Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a frequent target of President Donald Trump's trolling commentary and critiques, announced in January that he would soon resign from his leadership position over Canada's left-leaning Liberal Party.

On Sunday, the Liberals finally decided who will replace Trudeau as head of the party -- and as prime minister, at least until the next elections -- when party members selected former central banker and political outsider Mark Carney as their next leader, Just the News reported.

Out of approximately 152,000 votes cast by party members, Carney won around 86% of the votes, with former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland coming in at a distant second place with single-digit support from the party.

Trudeau replaced by Carney

Breitbart reported that outgoing PM Trudeau delivered an emotional farewell speech to the Liberal Party following Sunday's election of his replacement, and he even shed tears as he railed against President Trump and his tough stance on border security, immigration, tariffs, trade, and other economic policies.

Following Trudeau's remarks, Carney delivered an even more defiant and fiery speech that was sharply critical of not just Trump but also the leader of Canada's Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre, who could potentially become Canada's next prime minister following elections that are slated for October but could be held as soon as within the next few weeks.

"Donald Trump thinks he can weaken us with his plan to divide and conquer," Carney said. "Pierre Poilievre’s plan will leave us divided and ready to be conquered -- because a person who worships at the altar of Donald Trump will kneel before him, not stand up to him."

The man who has never held elected office and previously served as the head of the central banks for Canada and England continued, "Unlike Pierre Poilievre, I have actually worked in the private sector. I know how the world works, and how it can be made to work better for us."

"I’m proud of the voices of Canadians who are making their voices heard and their wallets felt," Carney added of the reaction to Trump's threatened tariffs, which are largely in response to Canada's pre-existing tariffs against the U.S. "Our provinces are stepping up to the fight. When we are united, we are Canada strong. The Canadian government has highly retaliated. My government will keep our tariffs on until the Americans show us respect."

Trump's trolling prompts positive polling surge for Trudeau, Liberals

The Daily Caller reported that when outgoing PM Trudeau announced his pending resignation in January, it came at a time when polling for himself and his Liberal Party had sunk to new lows, prompting expectations that the increasingly popular oppositional Conservative Party under Poilievre would surge to power in the next round of elections.

However, after President Trump took office and his trolling of Trudeau became backed by tough policy stances and threatened tariffs, polls began to show a slight improvement for Trudeau and the Liberals in support of their defiance against the U.S. president.

Indeed, according to Canada's CBC News, the Conservatives are still poised to win a plurality of votes but may now fall short of a ruling majority, as Liberal support has climbed roughly 10 points, from 20.1% to 30.8%, in just the past two months.

Likewise, Canada's Global News reported that Trudeau, like several other generally unpopular foreign leaders who've been the butts of Trump's critical commentary, has experienced a surge of domestic support -- though his jump from 22% to 34% approval between January and February was not enough to alter his decision to step aside as the leader.

Trump hasn't said anything ... yet

Thus far, it doesn't appear that President Trump has weighed in yet on the replacement of Canada's Trudeau with Carney, likely because that leadership swap signals that none of Trump's desired changes to Canadian policies will be made in response to his escalating tariffs and pointed criticisms.

That silence from Trump likely won't last long, though, and it seems almost certain that the president will soon resume his withering mockery of Trudeau and the man who was selected to eventually replace him.