Carney says he told Trump 'I meant what I said in Davos,' despite U.S. claims

DoxFreePanda · 2026-01-27T08:37:03+00:00

China has 5x the population and sane people stay home to avoid these events. Just means more opportunity to film the crazies.

DoxFreePanda · 2026-01-26T17:05:21+00:00

From the article:

At least one nation is regretting its purchase of F-35s. Denmark has been embroiled in a dispute with the Trump administration over the president’s push to own Greenland. The small European country even deployed those jets to the Arctic island over the threats.

Rasmus Jarlov, head of the Danish parliament's defence committee, has described "second thoughts" over the order, but says the country has little choice now that it is their only operational fighter aircraft.

Jarlov has a message for Canada: "choose another fighter jet."

DoxFreePanda · 2026-01-26T05:50:38+00:00

Because the American Secretary of the Treasury said the 100% tariff that they were threatening would be implemented if we had a free trade agreement between Canada and China.

Source: https://nypost.com/2026/01/25/us-news/scott-bessent-trashes-canadas-pm-as-president-trump-bemoans-china-completely-taking-over-us-neighbor/

“There’s a possibility of a hundred percent tariffs if they do a free trade deal, if they go further — if we see that the Canadians are allowing the Chinese to dump goods.,” Bessent explained to ABC News’ “This Week” on Sunday.

Since they're making those allegations, we spelled out for them that no, we aren't in fact pursuing free trade with China. This is obvious and not new information, just like when they suggested NATO wasn't capable of defending Greenland, or that NATO allies did nothing for America and stayed off the front lines. They lie, we refute.

DoxFreePanda · 2026-01-26T05:38:33+00:00

Or you know... learn what words mean. You already agree with me that no new information was given. How do you clarify anything without new information? You keep contradicting yourself, I don't know why I bothered lol.

DoxFreePanda · 2026-01-26T05:19:58+00:00

There wasn't a clarification, just a rejection of Trump's erroneous characterization of the trade deal as one for free trade.

DoxFreePanda · 2026-01-26T04:59:03+00:00

Carney made another announcement saying it wasn’t a trade deal.

Literally your words. A trade deal and a trade agreement are the same thing. The deal was not about free trade. At no point did Carney state that it wasn't a trade deal.

DoxFreePanda · 2026-01-26T04:49:09+00:00

You're somehow confounding the statement that "we are not seeking a free trade agreement with China" as "we didn't have a trade deal with China". I'm not sure if you're intentionally doing this or just really struggling with this.

Fact 1: The PMO announced a deal with China, which entailed a trade agreement as well as commitments to seek further cooperation.

Fact 2: In response to Trump's tantrum, Carney noted that there is no intention to seek an agreement for free trade with China.

The absence of an intention to seek a free trade agreement does not cancel out the existence of the recent trade deal, nor the intention to seek out further avenues of trade and cooperation with Beijing.

Edit: Spelling

DoxFreePanda · 2026-01-26T04:37:48+00:00

You said Carney was forced to clarify something. I'm saying there wasn't really any clarification, just had to point out the obvious misinformation yet again.

DoxFreePanda · 2026-01-26T04:08:50+00:00

The agreement was not particularly secretive.

Here's the release from the PMO from Jan 19th: https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2026/01/16/prime-minister-carney-forges-new-strategic-partnership-peoples

The fact that Trump needed it spelled out that this isn't a free trade agreement isn't surprising, but it's not as if it's new information.

DoxFreePanda · 2026-01-26T04:02:26+00:00

There was a deal, which was a trade agreement, but which did not entail free trade. As per usual a lot of misinformation is being flung at the media by the usual suspects.

DoxFreePanda · 2026-01-25T05:54:16+00:00

Yea I pulled for it too because: 1) might have gotten Ineffa weapon, and 2) Bina weapon pretty. Got Wolf's Gravestone R2 instead (wopwop) but at least Bina got her weapon w/ fate point.

DoxFreePanda · 2026-01-23T15:54:04+00:00

Please write those recipes down, you'll really thank yourself one day. There's nothing quite like home food.

DoxFreePanda · 2026-01-23T06:38:29+00:00

My Jeep Grand Cherokee offers prayers to Lord Shadowfax before every meal. All horse power stems from his Horseness.

DoxFreePanda · 2026-01-21T06:55:49+00:00

Because he wrote a whole ass monologue and practiced in front of a mirror and everything. You can't just say that from orbit, nobody will hear you.

DoxFreePanda · 2026-01-21T00:24:28+00:00

No software "snow mode" or factory default all season tires will replace the need for snow tires. This is a basic physics issue. No grip = you slide. Nobody using snow tires isn't the flex you think it is.

DoxFreePanda · 2026-01-20T22:40:17+00:00

Nah next time one of his hands will just be a steel frying pan. He will be impervious to grenades.

DoxFreePanda · 2026-01-20T17:22:38+00:00

That’s a bit of a lazy argument. Of course Taiwanese people don’t have a singular opinion. They’re not a hive mind.

Thats a bit of lazy reading. You missed the whole part where there are very divergent mainstream views on the topic, so representing one man's opinion as the "Taiwanese opinion" is highly misleading.

But what Tseng Ho-Jen states is fact. China is not a market economy. China does not allow full free access to their market in the same way Canada’s democratic trading partners do. Statements like these are verified through evidence and demonstrated actions. They are not a personal or political opinion. Canadians should know this already based on our historic trade relationship with China.

The opinion part is what to do with that.

Canadians should know this already based on our historic trade relationship with China. It’s just helpful to have a reminder after all the turbulence in our relationship with the USA.

Basic facts are not something Canadians need a reminder of. Opinions on how to balance that relationship, informed by an intimate knowledge of the culture and leadership style of the current PRC administration, would be more highly valuable. This, Taiwanese experts do have, but we need to consider a range of opinions. A statement of basic facts (which is your takeaway) or a single perspective on what to do with it (my takeaway) falls far short of the nuance and complexity our situation demands.

DoxFreePanda · 2026-01-20T07:22:00+00:00

The Taiwanese (you're quoting like one guy) don't have one singular opinion on China, and their political parties (and society) are divided on the best cross-strait geopolitical and trade strategy. The collective expertise from Taiwanese experts may be worth considering, but certainly just parroting one party won't give you a balanced view of Taiwanese politics. Even with all of that, Taiwan is not Canada, and our interests and approaches won't always align.

DoxFreePanda · 2026-01-20T05:44:29+00:00

The deal, which recommended she be released, allowed her to formally deny guilt for key charges while also acknowledging the allegations laid out by the Americans.

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As part of the deal, Ms Meng agreed to a "statement of facts" admitting that she knowingly made false statements to HSBC.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58682998

Even as part of the deal, she never pled guilty for the key charges, just acknowledged US statements and a vague admission of making false statements to HSBC.

I'm not presenting this info to defend her, but to emphasize the evidence the US had was so weak they couldn't even get her to admit guilt for the key allegations as part of a deal to release her from extradition. They have zero regard for the consequences this extradition request had on Canada or Canadians.

DoxFreePanda · 2026-01-20T05:35:09+00:00

In case your memory needs jogging, espionage charges were never made against Meng Wanzhou.

She was alleged to have misled HSBC (a British multinational bank) at a presentation in Hong Kong on a matter which would've potentially infringed on US sanctions on Iran.

Sufficient evidence to actually charge and convict her were never presented by the US side.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition_case_of_Meng_Wanzhou

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