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Carney casts himself as NATO defender amid Trump beef, despite Canada missing key benchmark for deca
« on: April 12, 2026, 02:37:52 pm »
Carney casts himself as NATO defender amid Trump beef, despite Canada missing key benchmark for decades
Ottawa averaged roughly 1.3% of GDP in NATO defense spending over the past decade, far below the US average of 3.3%
By Charles Creitz Fox News
Published April 12, 2026 7:00am EDT
 

Canadian PM Mark Carney is the ‘most ungrateful person you can imagine’: Charles Payne
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney defended his country's NATO commitments after being pressed over alliance spending by President Donald Trump, insisting Ottawa meets the benchmark – even though Canada only reached the 2% defense target in 2025.

Speaking recently at a press conference in Monteregie, Quebec, Carney said Iran remains a "grave threat" to the Middle East and beyond and argued Canada is meeting its obligations to the alliance.

But Canada only reached NATO’s 2% defense spending benchmark in 2025, after spending years well below the target. Carney acknowledged Ottawa had not hit that mark since the Cold War, underscoring the vulnerability in his pushback to Trump.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/carney-casts-himself-nato-defender-amid-trump-beef-despite-canada-missing-key-benchmark-decades
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Re: Carney casts himself as NATO defender amid Trump beef, despite Canada missing key benchmark for
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2026, 02:41:02 pm »
He meant he was a "philosophical" supporter, not a paying supporter. :whistle:
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Re: Carney casts himself as NATO defender amid Trump beef, despite Canada missing key benchmark for
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2026, 02:59:50 pm »
The Canadians are always planning on building a world class military.

The problem is that the plans never go anywhere.

But they have plans!   :silly:
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Re: Carney casts himself as NATO defender amid Trump beef, despite Canada missing key benchmark for
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2026, 04:26:26 pm »
Quote from: rangerrebew on April 12, 2026, 02:41:02 pm
He meant he was a "philosophical" supporter, not a paying supporter. :whistle:

Or a jock supporter ... :whistle:
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Re: Carney casts himself as NATO defender amid Trump beef, despite Canada missing key benchmark for
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2026, 01:47:32 pm »
Yossi BenYakar
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https://x.com/gilileoB/status/2043577524098068740/video/1

Mark Carney, Canada’s Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party, says:

“We cannot trust America.”

Meanwhile:

- His wife lives in the United States 
- All four of his children live and study in the United States 
- 91% of his investment portfolio is in the United States 
- He owns a house in the United States

Yet he tells Canadians they can’t trust America.
Hypocrisy at its finest.

https://x.com/YossiBenYakar/status/2043624030909915195
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Re: Carney casts himself as NATO defender amid Trump beef, despite Canada missing key benchmark for
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2026, 01:56:04 pm »
Everything I see and hear about these Canadians makes me wanna puke!
It's time we put the "America" back in North America!
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Re: Carney casts himself as NATO defender amid Trump beef, despite Canada missing key benchmark for
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2026, 01:59:57 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on April 13, 2026, 01:56:04 pm
Everything I see and hear about these Canadians makes me wanna puke!
It's time we put the "America" back in North America!

Amen!!!  It's no wonder that Alberta wants to become their own country.  I believe those in Alberta are voting on that issue in October.
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