Incoming Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has deep Irish roots, whose paternal grandparents were from Co Mayo, and has held Irish citizenship since the 1980s, and will now look to navigate a fraugh

Canada’s new leader previously denounced Trump’s planned tariffs on the country, saying Canadians would “stand up to a bully.”

Mark Carney is a newcomer to elected politics, with decades of experience in finance. After his landslide victory, he pledged to continue tariffs on the U.S. "until the Americans show us respect."