Obama met with the Canadian prime minister Mark Carney and Trump's MAGA allies flipped out [View all]
Source: The Independent
Saturday 09 May 2026 14:39 EDT
President Donald Trump’s MAGA allies were in a frenzy of conspiracy theories Friday after former President Barack Obama greeted Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at a think-tank event in Toronto.
A video, posted by Carney on X, shows him shaking hands with the former president, before Obama also greets the prime minister’s wife, Diana Fox Carney. Obama was in town to deliver a keynote address at a gala for Canada 2020, a progressive think-tank that advocates for inclusivity. Obama and Carney have known each other on a professional level since at least 2008, when he was the U.S. president and the PM served as Governor of the Bank of Canada.
But the short clip appeared to cause extreme consternation among some of Trump’s allies who accused Obama of undermining the current administration by meeting with the leader of Canada.
“This is a coup,” Laura Loomer, a longtime Trump ally, wrote Saturday morning. “What the hell is Obama up to? Hmmm….more subterfuge? It can’t be good for the US,” Buzz Patterson, an author and conservative columnist, wrote.
Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/barack-obama-mark-carney-maga-b2973589.html
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