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July 06, 2026

Carney offered Canadians words — Trump offered Americans results

https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/hannaford-eloquent-words-elusive-results/74780
Two national days of celebration, two different countries, two different leaders with two very different messages.

On Canada Day, Prime Minister Mark Carney offered a polished message of unity, courage, and conviction. He does this well. “We are strongest when we are united,” he told Canadians, praising diversity, kindness, and the national habit of building together.

Only two days later at Mount Rushmore, President Trump marked America’s two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary by celebrating American exceptionalism — the oldest republic, the most free people in the world, the strongest military, and so on. Not much about the loveliness of diversity in togetherness.

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Carney’s address was admittedly gracious. The old women (of both sexes) in eastern Canada who secured his majority would have been happy as he spoke of partnership over ...

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