John Bolton - What Does Mark CARNEY Do？ I Really Want To Know

00:00:00.000 Hi, it's John and welcome to the channel 458 a.m. Monday, August the 10th. I hope you're

00:00:07.580 having a great start to your Monday. I hope you had a great weekend as well. Thank you

00:00:11.220 so much for being here. We are truly in the dog days of summer. I'm sorry if you hear

00:00:17.920 any noise in the background. I'm doing some washing. Okay, you can hear the machines tumbling

00:00:21.440 back there. So we're truly in the dog days of summer. I got up this morning and I thought

00:00:26.540 I'm not going to record a video. What's really to talk about? There are major things going on,

00:00:32.280 but generally it's a lot of politics right now is background noise.

00:00:37.280 But there's a lot of discussion right now about Mark Carney's vacation. This was the main thing

00:00:42.400 that popped up this morning that I saw. And people are rightfully criticizing Carney for

00:00:47.900 the timing of this vacation. I think it's poor timing for a couple of different reasons,

00:00:51.900 which I'm going to get into in just a moment. But other people are defending him saying,

00:00:55.660 while he's on vacation, he's keeping an eye on what's going on here, folks.

00:00:59.620 And I would agree with that. And I think everybody deserves a vacation. But there's a thing known as

00:01:04.700 optics narrative here that are very important. You see this post here on X. Mark Carney is going

00:01:11.460 on vacation to Italy until August 17th, but insists that he'll remain updated on Canada-U.S.

00:01:17.500 trade negotiations as new 50% tariffs are set to be imposed by the Trump administration on August

00:01:23.400 the 19th. The optics of this are not good. I'm just wondering as well, you know, optically speaking

00:01:28.700 and narrative speaking here, there's something else that just came to mind. Isn't it interesting

00:01:32.800 that he doesn't vacation in Canada? He always runs back to Europe. But let's move back to his

00:01:37.740 vacation. I think everybody deserves a vacation. But I thought something differently about this

00:01:43.880 when I saw this story this morning, and I knew he was going on vacation. I read it over the weekend,

00:01:48.440 but I thought something else. What actually does Mark Carney do? I'm serious. What does he do?

00:01:57.640 We talk about what he's done, but what does he do? You know, in the last week I've said what he does

00:02:02.800 is he announces things. Doesn't really accomplish anything, but he announces things. He creates a

00:02:09.240 housing corporation, Build Canada Strong or whatever it's called. He hasn't really built

00:02:15.400 any houses or he hasn't got government out of the way of building houses. He says you'll build

00:02:20.960 houses at your expense with your money, with Canadian tax dollars. He has a major projects

00:02:26.740 office here in Calgary, but he hasn't really done anything. He hasn't really created any major

00:02:32.340 projects. What does he do? We were told over and over again that he was the best person to deal

00:02:38.600 with Donald Trump. A new survey from Nanos Research for CTV News shows Mark Kearney is the

00:02:44.340 top pick to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump over Conservative leader Pierre Polyev and his

00:02:49.820 fellow liberal leadership candidates. We saw lots of headlines like this, most of them prior to the

00:02:55.520 election last year. It's one of the reasons he got elected. He's the best person to deal with

00:02:59.860 Donald Trump. Why isn't he dealing with Donald Trump? What does he do? How much time has he

00:03:04.280 actually sat down to have a discussion with Donald Trump about getting a trade deal? Do you remember

00:03:11.160 last summer. I remember, I'm old enough to remember him being in Kananaskis, just west

00:03:17.460 of where I live, in my neighborhood, here in Alberta. He said he'd have a trade deal in 30

00:03:22.080 days. It's been what? 14, 15 months? And he goes on vacation. Kind of a crucial time. Optics aren't

00:03:33.480 good. He insists he's going to remain updated on Canada-U.S. trade negotiations. 50% tariffs

00:03:39.240 about to come in on August the 19th. What's he doing? He's eating lasagna, drinking fine wine,

00:03:45.040 no doubt. And he likes to do that. He likes to spend your money on trips and vacations and food.

00:03:50.420 We know that. Doesn't look good at all. Oh, but what's he supposed to do? Constantly be in

00:03:57.120 negotiations with Donald Trump? Well, yeah. What does he do? I mean, Pierre Polyev's working

00:04:02.800 through the summer. Here he is yesterday. Time for results on trade, Mr. Prime Minister. Zero

00:04:09.600 tariffs on lumber, steel, aluminum, and autos. You promised it now. Delivery promised it

00:04:13.360 ages ago. I remember last summer. Maybe you remember this. Let me bring this up. Remember

00:04:18.540 last year? Pauly, just prior to the election, this was first published on April the 25th,

00:04:22.800 three days before the election. He's going to cancel summer vacation to get stuff done.

00:04:27.040 Where is Mark Carney right now? He's on vacation in Europe.

00:04:29.840 can't even be in Canada. Meanwhile, people are hammering him right now. Why are you over in

00:04:36.120 Europe? You got this going on in BC right now. Overnight wildfire forced a state of emergency

00:04:42.480 evacuation order for Summerlin, BC. Now people are saying, what's he supposed to do? He can't

00:04:47.040 go there. This is a state of emergency. It doesn't look good though. So what's he being told while

00:04:53.860 he's over in Europe, Mr. Carney, just tweet something out. Eat your wine, eat your lasagna,

00:05:00.180 use taxpayers' dollars. We're supporting the people over there. For all those people in the

00:05:05.180 province, everything's going to be fine. Back to your wine, back to your lasagna. He's even lost

00:05:10.040 Elizabeth May. PM Carney told us he was good in a crisis. Well, at least she's right about that.

00:05:16.880 If there's not a crisis, you wouldn't be seen. I am most useful. I am honest. I'm most useful

00:05:22.020 You know, over the last year or so, I've done at least two videos. Carney needs a crisis and

00:05:28.800 the trade crisis with the United States has been the best thing for him as prime minister and his

00:05:32.960 party. It keeps the poll numbers high, but I don't think he's very good in a crisis. And I really

00:05:37.580 want to know what he does. What has he done? What does he do on a regular basis? He's out of the

00:05:42.700 country most of the time. We don't get reports on what he's doing. We haven't heard about the

00:05:47.280 trade negotiations with Donald Trump? How much one-on-one has actually happened? Because nothing

00:05:52.320 has been accomplished here. People are saying, you know, he needs to be back in the country.

00:05:56.440 Why is he on vacation? He needs to be here to get things done. Folks, he's doing the same thing in

00:06:01.800 Italy as he does here. Nothing. Let me know what you think in the comments. If you like the video,

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00:06:13.300 in the next one.

John Bolton - August 10, 2026

What Does Mark CARNEY Do？ I Really Want To Know

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