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The ruling liberal party in Canada was elected Mark Carne as his new leader, and therefore the Prime Minister held a confrontation between the former central bank and US President Donald Trump.

On Sunday afternoon, the Liberal Party announced that Carney had won the competition to replace Justin Trudeau, who resigned as a leader in January after months of partisan proposal and poor polling.

However, the celebrations of Carne and his team in Ottawa will be shortened as Canada faces a trade war with its southern neighbor. Trump threatened to impose a wide tariff on Canada’s imports and mocked the country’s 51st state.

Carney is expected to replace Trudeau immediately, who was at the liberal party event on Sunday.

During the campaign, Carney indicated that he will contact the elections shortly after winning the first place to secure the Canadian people to address the Battle of Trump.

“Carne has an international curator and an undeniable attractive when it comes to dealing with economic matters, although he has no electoral experience,” said Demiri Anastakis, a professor at the Rutman College of Administration at the University of Toronto.

Carney, a graduate of the University of Oxford, who won Irish and Canadian passports, won the former Finance Minister Craysta Freeland Who was seen as his main rival in the race.

President Trump’s usual attacks on Canada – threatening to raise it and put a customs tariff on wood, dairy and steel – It has been activated A liberal party was facing almost confirmed election defeat.

Trudeau took the stage on Sunday for a long applause. He said that the Canadians faced an “existential challenge from our neighbors”, referring to President Trump’s attacks and tariff threats.

“We are a diplomatic country when we can, but fight when we must.”

Carney carried a campaign that he was an old warrior in the management of the most suitable crises to manage the hostile business of Trump, with a focus on his time as a Central Bank ruler in Canada during the 2008 global financial crisis, then the British Central Bank governor around Britain’s exit from the European Union.

Opinion polls showed the liberal party with Carney in The Helm that have narrowed the progress of the conservatives before this year’s elections.

“Two months ago, he was a liberal leader as a dead end,” said David Coleto, CEO of Abacus Data, a polling company based in Ottawa.

He said: “Thanks to Trump, Mark Carney will appear in the upcoming Prime Minister with an opportunity for almost a metal currency to do unimaginable, which prompted the liberals to win the fourth consecutive elections.”

For several years, the leader of the Conservative and opposition party to forbid He was expected to easily beat the majority government in the upcoming elections. But Trump, and a chant in the Prime Minister in Canada, changed this path.

On Wednesday, an opinion poll at the Angus Reed Institute said that 43 percent of Canadians believe that Carney was better to face against Trump, compared to 34 percent who chose Poilievre.

Carney, a 59 -year -old father with four daughters, pledged to “build the strongest economy in the Group of Seven” and “government reform and tax system” with new incentives for construction and investment.

Rumors intensified Carney’s interest in becoming prime minister late last year, as the Trudeau government stumbled on policies on its immigration policies, the cost of living and the ability to bear housing costs.

Carney recently resigned as head of Brookfield Asset Management It has approximately 1tn in assets under management. He was also head of the Bloomberg Council and the United Nations Special Envoy for Labor and Finance, and spent more than a decade in Goldman Sachs.

He pledged to cut off all his commercial relations and put his important maintenance in assets in confidence if he became prime minister.

Trudeau’s exit comes at a time of Canadian patriotism and unity due to Trump’s regular attacks and tariff threats.

The Angus Reid Institute said on Friday, their polls showed that Trudeau would remember him to clarify marijuana, the successful response of Covid-19 and the expansion of the social safety network through the benefit of the child in Canada and dental care.

“On the other end of the spectrum, they look at the immigration policy, deal with inflation/cost of the living crisis, and federal carbon tax as the largest failure,” she says.