This is not a pissing-match PM

How is Ottawa to manage the relationship with our closest neighbour and most important trading partner? There are essentially three options for dealing with the rogue president currently in the White House.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump. Carney’s Trump problem is exacerbated by the president’s fixation with 'annexing' Canada and making it the 51st state. How can any negotiation between the two nations be in good faith when one of the parties thinks it should take over the other one, writes Michael Harris.Official White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

June 15, 2026

HALIFAX—It is old news that United States President Donald Trump is a bloviating, malignant wind-bag who remains a stranger to the truth after years in the White House.

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