Arnaud Bertrand

Arnaud Bertrand

Carney just announced that the West lost the Second Cold War

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Arnaud Bertrand
Jan 21, 2026
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Make no mistake, Carney’s speech at Davos may prove to be one of THE most important speeches made by any global leader over the past 30 years.

This is the type of speech that will likely be remembered in history books centuries from now. I’m not exaggerating: it’s potentially this consequential.

I don’t say this out of any kind of fondness for the guy. In fact, I expected Carney, given his impeccable liberal establishment credentials, to be cut from the same cloth as most of his European counterparts. I thought we were going to get Trudeau 2.0, but I’m forced to admit that we’re instead getting something closer to De Gaulle with an Anglo-Québécois accent.

Carney’s speech revolves around Vaclav Havel’s famous shopkeeper analogy. Already this, in and of itself, says it all.

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