More telling than any potential trade deals emerging from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump Tuesday in his newly designed golden Oval Office was the fact the U.S. president was in total command of the proceedings.

Like a modern-day emperor surrounded by courtiers — including Carney, officials from both countries and the media — Trump pointed to reporters from a literally screaming scrum of them shouting questions at him.

For Canadians who believed Carney’s election rhetoric that he was best equipped to confront Trump’s plan to destroy the Canadian economy, Carney’s role as a Canadian prince seated beside the American king must have seemed like an episode of .

After Trump shook Carney’s hand, saying it was an honour to have him visit the White Hous

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