Prime Minister: Canada is not for sale

The new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made it clear at a first meeting with US President Donald Trump that Canada was not for sale. « It is not for sale and will never be for sale, » he said. The actual chance is in the partnership and in what both countries could build together. With a grin, Trump replied: « Never say. »

Trump is reminiscent of meetings with Selenskyj

At his first meeting with the newly elected Prime Minister, Trump also alluded to the encounter with the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj. It will not be the case that there was a little noise with someone again, Trump said. That will be a completely different, friendly conversation. Many observers had eagerly looked at the first meeting of the two.

Carney appeals to the real estate mogul

Carney also appealed to the Trump real estate mogul. « As you know from the real estate industry, there are some places that are never for sale, » he said humorously. « We are currently sitting on one. You also know the Buckingham Palace you visited. » Trump threw in: « That’s right. »

Trump repeats advantages for Canada as a 51st US state

Trump repeated several times that he continued to be interested in Canada than 51st state. « I just think it’s much better for Canada, » said Trump. For the Canadian citizens, it would have enormous advantages, much lower taxes and no costs for military protection, said the US President. He emphasized that he believes that Canada should belong to the USA, but he added restrictively: « Dance always includes dancing. »

Before his first meeting with Carney after his choice as Canadian prime minister, Trump had already set the tone: « I would very much like to work with him, but I cannot understand a simple truth: Why subsidize America Canada with $ 200 billion a year, in addition to free military protection and many other things? We don’t need your cars, we don’t need your energy apart from your friendship », Trump wrote Trump on his Truth Social platform. Canada, on the other hand, needs everything from the USA.

For the time being, Trump holds on to tariffs

According to Trump’s information, Canada cannot count on the elimination of tariffs as the result of the meeting. When asked by a journalist, whether Carney could say anything during the visit to the US capital Washington that Trump could persuade to lift the tariff against Canada, the US President replied: « No ».

The United States would make its own cars and did not want them from Canada. « We collect tariffs on cars from Canada and from a certain point it will no longer make sense for Canada to build these cars. » Even steel from Canada would not want the United States because they would make its own.

Carney won choice with a sharp anti-trump course

In the past, Trump had repeatedly demanded that Canada be part of the United States and described the neighboring country as « 51st state ». With such incidents, he triggered great outrage in Canada. Carney won the election in the northern neighboring country with a sharp anti-trump course. After the victory of his liberal party in the parliamentary election, he announced that he wanted to counter the aggressive policy of the US government.

In a television interview at the weekend, Trump tried to relativize and emphasized that military violence was not an option for him.