Why do people simp like this?

No, saying “it’s totally on the table that we will fold ourselves into your economy and become more a part of you than ever” is not some kind of super-secret negotiation tactic for getting more independent.

At international PR levels, there is no room for that kind of double-think. World leaders pre-announce the things that they want to happen in order to help make those things happen, and right here Carney is pre-announcing that, if conditions are right, Canada is prepared to continue being America’s little bitch.

I really don’t know why he would do that, but that’s the open-face plain meaning of what he said.