‘Please Mr. Carney, I don’t want to go’

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‘Please Mr. Carney, I don’t want to go’

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– ‘Hybrid of ‘Please Mr. Custer’ song by Larry Verne, 1960).

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“I do not want to go” is the attitude of Liberal cabinet ministers being sent to Washington to coax trade deals with the Damn Yankees.

But let’s get one thing straight right off the bat.

For those readers who do not follow politics, I am NOT the Prime Minister of Canada. That job belongs to Mark Carney.

My hair is white, his is a mix of black and white. He is 60, I am –. His height is 5’9”, I am 5’10”. His playing weight at university was 190 lb. I was about 155 lb. Both of us were goaltenders.

He projects a peaceful demeanor and has said that staying calm when dealing with the mercurial Trump is key, while I do not deal with Trump face-to-face (thank the Lord) but if I did my approach would be “@#*^U!”

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Guess what?

I think my approach is better than Carney’s, who recently apologized to Trump over the Ontario advertisement that ran in the United States and featured the Republican demi-god Ronald Regan saying tariffs “hurt every American.”

This caused the Orange One to hit the Canada panic button and slam us with another 10 per cent tariff.

We do not know on what the tariff will apply or when, but that is what Trump’s dubious mouth said. He also cancelled trade talks after nicking a small cut while shaving his face/arse. The two are interchangeable.

Really, the Orange One hurls tariffs around at a dizzying rate, rather like the speed Clark Kent can change to Superman.

If in doubt, throw a tariff at whatever. I don’t think Trump’s brain can recall them all despite his claim he is a self-described “stable genius.” He fires tariffs like kids and snowballs. He just can’t help throwing them.

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This sorry apology issued by Carney is, in my opinion, a mistake. Yes, it fits the image of Canadians as polite and well mannered. But it makes Carney look weak, and the

White House bully boy seizes on weakness and exploits it.

Carney is not a politician. He comes from a background of banking and finance. He is familiar with those Canadian manners, polite behaviour and truth.

The jaw of politics is both jarring and unfamiliar to him. But Trump is an example that others are now trying out. Tell lies starting when you awake and keep it up non-stop until going beddy-byes. God only knows what Trump’s dreams are like.

Former Trump ally and national U.S. security advisor John Bolton said Carney’s apology showed “weakness”, which backs up my analysis of Trump.

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That’s really not news as Trump has run around chasing and employing weakness to undermine men, women, children, any country and possibly cats and dogs.

The strategy should be to deflate Trump, like those Halloween blowups that lost air and collapsed on peoples’ lawns.

Do not respond to Trump’s provocations. Do not even look at the Orange One because something bad might

happen. Remember the Bible story about Lot’s wife and the pillar of salt?

The brain damage exhibited by Trump staffers is a given and is highlighted many times a day.

Anyway, the point is that the Orange One only understands strength.

If I was Prime Minister Carney, I would ignore Trump. Don’t call us, we’ll call you.

I believe there are close to 40 million Canadians who would cheer that strategy. Barry.ellsworth@sympatico.ca

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