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VINnews · Sep 1, 2026

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*🇨🇦 🇺🇸- Carney Tells Washington: Put Down the Memes and Pick Up a Briefing Book* Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered an unusually blunt message Tuesday in Ottawa. Trade talks with the United States can start again, he said, once Americans stop doing memes, stop throwing shade, and start being serious. The remark landed amid a messy tariff fight that began after negotiations collapsed in late August. Both sides have already slapped duties on tens of billions of dollars in goods. Canada’s retaliatory list is set to take effect next week. What pushed Carney over the edge was not only the economic terms. It was the running social media circus from Washington: an order to call Lake Ontario “Lake America,” AI videos of Canada geese sporting Trump hair, and cabinet officials posting jokes about the Canadian military. Carney called some of it beneath their office. He still claims a mutually beneficial deal is possible if it respects Canadian sovereignty, including French language and cultural protections. US officials counter that a solid offer was already on the table and Canada walked away.

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