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Neoliberal ghoul. This man is legitimately one of the worse leaders.

While the statement should have condemned the US intervention it‘s a stretch to day that “the Canadian government celebrates the US crime of aggression”. It’s bad enough, toi don’t have to add to it

This morning, Donald Trump invaded Venezuela, and THREATENED to invade Mexico and Colombia too. Canada has been living with an implicit threat of invasion for a year. No oceans between us and the monstrous dictator running the United States, and we've relied on them for protection for decades.

(1/n) I'm seeing a lot of people here trying to defend this. I get it, we're all scared, it would be nice if Carney was secretly working it all out like a chess game. But he isn't. When we fail to clearly stand up against precedents like this we make our position weaker, not stronger. When the PM

(2/n) is making mistakes, and worse yet being encouraged to relinquish what power we do have by corporate actors who's views align with Trump, this is not a time to say 'he must know better.' He doesnt. He's a banker, he's a fine man, but he's just a man. Our job as citizens is to call on him

(3/n) to actually stand up to the sort of voices who will try to undermine our sovereignty. This statement by the PM is a joke, it's weak, & we should not settle for it. Trump, if he respects anything at all, respects strength not diplomacy. So it's not even strategic to write a weak statement.

Respectfully, I disagree. Carney literally did not mention today's illegal actions by the US President. Blasting Trump would be satisfying and stupid. Canada is under threat of invasion since 1 year ago. Carney chose to focus on the sovereignty and democracy of the Venezuelan People.

His post is a CLEAR rebuke to anyone with reading comprehension. He's saying that Venezuelans, not the USA, should decide their future. But he did so without mentioning Trump, who is volatile and dangerous - including to US.

This is how I read it, too.

If he was actually scared of invasion we'd have a free trade deal with China, and French Nukes on our soil.

Seems to be the standard Western response. EU, UK and Canada all saying much the same. "We won't miss Maduro. But we believe in international law. Message ends." Pretty weak.