CTV News reports:
Prime Minister Mark Carney will have to navigate a delicate balance during his first in-person meeting with Donald Trump today, following months of the U.S. president targeting Canada with tariffs and taunts. Carney and Trump will meet at the White House and the prime minister has said he expects “difficult, but constructive” conversations. Carney has said the meeting will mark the beginning of a larger economic and security agreement between Canada and the United States.
The Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, called CUSMA, was negotiated during the first Trump administration. Since his return to the White House, Trump has repeated a list of complaints about Canada and said it would be better as a U.S. state, while also slapping America’s northern neighbour with early duties. When asked on Monday what he expects out of the meeting with Carney, Trump said: “I’m not sure what he wants to see me about, but I guess he wants to make a deal.”
Read the full article. Over the weekend, NBC News asked Trump if he was considering a military invasion of Canada. Trump replied, “It could happen.”
WELKER: Will you talk to Mark Carney about making Canada the 51st state? Annexing Canada?
TRUMP: I will always talk about that
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) May 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM