If there’s a Trump 2.0, Canada must be ready to face that brave new world

If this president has somehow permanently changed American politics, if there is a Trump 2.0 with someone like J.D. Vance, Canada must embrace the wider world, as Mark Carney is doing. It's not only prudent, it is essential.

White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf, left, U.S. President Donald Trump, and U.S. Vice-President JD Vance as Trump signed a series of executive orders on his first day in office on Jan. 20, 2025. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

June 1, 2026

HALIFAX—Of all the problems facing Prime Minister Mark Carney, none is as intractable as dealing with United States President Donald Trump.

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