Canada

Ehh… It seems like Carney’s comment is just lip service, and imo it just skirts around things that you just can’t say anything good about. “Transformational” isn’t necessarily a praise, and a “relentless focus on the American worker” doesn’t focus on the policies (which we know have been really bad for American workers) and basically just reiterates Trump’s claimed motivation in some way, so a nothing burger. “Securing your borders” is also a nothing burger cause while it’s what they’re trying to do, is hasn’t necessarily been done successfully or in a good way. “Ending the scourge of fentanyl and other opioids” is just another self-proclaimed point, and in the case of fentanyl, 21g in a whole year from Canada, and of unknown effectiveness from Mexico. And “securing the world” is also a nothing burger cause he hasn’t, but he’s doing things that he thinks is securing the world.

I don’t think it shows what Carney’s true plans and motivations are going into the meeting, so I’d recommend not reading too much into it at the moment. We’ll see what comes out of this whole discussion, and we’ll find out what have Canadians voted into.

Looking at the mention of “leader” from Carney to Trump in transcripts, Carney’s never actually said anything to the effect of “you’re a great leader”. He only said “thank you for your hospitality and above all for your leadership”. That isn’t a praise at all, it’s just a cordial thank you.

So how did you get the impression that Carney was praising Trump as a “great leader”?

That's some 3d chess