Carney pulls off mission impossible

In Carney’s world, two-plus-two always equals four. In banking and finance, facts matter. In the navel-gazing nightmare of intuitive Trumpism, two-plus-two equals whatever the president says it does.  
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, greets Prime Minister Mark Carney at the West Wing entrance of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2025.

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