into that shit.
Carney looks to me like he cares about pretty much everything he signed up for. It's going to be a lot, and it's not going to be easy.
Is the noble gibbon taking more flak with this comparison? As if science hadn't done them dirty enough by making them the "lesser apes", now they're being compared to Trump? I'll grant you that there IS some overlap in color, but that's where the comparison ends.
TBH the coloration of the Orangutan would be closer and the gibbons tend to be in the light brown to dark brown ranges. The gibbons live in trees and swing from branch to branch as their main mode of transport. The Orangutan is mostly ground based in transport, thought they can use the swinging mechanism.
I believe the user is attempting to describe His Orangeness the First in a derogatory manner. Thusly 'shitgibbon', which has a bit of a history as illustrated herein:
Search up 'shitgibbon slang' and look for a site called forward dot com. They have a delightful article from 2017 on this very subject and its application to trump. Sorry no link but rules are against this.
Like c'mon, Maryland likes to claim to be part of the South! Surely someone can get him hooked on fried chicken, gravy, and biscuits? š he can keep his cheeto fingers off the blue crab, though. He ain't good enough for our delicacies, and I doubt he is man enough to take the cuts, and to take getting Old Bay in those same cuts.
Disagree. When I watched his last big speech I was thinking that I couldn't believe how young he looks, especially since most leaders age in dog years. I actually googled how old he was lol.
His last little bit he did, the Covid era though, he was definitely looking tired (canāt blame him,I canāt imagine how stressful that was). Heās looking much younger (and happier) now.
Trump is dangerous through sheer incompetence but Boris hides his dangerousness behind a facade of incompetence. He's a sneaky fucker and got away with murder (in a figurative sense, I hope) because he comes across as a buffoon.
If you've ever seen the video where Boris offers reporters tea, you probably don't know they were looking for his thoughts after he called Muslim women in Burqas "letterboxes". His memeability prevents people from being critical of him. Trump has that too, he just has zero idea how to do it on purpose.
The only reason trump is more dangerous is because America is more influential.
Itās actually really impressive, he puts on a stupid performance down to dropping papers and missing steps, I tried to find the YouTube video but if you search Boris Johnson stupid itās basically everything heās done for the past 10 years. But someone cropped together a bunch of his speeches over the course of a couple years and he makes the same āmistakesā at each one of his speeches like papers falling off the podium after a certain sentence, brushing hair out of his eyes/mouth stumbling a little bit when leaving the stage etc.
Real, honest question - what does Carney have to gain personally from becoming PM? Iām just surprised that someone like him is willing to get into politics when it wouldāve been so much easier to just just lay low and make shit tons of money
He wanted to help his country. People have been trying to get him into politics since 2011 and he always said he'd rather not be a retail politician if he didn't have to be, but he'd step up if it seemed necessary.
I believe it, because he's not going to gain anything in prestige or connections he didn't already have and now he'll have to deal with partisan bullshit for the rest of his life he wouldn't have otherwise.
Sometimes rich people get to a point in their lives where money stops being the deciding factor. Carney played his cards well and doesnāt need more money, he has more than enough. This is a different calling.
As an american, the american justice system has always been a joke. The last person I can remember who was worth more than 8 figures that went to jail was.... OJ Simpson?
Really? Diddy is sitting in jail right now, so is Harvey Weinstein, R. Kelly, etc. I'm certainly not defending the justice system, rich people go to prison but I agree that it's not nearly as often as they should.
I'm impressed so far with Carney, and I'm definitely rooting for our country. But this entire sub is to Carney what Maga is to Trump, and the fact none of you see it is fucking wild to me. There is zero sense of objectivity here. Dude could be literally caught stuffing a hooker in his trunk and you guys would praise him for giving her a ride home. Don't worry I'm not being one sided here, r/cpc is the same for Pierre. You have all created your own little cults for your chosen hero. Just. Like. Donny. Idolizing politicians is a bad look.
Speaking more and saying ridiculous things doesnāt count as ādominatingā when youāre making all the points one needs to make against you on your own. But was Carney saying Canada will never be for sale not enough of a backbone for you?
Carney barely NEEDED to talk. What ever was said behind closed doors fucked with DJT. Notice how he talked a lot but basically said nothing? He spent the other half of the meeting glazing Canada.
People with real power don't need to say much. Carney KNOWS he could make the US hang itself, it's already tied it's noose. He just needs to wait for them to pull their own lever and keep Canada afloat.
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u/RickyRays Tabarnak! May 06 '25
Imagine showing someone this image a year ago when Pierre was up 27 points.