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William Watson: Trump is no FDR but Carney may be a Mackenzie King

PM's ambiguity about Iran war's legality and our support for it echoes King's dodging and weaving, which did succeed in keeping Canada whole

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Donald Trump says British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is “no Churchill.” This after the U.K. declined to let the U.S. use its air bases in striking Iran — at least not until Iran struck back, so that further actions could be categorized as defensive and therefore not in violation of international law, whatever that is. “This is not Winston Churchill we’re dealing with,” Trump said from the couch in the Oval Office.

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