In his speech, the PM said there is no going back to the old world order. The California governor disagreed

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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech to the World Economic Forum, originally received enthusiastically around the world, continues since then to slip down the hill of credibility. While some still sing in praise of Carney’s embrace of a “new world order” that is replacing the globalized adoption of open markets, critics continue to castigate Carney for misrepresenting the old world order under American hegemony as somehow comparable to the Soviet Union’s dictatorial control over much of eastern Europe. A commentator in The Wall Street Journal last weekend described Carney’s views as “muddled and incoherent.”

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Another political performance at the WEF serves as a worthy counterpoint to Carney’s eager acceptance of the idea that U.S. President Donald Trump has done the world a favour by blowing up the old world order. It came in a WEF interview with California Governor Gavin Newsom. Like Carney, Newsom is a master of political performance, although with a different style and manner. He also brings an overarching perspective that clashes with Carney’s on the state of American........

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