Mark Carney is sworn in as Canadas new prime minister as country deals with Trumps trade war [Video]

TORONTO (AP) — Former central banker Mark Carney has been sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister. Carney, 59, on Friday replaced Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced his resignation in January but remained in power until the Liberal Party elected a new leader. Carney is widely expected to trigger a general election in the near future. Canada’s governing Liberal Party appeared poised for a historic election defeat this year, but then U.S. President Donald Trump declared economic war and his talk of annexing the country as a 51st state. Now the Canadian Liberals and their new prime minister could come out on top.

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