Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to announce the SNAP election today (Sunday), seeking a stronger mandate as his country fights against U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and annexation threat.

The former central banker was elected by the Central Liberal Party to replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister, but he never faced a wider range of Canadian voters.

If Carney announces, he will change on April 28 months from October.

Government sources told AFP that he will announce the decision at 12:30 p.m. local time in a speech to Canada’s 41 million countries.

The Liberal government has fallen into a profound unpopularity over a decade of power, but Carney will hope to waste a wave of Canadian patriotism on the new majority, thanks to Trump’s threat.

Trump has repeatedly refuted his sovereignty and borders as man-made and urged him to join the United States as the 51st state, thus inspiring his northern neighbors.

Ominous remarks accompanies Trump’s trade war, and tariffs on Canadian imports could undermine imports from their economy.

“In this crisis, the government needs a strong and clear mission,” Carney told supporters in a speech in the western city of Edmonton on Thursday.

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Domestic issues such as living and immigration costs often dominate Canadian elections, but this year’s key topic ranks number one: Who can best deal with Trump.

The president’s open hostility to his northern neighbors – NATO allies and one of the closest partners in history – subverted Canada’s political landscape.

Trudeau, who has been in power since 2015, announced his resignation deeply unpopular, and Pierre Poilievre’s conservatives were regarded as an election favorite a few weeks ago.

But since Carney took over liberals, the poll has narrowed in Carney’s favor and favor, and now analysts say the race Trump leaps is too close.

“Many people think it’s an election that exists, unprecedented,” Felix Mathieu, a political scientist at the University of Winnipeg, told AFP.

“At this stage, it is impossible to make predictions, but it will be an election that should be held and voters should rise.”

Poilievre, 45, is a professional politician who was first elected when he was only 25 years old. An experienced campaigner who is sometimes labeled as a liberal and populist.

Carney, 60, spent his career outside of electoral politics. He spent more than a decade at Goldman Sachs, then led the Central Bank of Canada, and then the Bank of England.

The smaller opposition party could be damaged if Canadians try to give one of the two giants to strengthen their hands against Trump.

As for the U.S. leader, he claimed he didn’t care, while advancing plans for April 2 tariffs on Canada and other major trading partners.

“I don’t care who wins,” Trump said this week.

“But not long ago, I was involved and completely changed the election, I don’t care […] Conservatives lead by 35 points. ”