Carney's first visit to the White House since his election comes as the U.S.-Canada trade relationship has been upended as a result of Trump's tariffs.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told Donald Trump on Tuesday that his country will never be for sale, shutting down the U.S. president’s repeated calls to make Canada the 51st state.

“There are some places that are never for sale,” Carney said in the Oval Office.

Canada is “not for sale” and “won’t be for sale ever,” the prime minister said.

Trump replied: “Never say never.”

  • ryathal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    12·
    15 days ago

    Canada should play the longer game and agree to join the US if:

    • each province becomes a state.
    • more representatives get added to accommodate the additional states.
    • French remains an official/supported language.
    • poutine becomes a national dish.
    • 5 years of no income tax for formerly Canadian citizens.
    • favorable conversion to USD
    • Honytawk@feddit.nlEnglish
      3·
      14 days ago

      And lose access to healthcare, get tsunami’d by guns, be forced to capitalize on everything for the shareholders, and become part of the current laughing stock of the world?

      I doubt any Canadian would want that.

    • Rob Bos@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      15 days ago

      “We’ve established that you’re a whore, now we’re simply dickering over the price.”

    • CircaV@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      15 days ago

      This shows a deep deep ignorance of the history of Canada. Why don’t you take your chatGPT generated answer and go Amerisplain somewhere else - like US-owned reddit or some shit.