Not sure I have the extent of it but it sounds a lot like Trump wanted Carney to ease Canadian French language rules (and enrage Quebec) so the Ellisons could save a buck on localization
obviously he's not going to go for that because he probably doesn't want his career to be over immediately. But I guess Deals Man didn't get to the part in Sun Tzu about understanding your opponent
Might help if he had an actual ambassador with an interest in cultivating local political knowledge instead of, uh
Well, I'm not sure what you call whatever Hoekstra is doing, exactly