Lesson: The Rupture

If there had been any doubt in your mind before, there should be no doubt in your mind now. The traditional global order has been broken. The Americans broke it. They are responsible. I say they, because yes, while Trump is the face of the end of the world organization as we know it, the American people put him there either by voting for him directly or through their complacency in not protecting their own democracy and thereby endangering all of ours.

In his January 20, 2026, speech in Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said, “We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.” Although some doubted his words then, there should be no doubt now. The Americans, following their ‘dear leader,’ the orange man from Mar-a-Lago, into a war of choice with Iran, have plunged the world into the greatest energy crisis in world history. They went in alone without consulting other nations. When Trump demanded help, none came. The rupture Mark Carney referred to in January, without naming the United States directly, I must add, is not tangible. It is time for us to go back and look at what may be one of the pivotal speeches of our lifetime. Canada now sees its ties to the United States as a weakness rather than a strength. We are living through the remaking of the geopolitical world.