- Trump once more floated the concept of Canada turning into the 51st U.S. state, however PM Carney firmly rejected it.
- Regardless of on-line jabs and recent tariffs, Trump praised Carney in individual and known as their assembly “pleasant.”
- Each leaders mentioned commerce tensions, with Carney aiming to construct cooperation whereas defending Canadian sovereignty.
President Trump simply can’t let it go. On Tuesday, throughout a sit-down on the White Home with newly-elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, he as soon as once more recommended turning Canada into America’s 51st state. This time, Carney wasn’t having it.
“I nonetheless consider that,” Trump stated of his long-standing annexation thought, including, “however, you already know, it takes two to tango.” He made it clear that Carney hadn’t stated something that will change his thoughts on the stiff new tariffs the U.S. simply slapped on Canadian items.
“We’re not on the market,” says Carney
Carney fired again with a agency response, saying Canada is “not on the market” and “by no means can be.” When Trump pushed with a “by no means say by no means,” Carney, unfazed, responded with an actual property analogy: “Some locations are simply by no means in the marketplace.”
That awkward alternate occurred simply minutes after the 2 smiled and shook arms exterior the Oval Workplace—actually proper after Trump had fired off one other jab on Fact Social claiming the U.S. is “subsidizing Canada by $200 Billion a yr.”
Trump continued the rant on-line: “We don’t want their Vehicles, we don’t want their Power, we don’t want their Lumber, we don’t want ANYTHING they’ve,” including the one factor America actually needs is “their friendship.” Refined.
Blended vibes, heat phrases, and chilly tariffs
Regardless of the pictures fired, Trump was surprisingly heat in individual, calling Carney “very gifted” and praising his election win as “possibly greater than mine.”
Nonetheless, the problems at hand are not any joke. Trump has imposed a brutal 25% tariff on Canadian metal, aluminum, automobiles, and just about something that doesn’t fall below USMCA commerce protections. In return, Canada hit again with their very own 25% tariffs on $30 billion price of U.S. items—together with autos.
Carney, who ran on a platform of standing as much as Trump, stated he’s targeted on constructing a secure “financial and safety relationship” between the 2 international locations, regardless of the noise. “We’ll discover these areas of mutual cooperation,” he stated.
Trump, for his half, promised a friendlier tone in comparison with his February conflict with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “That was… completely different,” he stated. “It is a very pleasant dialog.”