It had all been going so well.

Since Mark Carney replaced Justin Trudeau as prime minister, Canada¡¯s relationship with the White House appeared to be functional again, on the mend after U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s tariffs and his unwelcome overtures about making it the ¡°51st state.¡±

Trump put that rhetoric aside and called Carney a ¡°nice gentleman.¡± At the Group of Seven summit in Alberta last week, host Carney envisioned a new trade and security deal with the U.S. as soon as mid-July.