Posted on 05/06/2025 2:06:33 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he asked President Trump during their meeting Tuesday to stop calling his neighbors to the north the 51st state, insisting the president will not get his “wish.”
In a press conference at the Canadian Embassy following his meeting at the White House, a reporter asked Carney if he pushed Trump to stop calling Canada the 51st state because it offends Canadians, and the new prime minister responded “yes.”
“Today,” he said of when he pushed back on Trump’s 51st state remark, and added “exactly what you just said” when pressed for specifics on the comment to the president.
Trump has refused to back off on talk of Canada potentially joining the U.S., but he appeared friendlier toward Carney than he had been in recent months toward former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whom he repeatedly mocked and called “governor.”
“The president has made known his wish about that issue for some time. I’ve been careful always to distinguish between wish and reality,” Carney told reporters.
He said he would not speak for Trump when asked for the president’s response.
“We’ll see, look, I don’t know. He’s the president, he’s his own person. I would go back to showing the difference between a wish and a reality,” Carney said. “We’re very clear, I’ve been very clear publicly consistently. I’ve been clear in private. I was very clear again in the Oval Office, have been clear throughout.”
“The president, he understands that we’re having a negotiation between sovereign nations and that we will only pursue and accept a deal that is in the best interest of Canada, not just in the short term but in the medium and long term for Canada,” he added, referring to negotiations over tariffs.
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Fair enough. Puerto Rico gets to be number 51.
Why not? He got rid of Trudeau.
Is that the biggest thing he has to worry about? What a petty A-hole.
Would the women be impressed by you?
He told him to his face America does not need their cars, steel, or aluminum. The guy is fearless.
Canada is America’s hat.
Ok, how about fifty-one through sixty?
Is that the biggest thing he has to worry about?
You mean worry aboot.
America’s hat
I don’t blame him. It’s stupid funny the first time but not since it’s destructive detrimental and serves no purpose so just stop it.
But America does need their potash. Lots of it. I guess President Trump forgot about that.
LOL!
Lots of big talk here. It is fun to read!
The sad reality is more that likely not one person on the thread would have the stones to get into the grill of someone from Canada and tell them off.
The fact that Corney was offended tells me he’s very much afraid the Canadian people could demand it happen.
LOL
Once a carny, always a carny.
Trump did tell him "never say never"...(There's a reason that's in quotes.)
“The hosers can keep Ontario and all that is East of it. We would like to take in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba as new US states. And maybe British Colombia.”
I lived in WA state for many years and spent a lot of time in Canada.
This is a petty good assessment on your part.
Canadians have a very strong national identity,
so I can’t see them as states.
More like territories. Like Guam and NM islands are,
contribute a lot to the USA, but they get to keep their own EFFed up local government.
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