"I happened to be in Canada a week ago-in the cold and snowy mountains of Quebec-when President Donald Trump sent the text to the Norwegian Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Store, in which he explained that, because he hadn't gotten a Nobel Peace Prize, he no longer felt "an obligation to think purely of Peace" with regard to Greenland. Canadians I spoke to seemed saddened by this latest outburst."
"Carney is one of those interesting figures that history seems to raise up unexpectedly; a central banker (he's been the governor of both the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England), he is not exactly the kind of charismatic leader that seems best suited for a social-media age. In fact, he owes his ascension to the Prime Ministership to a funny kind of anti-charisma."
President Donald Trump sent a message to Norway's prime minister signaling he no longer felt "an obligation to think purely of Peace" about Greenland after failing to win a Nobel Prize. Many Canadians reacted with sadness while maintaining a measured calm, even as military planners prepared defenses against a potential American threat. Prime Minister Mark Carney presented a clear-eyed, pragmatic vision at Davos, described as a charter for difficult years and a possible roadmap for reintegrating a chastened United States into the international order. Carney's central banking background and anti-charismatic appeal contributed to his political rise amid backlash against right-wing populism.
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