Scott Bessent went on CNBC, got asked if America is in a cute little tit-for-tat with Canada, and shrugged the entire question and even the premise off.
And we hardly blame him.
Treasury’s answer was math, not manners: you don’t “trade war” a country thirteen times your size. What else is Mark Carney going to tell the cameras, that the neighbor with the bigger economy just turned the screws and the talking points still need work?
We can tell you whose talking points do not need work, Scott Bessent's.
Watch:
🔥 LMFAO! Sec. Scott Bessent just DROPPED THE MIC on Canada. Brutal.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 31, 2026
CNBC: Are we in a tit-for-tat trade war with Canada?
BESSENT: I don't think you can be in a tit-for-tat with someone who's 13 times larger than you.
CNBC: They say they're doing OK
BESSENT: What else are… pic.twitter.com/VbHATNopEA
Post continues:
BESSENT: What else are they gonna say?
Exactly.
Marx Carnage will continue to hurt Canadians badly economically until he signs the trade deal!
— Chris Kleyn@Chris' Li'l Bookstore (@ChrisLilBooksto) August 31, 2026
😂 Bessent didn’t even entertain the question. The size gap between the U.S. and Canadian economies makes his point pretty hard to miss.
— Mark jaxon (@Mayjay042) August 31, 2026
Canada is not doing ok
— Father Ted (@phi_nix_77) August 31, 2026
They're paying the price for Carney's ego, and of course his desperation to show the world he can't be pushed around. Of course, what we're seeing is he can be pushed around ... he just doesn't want to admit it.
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