GOLDSTEIN: Mark Carney has gone 'elbows down' on Donald Trump for a reason

In terms of realpolitik, prime minister's restrained responses to U.S. president are what's needed

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Those hoping for an “elbows up” response from Prime Minister Mark Carney to U.S. President Donald Trump’s invasion of Venezuela — and his threat to conquer Greenland (and possibly Colombia, Cuba and Mexico) — have been sorely disappointed by the PM’s carefully worded comments.

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As Carney put it in his initial response on X to Trump’s capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores and shipping them off to New York........

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