‘We are the Athensit’s Rome. ” It was a few days ago when the prime minister of Canada Mark Carney He sent his own message to US President Donald Trump, who wants the country to become the “51st state” of the United States, offering even rewards.
The prime minister of Canada made this report from the House step, in an attempt to parallel the relationship between his country and the US, with that of the ancient Greek world with Rome, indirectly addressing Donald Trump who proposed a free missile defense if the country is 51.
Mark Carney spoke of parliamentaryism that has rules and traditions. “On these traditions is based on our Athenian Republic. Yes, we are Athens, they are Rome, “he said characteristically to express the belief that” we will win. We are in the golden age of Athens. “
At the same time, in an interview with CBC’s “Power and Politics” show, he proposed a closer defense cooperation with Europe, hoping, as he stressed, that for Canada the expectation is to reduce the United States dependence on weapons and ammunition.
Carney statements are linked to the wider political context of recent days, during which the Canadian prime minister has strongly responded to Trump’s “attachment” to Canada to the US as a 51st state, in return for free participation in the anti -missile dome “Golden Dome”. Carney had characteristically stated that “Canada is never and will never be for sale”, proposing the sovereignty and institutional values of his country.