Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney poked fun at US President Donald Trump during a public address in Ottawa, mimicking the American leader’s signature “accordion hands” gesture to rapturous applause from the crowd.The light-hearted moment occurred as the 61-year-old Prime Minister discussed a massive C$70 billion clean-energy package, which he termed the “functional equivalent of 18 Hoover Dams”.While repeating “18 Hoover Dams”, Carney exaggeratedly moved his hands in and out, parodying the widely recognised mannerism frequently associated with the 80-year-old US President.After pausing as the audience erupted into laughter and cheers, Carney smiled, told the room “enough”, and repeated the physical impression once more before settling back into his address.The speech took place against a backdrop of frosty relations between Ottawa and Washington, with trade discussions having collapsed in August.Carney stated that Washington had “asked too much and they offered too little” and alleged that the US sought to restrict Canada’s freedom to negotiate trade pacts globally.Following the breakdown in talks, the US levied 50 per cent tariffs on roughly USD 20 billion of Canadian products.In response, Canada enacted retaliatory dollar-for-dollar levies between 15 and 50 per cent on an equivalent volume of American imports, affecting sectors such as steel, dairy, electronics, and agricultural machinery.