{"id":61419,"date":"2026-05-26T12:09:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/61419\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T12:09:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:09:04","slug":"why-us-and-canadian-conservatives-backed-trumps-china-trip-but-slammed-carneys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/61419\/","title":{"rendered":"Why US and Canadian conservatives backed Trump\u2019s China trip but slammed Carney\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Canada, the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/article\/3293900\/conservative-canadian-pm-likely-worsen-tense-china-ties?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">opposition Conservative Party<\/a> was no less scathing in its criticism. Party leader Pierre Poilievre questioned how Carney went \u201cfrom saying China was Canada\u2019s \u2018biggest security threat\u2019 before the election to announcing a \u2018strategic partnership\u2019 with Beijing after the election\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">But when Donald Trump visited China earlier this month, the tone was different. The US president was portrayed by conservatives on both sides of the border as standing up to China. In place of criticism, various US interest groups offered Trump suggestions on how to extract more concessions from China.<\/p>\n<p>A week before Trump\u2019s trip, Mike Pompeo, who served as secretary of state in Trump\u2019s first administration, was telling a conservative conference in Ottawa that Carney should not have gone to China. Western leaders like Carney and <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3353031\/could-spains-compliment-sandwich-approach-china-work-eu?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez<\/a> who \u201chedge with China\u201d were, according to Pompeo, falling into a trap set to make them dependent on Beijing.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Former US top diplomat Mike Pompeo says Western leaders like those of Canada and Spain who \u201chedge with China\u201d are falling into a trap. Photo: AFP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/38255d96-df38-4640-908f-1b1f39a6219e_babcb010.jpg\" title=\"Former US top diplomat Mike Pompeo says Western leaders like those of Canada and Spain who \u201chedge with China\u201d are falling into a trap. Photo: AFP\"\/>Former US top diplomat Mike Pompeo says Western leaders like those of Canada and Spain who \u201chedge with China\u201d are falling into a trap. Photo: AFP<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Converging in the praise of Trump\u2019s visit and the criticism of Carney\u2019s are two strands of conservative political tendencies that exist in Canada and the United States, according to Jia Wang, a senior fellow at the China Institute at the University of Alberta who tracks the \u201ctriangle\u201d of US-Canada-China relations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Canada, the opposition Conservative Party was no less scathing in its criticism. 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