Tuesday, May 6`, 2025
Year : 2, Issue: 36
Reuters: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the White House on Tuesday for his first talks with Donald Trump and bluntly told the US president that Canada would never be for sale.
Carney won the April 28 election on a promise to stand up to Trump, who has imposed tariffs on some Canadian products and often muses about annexing the country.
Although Carney has repeatedly called these actions a betrayal, the two leaders showed little animosity during an opening session at the Oval Office where both men praised each other.
Trump said the two sides would not be discussing Canada becoming part of the United States, but said it would be “a wonderful marriage.”
Carney put down the idea firmly.
“It’s not for sale, it won’t be for sale – ever,” he said.
“Never say never, never say never,” Trump said.
Trump, whose tariff policy has rattled world markets, said he and Carney would discuss “tough points,” an allusion to the president’s belief that the United States can do without Canadian products, a point that he made at length during the Oval Office conversation.
“Regardless of anything, we’re going to be friends with Canada. Canada is a very special place to me,” he said, adding that the United States would always protect Canada.
Carney’s Liberal Party promised voters it would create a new bilateral economic and security relationship with Washington and diversify an economy heavily dependent on exports to the US.
