Has Donald Trump ‘endorsed’ Mark Carney?
Let’s talk about this claim that Singh made in his launch speech today.
“Donald Trump has come out and endorsed Mark Carney. Elon Musk has endorsed Pierre Poilievre,” he said. “I’m the only federal candidate that is 100 per cent not endorsed by the Donald Trump administration.”
This stems from Trump’s comments in a Fox News interview on Tuesday saying he wouldn’t mind if the Liberal Party won the upcoming election.
“I don’t care,” Trump responded. “I think it’s easier to deal, actually, with a liberal and maybe they’re going to win, but I don’t really care. It doesn’t matter to me at all.”
On Friday, Trump took credit for the Liberals’ reversal of fortunes and echoed his earlier thought.
“Just a little while ago, before I got involved and totally changed the election — which I don’t care about … the Conservative was leading,” Trump said.
“I don’t care who wins up there. I, frankly, probably would do better with the Liberal than with the Conservative, if you want to know the truth.”
The Conservatives — and now Singh — say that constitutes an endorsement of Carney.
It is true that Musk has endorsed Poilievre. In December, billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman posted on X saying Poilievre “should be Canada’s next leader. The sooner the better.”
Musk responded with a 100 emoji.
