It would be an understatement to say that the meeting between Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Donald Trump, who invited him to the White House this week, was awkward.
And given the continued hostilities between the two countries, that shouldn’t be shocking, to be honest.
In response to Trump’s insistence on imposing tariffs on numerous countries worldwide, the 47th president has stated that Canada’s “solution” to evade these duties would be to become the 51st state in the union.
Canada has steadfastly refused to become another American state, even with 25% tariffs currently in place.
While his successor, Mark Carney, confirmed in a meeting with Trump on Tuesday, May 6, that his country is “never [going to be] for sale,” former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated that it was never “going to happen.”
“As you know from real estate, there are some places that are never for sale,” Carney decided, comparing Canada to the US Oval Office or the UK’s Buckingham Palace.
