Why US and Canadian conservatives backed Trump’s China trip but slammed Carney’s

Why US and Canadian conservatives backed Trump’s China trip but slammed Carney’sThe North American right cast Trump’s Beijing visit as ‘deal-making diplomacy’ while attacking the Canadian leader for ‘China" class="entity-link entity-topic" data-entity-id="134421" data-entity-type="topic">hedging with China’3-MIN READ3-MIN4ListenPublished: 8:00pm, 26 May 2026When Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney visited Beijing in January, US conservative podcaster Alex Jones accused him of bowing to China’s leadership.In Canada, the opposition Conservative Party was no less scathing in its criticism. Party leader Pierre Poilievre questioned how Carney went “from saying China was Canada’s ‘biggest security threat’ before the election to announcing a ‘strategic partnership’ with Beijing after the election”.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.Select VoiceSelect Speed0.8x0.9x1.0x1.1x1.2x1.5x1.75x00:0000:001.00x