Tactically it is probably best to try take attention away from an embarrassing climb down, so how about a proclamation of the Sovereignty Act or whatever it is called to distract us?

Source: https://albertapolitics.ca/2023/12/pause-in-smith-governments-alberta-pension-plan-sales-pitch-sounds-more-like-a-strategic-effort-to-regroup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pause-in-smith-governments-alberta-pension-plan-sales-pitch-sounds-mo

The question now is whether both sides can find a way to climb down without further escalation.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/not-a-positive-direction-china-shifts-to-confrontational-pose-over-us-balloon-20230206-p5ci37.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_world

Turness did not however climb down from the ’s isolated position with regards to their definition of Hamas.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1828588/bbc-hamas-interview-ghazi-hamad