{"id":322022,"date":"2026-01-23T07:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T07:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=322022"},"modified":"2026-01-24T06:10:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T06:10:37","slug":"2026-the-year-us-hegemony-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=322022","title":{"rendered":"2026 \u2013 The Year US Hegemony Ends?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Carney\u2019s speech at the World Economic Forum<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kit Knightly \u2013 Off-Guardian Jan 21, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Just a couple of hours after I wrote that I hadn\u2019t yet seen the major agenda of Davos 2026, Canadian PM Mark Carney made a speech that suddenly made it clear.<\/p>\n

So, what is the speech about?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s about how the US are bad guys, attempting to boss around the world through strength and nothing more. That the \u201crules-based order\u201d is, and always was, a lie (sort of). That US hegemony is bad and must end. That countries should be independent (but also not really).<\/p>\n

It is rambling and non-specific, alluding to ideas without declaration of a real position, save that the old way of doing things is over, and there\u2019s no going back.<\/p>\n

He sums this up with a closing line has a certain\u2026familiarity:<\/p>\n

we believe that from the fracture we can build something bigger, better, stronger, more just.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hmmm.<\/p>\n

The takeaway is that this is an important<\/em> speech. How do we know that? Well, because everyone is saying so<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cMark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump\u201d<\/em>, opines the Guardian<\/a>. The New Statesman agrees, headlining<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Europe has a lot to learn from Mark Carney \u2013 Europe must learn that it is time to reckon with what the US has become<\/p>\n

On social media, everyone from Robert Peston:<\/p>\n

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Mark Carney: \u201cThe middle powers must act together. Because if we are not at the table we are on the menu\u201d. You won\u2019t hear a more important speech for some considerable time https:\/\/t.co\/rTR8h7LsId<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Robert Peston (@Peston) January 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n