Posted on 05/26/2025 4:04:21 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
King Charles is arriving in Canada today in advance of an opening speech he will deliver to the Canadian Parliament. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney invited King Charles to attend, and while the media portray the visit as mostly symbolic there is no doubt the substantive issue for Canada is the economic dependency on the USA and how the U.K can bolster the position of Canada against that threat.
Everything is always about the money of the thing, this dynamic between the U.K and Canada is no different. What we would call the ‘western’ global financial system is contingent upon all U.S. allies retaining the United States as their consumer base and stable currency center. President Trump has exposed the vulnerability of Canada as he confronts the parasitic relationship {GO DEEP}.
In advance of the U.K positioning itself as the skirt behind which Canada can hide from the horrible Trump, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer extended an invitation for President Trump to attend a state visit in his honor later this year. The effusive praise from Starmer during the White House meeting was keenly strategic, so too was their urgency in creating the first new-era free trade agreement with the USA.
Perhaps President Trump’s embrace of Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia should be viewed through this financial prism where the EU, U.K and Canada will ultimately go to war (together) against the efforts of President Trump. Within the partnership of the UK, EU and Canada, the Snow Mexicans are the weakest link, the most vulnerable to collapse from Trump’s economic policy.
Canada no longer has any substantive ability to create heavy machinery industrial goods. Most of the Canadian manufacturing equipment is imported from China and the EU.
The same issue, albeit to a lesser -but increasing- extent, is the core impetus between U.S. President Trump’s manufacturing policies in the USA. President Trump is urgently attempting to rebuild a collapsed industrial manufacturing base. However, from the leftist position of Canada, the easier route that affords them the ability to chase the green energy rainbows is to retain a dependency manufacturing model. These are political decisions.
At the core of this dynamic you will find the reason why President Trump is likely to dissolve the U.S/Mex/Canada (USMCA) trade agreement and instead turn toward two independent bilateral trade agreements between the USA-Mexico and USA-Canada. Extend this reasonably accurate predictive economic reality to its logical conclusion and you see why the U.K wants to help bolster Canada.
In the battle against President Trump’s economic ferocity, Canada is relying on the friendly, duplicitous and influential mask work by Great Britain.
LONDON/OTTAWA (Reuters) – King Charles flies to Canada on Monday for a highly symbolic visit showing support for the nation that recognizes him as its sovereign but is coveted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a 51st U.S. state.
Following an invitation from Prime Minister Mark Carney, Charles will open parliament in Ottawa on Tuesday, the first time a British monarch has carried out the duty since his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth, did so 68 years ago.
Trump has repeatedly expressed a desire to annex Canada, a proposition fiercely rebuffed by Carney whose election win last month came partly on the back of that stance.
“The prime minister has made it clear that Canada is not for sale now, is not for sale ever,” Canada’s envoy to the UK, Ralph Goodale, told reporters during a visit last week by Charles to Canada’s high commission.
“The king, as head of state, will reinforce the power and the strength of that message.”
Charles has made subtle signals of his backing for Canada in recent months, wearing Canadian medals, calling himself the king of Canada, and describing its flag as “a symbol that never fails to elicit a sense of pride and admiration”. (read more)
Remember, the core of the thing is money.
What does that mean?
Well, in addition to the zero-sum mindset of the Canadian and British governments, it also means both Republicans and Democrats in congress will fight President Trump with extreme prejudice.
If you want to see a Republican fight, start to threaten their financial status and suddenly all those spineless Republicans will attack the disruption with a ferocity that could fuel ten-thousand Dragon-X launches. If you doubt that truism, go back and look at the Republican support for President Obama weaponizing the IRS against the Tea Party. If you still doubt that truism, look around right now at how hard the Republicans are fighting to retain the Ukraine laundry operation.
There is no such thing as a “Republican ideology,” it is always about the money.
The UniParty is two wings of the same bird, a vulture.
Republicans will soon profess their undying love for a free and sovereign Canada, and if President Trump doesn’t return the effusive praise for King Charles things will get ugly.
If President Trump walks through the firestorm of the influence campaign and exits to the other side still intending to demand trade reciprocity -using tariffs to deliver it- he will be as isolated from the Republican party apparatus as MAGA voters are.
Right - it is an absurd headline. He is there as a King of Canada, not the King of the U.K.
This kind of stuff so typical of “Conservative” Treehouse and Sundance.
Why is this clown engaging in politics? Aren’t they merely token heads of state with no real political power?
King Muhammad needs to go home to his Islamic Utopia.
I suspected he converted years ago.
3-day photo op. Conflate it into a big deal if you wish.
Well, the King is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Services. They actually report to him - at least on paper.
The King does have power. He chooses not to use it.
I read a book about 5 years ago that described the Queen’s power. She was considered the foremost constitutional expert in the UK. The UK did not have a supreme court until 2012. Until then, the Queen settled constitutional issues.
In addition, she had to sign every bill passed for it to be law. According to an article in the Times of London, she vetoed a number of bills. I found that unbelievable. Did that not get any press? The article’s title was something similar to “Queen vetoes more bills than realized”.
The Queen threw her weight around. As sovereign, she can request an audience with anyone in government and they have to show up. She would meet one on one - no one else - to find out the details of whatever it was and pressure them to do abc.
In foreign policy, she would often sit in on meetings/negotiations with other countries. Apparently, this was always done quietly. The book had an example, in which, negotiations were going no where and it was contentious and getting worse. They secretly called the Queen in and she got it done. I forget the other country involved, but they did not dispute it.
Anyway, I find those things almost fantastical, but perhaps it is accurate.
King Arthur: I am your king.
Peasant Woman: Well, I didn’t vote for you.
King Arthur: You don’t vote for kings.
Peasant Woman: Well, how’d you become king, then?
[An angelic choir begins...]
King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. [singing stops] That is why I am your king.
Dennis: Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Arthur: Be quiet!
Dennis: You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ‘cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!
Arthur: Shut up!
Dennis: I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!
Arthur: [grabs Dennis] Shut up! Will you shut up?!
Dennis: Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system!
Arthur: [shakes Dennis] Shut up!
Dennis: Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help, help, I’m being repressed!
Arthur: Bloody Peasant!
Dennis: Ooh, what a giveaway! Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh? That’s what I’m on about! Did you see him repressing me? You saw it, didn’t you?
Don’t be silly. Britain might not have as many, but it has enough warheads to take out every major city in the US in retaliation.
Strange that you would be so bellicose against a nuclear armed ally whilst being a massive pussy when it comes to confronting Russia’s aggression.
I remember a time when American conservatives used to be firm against Russian aggression.
King Charles The Insipid!
Imagine if his Majesty’s thirteen American colonies had become the first commonwealth nation of the British Empire.
Her vetoes were pre-emptive - advising them not to pass the proposed bills. She did not receive passed bills and then veto them as that would have been a bit more dramatic. Still, no, she was not just a figurehead.
Also lookup the video on YouTube “The Queen’s relationship with Margaret Thatcher” - not so much about the relationship but how it highlights her involvement in foreign policy - actually flying out ahead of Thatcher in one case and warning the prime minister of another realm to be respectful and not do anything to cause a scene as they were apparently rumored to be planning a confrontation with Thatcher. The Queen’s intervention was credited with making the summit a huge diplomatic success.
May have been had King George III read the “Olive Branch Petition” and given a thoughtful response to it.
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