In their first Oval Office meeting, Trump insisted to the recently elected Carney that it would be a “wonderful marriage” if Canada agreed to his repeated calls to become the 51st US state.
“As you know from real estate, there are some places that are never for sale,“ Carney told property tycoon Trump, comparing Canada to the Oval Office itself and to Britain’s Buckingham Palace.
Trump then replied: “Never say never.”
Trump has sparked a major trade war with Canada with his tariffs while repeatedly making extraordinary calls for the key NATO ally and major trading partner to become part of the United States.
Carney at points gripped his hands tightly together and his knee jiggled up and down while Trump spoke.
The US president even referenced his blazing Oval Office row with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky in February -- if only to insist that there would be no repeat.
Yet after the two-hour meeting both leaders struck a positive tone.
“He’s willing to have that negotiation,“ Carney said when asked if Trump would be ready to drop tariffs as part of a deal.
“I told him that it wasn’t useful to repeat this idea, but the president will say what he wants,“ said Carney, speaking in French.
“We want to do what’s right for our respective peoples,“ he said at an event on the 2026 World Cup, which the United States will co-host with Canada and Mexico.
The meeting was highly anticipated after a Canadian election during which Carney vowed that the United States -- Canada’s biggest trading partner -- would never “own us.”
Trump has slapped general tariffs of 25 percent on Canada and Mexico and sector-specific levies on autos, some of which have been suspended pending negotiations. He has imposed similar duties on steel and aluminum.
The US president inserted himself into Canada’s election early on by calling on Canada to avoid tariffs by becoming the “cherished 51st state.”
Carney, who replaced Trudeau as prime minister in March, convinced voters that his experience managing economic crises made him the ideal candidate to defy Trump.
The political newcomer previously served as governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England.
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