Alaskan Governor Dismisses U.S. Invasion of Canada as 'Zero Chance' Amidst Canadian Contingency Planning
Alaska's Republican Governor, Michael Dunleavy, expressed astonishment at reports that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney had considered the remote possibility of a U.S. military invasion of Canada. Speaking to a business audience in Banff, Alberta, Governor Dunleavy, who endorsed President Trump in 2023, stated that the idea of military action against Canada is inconceivable to him and the average American. This comes after Prime Minister Carney reportedly told The New York Times that he had 'carefully examined' the possibility of a U.S.-led military invasion, characterizing it as an 'extreme tail risk' – a financial term for a rare event with enormous potential damage. Governor Dunleavy likened the notion of a U.S. invasion to the plot of the 1995 movie 'Canadian Bacon,' emphasizing that it is 'shocking' and 'so far off the radar screen' for Americans. He acknowledged that rhetoric from President Trump's administration, including references to Canada as the '51st state' and to Prime Minister Carney as '...
