Mark Carney Donald Trump tells Canada is “not for sale”

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney Donald Trump told his country “not for sale” because he refused to push the American president to make Canada the 51st American state during a meeting at the White House on Tuesday.

“As you know from real estate, there are some places that are never for sale,” Carnic Trump was told mostly an exchange in the Oval Office. He said: “After they met the owners of Canada throughout the campaign … it is not for sale. It will not be for sale,” he said.

But in a sign that the tensions between Washington and Ottawa are likely to continue, Trump replied, “Never say.”

“I had a lot of things that were not implemented, and they ended up to be executed, and this can only be done in a very friendly way,” Trump said, adding: “Over time, we will see what is happening.”

The meeting in the White House was the first personal meeting since Carne He won the Canadian elections Last month, on a powerful platform to combat Trump.

The American president’s hostility took control of his northern neighbor – with repeated threats to the Canadian attaché and imposing definitions in a violation of the free trade agreement – on the Canadian election campaign and helped pushing the liberal Carney Party to victory.

but Trump The conversation with the friendly Quip opened on Carney’s victory. He said: “I think I was the greatest thing that happened to him,” adding: “Maybe it was one of the greatest return in the history of politics, and perhaps greater than me.”

Then the Prime Minister described it as “a very talented person, a very good person.”

“I have a lot of respect for this man,” he added.

Carney, who jokingly, was on the “edge of my seat” during the meeting, that he focused on improving defense, strengthening borders and combating trafficking in fentanel. Both and Trump said they are open to re -negotiating the USMCA Trade Agreement, which left the NAFTA agreement during the first period of Trump, which is the decline next year.

“Usmca is a good deal for everyone,” Trump said. He added: “It was actually very effective and is still very effective, but people should follow it, and this is a problem.” “(USMCA) is the basis for the broader negotiation. Some things will have to change.”

But the American president made it clear that he remained skeptical of free trade with his Canadian neighbors, especially in some sectors, such as cars and minerals.

“We want to make our own cars. We don’t really want cars from Canada,” Trump said. He added: “We do not want steel from Canada because we are making our steel, and we are building huge steel factories now while we are talking.”

Carney is scheduled to host the summit of the Group of Seven in Alberta next month, but there is no mention of the gathering during the general observations in the Oval Office.