However, Adams said Trump is likely to “just ignore” Carney’s ascension to prime minister.
“Maybe there (will be) some areas for shared conversations, but I don’t think there will be a huge difference,” he added.
“But we do know that Trudeau was a lightning rod for Trump. Trump was ridiculing him, calling him Governor Trudeau, not Prime Minister Trudeau, so I think that… having a different leader who won’t be a lightning rod for Trump’s anger… might help ease the conversation with the Americans.”
ELECTIONS LIKELY TO BE CALLED SOON
The analysts said Carney, who will be sworn in as prime minister in the coming days, is likely to call an election within the next few weeks.
“It could mean an end of April or early May election … I think it’s quite likely that he will go for a spring election, and very quickly,” said Adams, who reiterated that the Liberals have caught up to the Conservatives in recent polls.
“We haven’t seen that in two years now, so this is a point of high popularity that (Carney and the Liberals might) want to take advantage of.”
Beland concurred that Carney could trigger elections as early as this month.
“I think we’ll have a campaign that (is) very passionate, a campaign about national unity, a campaign that will be quite patriotic.
“It would be a strange campaign too, because the leaders will criticise each other, take on each other, but also take on Trump at the same time … It will be, I think, a very, very tense and competitive campaign.”
