Mark Carney, Canada’s new prime minister, broke with tradition on Monday by visiting Europe rather than the United States for his first foreign trip as the country’s leader, with his warm welcome in France and the UK standing in stark contrast to his country’s fracturing relationship with its southern neighbor.

The prime minister’s review of the purchase of U.S.-made fighter jets is a possible implication of what he has set in motion after meeting with leaders in Paris and London earlier this week, two Canadian sources told the Star.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is looking across the Atlantic Ocean for a better set of friends amid his nation’s falling out with the United States. The prime minister is visiting France and the United Kingdom this week to affirm Canadian ties to Europe,