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erronis

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Mon May 4, 2026, 07:48 PM Monday

Mark Carney Just Walked Into Armenia and Cracked The American Empire In Half [View all]

https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-mark-carney-just-walked
Dean Blundell

Mark Carney Just Walked Into Armenia and Cracked The American Empire In Half As Canada Entertains Joining The EU

While Donald Trump was busy threatening Greenland, picking fights with Germany, pulling 5,000 troops out of a NATO ally, bombing Iran, and licking Putin's boots on a Tuesday -- our guy Mark Carney just rolled into Yerevan, Armenia, and became the first non-European leader in history to be invited inside the European Political Community summit.

Forty-eight heads of state. Twenty-seven EU nations. The UK. Ukraine. Norway. Iceland. Turkey. Albania. The whole goddamn continent in one room -- and the guest of honour is the guy from the country Trump keeps calling "the 51st state."

The symbolism is so loud it should come with hearing protection.

Who The Hell Is Mark Carney Again? . . .

. . .

Mark Carney is a Harvard and Oxford-educated economist who ran the Bank of Canada through the 2008 financial crisis without a scratch. Then the British poached him to run the Bank of England through Brexit -- the first non-Brit to ever hold the job in its 300+ year history. Then he ran the UN's climate finance file. Then he wrote a book. Then, when Canada needed an adult in the room because Trump had decided he was going to annex us, Carney walked into Liberal leadership, won, called an election, and won that too in April 2025 -- fourth consecutive Liberal majority -- running on one promise: cut the American cord.

He's spent nearly 60 days outside the country since taking office. Not on vacation. Building a new world.

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After the last year, who wouldn't in his shoes? Scrivener7 Monday #1
No kidding! calimary Yesterday #74
If Carney gets Canada admitted to the EU, and then allies them with the TPP... Fiendish Thingy Monday #2
Game over, USA. Point and match, USSR. erronis Monday #3
First of all, there is no USSR anymore Fiendish Thingy Monday #4
The USSR is very real in Putin's mind. erronis Monday #6
If Carney succeeds, Russia and the US lose. Nt Fiendish Thingy Monday #8
I don't see us joining the EU, we would lose too much autonomy, partner with them yes. Bev54 Monday #32
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Carney has been making deals that benefit CAN regardless of trumps lunacy. Callie1979 Monday #7
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Poilievre, yeah he's hare weight and a piece of shit. Dave Bowman Monday #49
BS Disaffected Monday #9
Could you provide links for your assertions? niyad Monday #10
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jacobin's crap doesn't work for me. It's badge of Cha Monday #48
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4 or 5 claims with no sources.. Permanut Monday #11
This guy may have a pizza on the way. Swede Monday #26
Post removed Post removed Monday #41
.. Cha Monday #55
After I cooled down, I wanted to engage with Smoker. Swede Yesterday #60
This message was self-deleted by its author Cha Yesterday #63
May. malaise Yesterday #66
Mark Carney has been brilliant for Canada Against Cha Monday #14
.... Spazito Monday #20
Ys, Indeed! Cha Monday #30
and hasn't spent one day golfing. nt Grey5 Yesterday #79
Mark Carney knows there's no Cha Yesterday #81
Your "concern" is noted DinahMoeHum Monday #21
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Who are the "actual left"? Spazito Monday #34
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So you use the term "actual left" but ... Spazito Monday #44
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Very simple, even simplistic one might say... Spazito Monday #54
Carney is saving Canada. Swede Monday #23
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I live here, he's the best thing that's happened to Canada since Trudeau got in ten years ago. Swede Monday #36
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Not here in Canada. Swede Monday #40
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The NDP are fading fast. Swede Monday #46
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Nobody is trying to silence you, they're disagreeing with you. SunSeeker Monday #50
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Aloha, SunSeeker... it's just Cha Yesterday #64
Yup, all gone. SunSeeker Yesterday #65
PM Mark Carney may be Helping Cha Monday #33
He may just be saving a lot more than just Canada. He sure knows how to negotiate and stand up to bullies. . Amaryllis Yesterday #72
Long term, as a Canadian, I agree LiberalLovinLug Monday #25
Mark Carney is the de facto leader of the Free World. OMGWTF Monday #12
I cannot disagree with that bucolic_frolic Monday #13
Along with Zelenskyy. wnylib Monday #37
Right? I thought of Pres Zelensky Cha Yesterday #75
I fucking hate clickbait hyperbole so much. Initech Monday #15
I'm not sure what I hate more... progressoid Monday #16
The clickbait is definitely a contributor to this timeline! Initech Monday #19
Canadian PM Mark Carney.. Cha Monday #17
He also knows how to play hockey. llmart Monday #35
Thank you for that about Mark Carney.. Cha Monday #43
I just looked him up on Wikipedia GopherGal Yesterday #70
Thank you, GopherGal! And Harvard can Cha Yesterday #77
Mahalo, Cha! I love Hawai'i but can't handle the sun... erronis Yesterday #73
Alona, erronis... That sounds like a Cha Yesterday #80
When Canada and Mexico join forces to surround Trumpamerica, usonian Monday #18
If that ever happens, Chump will already be gone FakeNoose Monday #28
Canada is already in NATO. Mexico will never join NATO. LeftInTX Monday #56
La Guardia Nacional usonian Monday #57
Yes, they're domestic and they often used against their own people. LeftInTX Monday #58
Use your imagination. usonian Yesterday #61
It's not going to happen. They're not going to gang up on the US.. LeftInTX Yesterday #62
USA under Trump is on its way to becoming a pariah nation. OGBuzz Yesterday #68
Mark Carney is a real leader working on behalf of his country, not his own ego and his own bottom line. OGBuzz Monday #22
trump wants to be the Emperor of North America Norbert Monday #24
Could California join? JoseBalow Monday #59
Canada and Mexico are moving on without America. Both President Sheinbaum and P.M. Carney are very Botany Yesterday #67
our prime minister for this time in our history...well done mr. carney dawn5651 Yesterday #69
BRAVO! BlueWavePsych Yesterday #71
;-{)...... Goonch Yesterday #76
Canadians bdamomma Yesterday #78
Mark Carney has totally kicked trumps ass. republianmushroom Yesterday #82
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