The Trump Administration lies about nearly everything, including the horrific murder of Alex Pretti that we all saw with our own eyes. Why would any MP trust what they say about a phone call?
U.S. President Donald Trump is clearly jealous of the positive reception for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Davos speech. Following Carney’s speech, Trump has threatened 100% tariffs on Canada (a threat that was quickly walked back) and posted an AI image of Canada annexed by the United States. Trump, angry that someone got more positive attention than he did, sought to reclaim his position at the centre of the spotlight through threats and bullying, a pattern we have seen before.
So, it’s unsurprising that lies have now followed. After all, the Trump Administration is so dishonest that they are willing to lie about and slander Alex Pretti – the man murdered by ICE in Minneapolis – even though we could all see exactly what happened with our own eyes:
As noted by JJ McCullough, the Trump Administration’s early response to Pretti’s murder was to lie about him:
It should also be remembered that JD Vance retweeted Miller calling Pretti a domestic terrorist.
Given that the Trump Administration is willing to lie in such an in-your-face and despicable manner, why would we trust anything they say, particularly when it’s about a call between Carney & Trump? Yet, that’s exactly what some Conservative MPs and influencers have done after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (who recently promoted Alberta separatism), claimed without evidence that Carney ‘walked back’ his Davos speech when speaking to Trump. They chose to believe and side with the rampantly dishonest Trump Administration rather than with Canada:
Trusting the Trump Administration is absurd from both an ethical and strategic perspective. It’s absurd from an ethical perspective because it means assuming that a group that lies constantly is magically telling the truth only when it serves your narrative, and it’s absurd strategically because the Trump Administration is immensly unpopular among Canadians, and picking the 20% side of an 80%-20% issue won’t work out well for a party that wants to avoid a fifth consecutive election defeat.
There is a lot of room to criticize Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberals without repeating the lies of the Trump Administration, and it’s possible to be a strong opposition while still standing with the Canadian government against the threat the Trump Administration poses to Canada’s sovereignty, economy, and internal cohesion. Right now, Canada needs an opposition that values national unity and puts forth restrained & focused critiques of the government that avoid hyperbole, not an opposition that falls for the endless lies of the Trump Administration.
Spencer Fernando
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