WarMonitor on Nostr: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he was puzzled by Mark Carney’s ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he was puzzled by Mark Carney’s thinking, arguing that Canada relies heavily on the United States. He emphasized that north–south trade far outweighs any potential east–west trade and dismissed the idea of “middle countries” charting an independent path, recalling that a similar approach under French President François Mitterrand in the 1980s failed—and, he said, would fail again today.