The former central banker appeared destined to become one of Canada’s shortest-serving prime ministers until Donald Trump picked a fight with the U.S.’s northern neighbor.

Carney, a Harvard-educated technocrat two months into his political career, has capitalized on his image as a steady hand at the tiller in an economic storm.

Mark Carney’s Liberal Party is holding on to a narrow lead in opinion surveys with less than a week to go before Canada’s election day, as US tariff threats remain a top issue in the campaign.