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President Donald Trump trolled newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney during their Tuesday meeting in the Oval Office of the White House.
Trump continued his push for Canada to become the 51st state as he sat next to the country’s new leader.
The meeting marks the first in-person discussions between the two leaders since Carney recently won the general election.
Carney and his Liberal Party overcame a massive deficit and defeated the Conservatives, led by Pierre Pollievre, in the election last week.
The win for Carney was boosted by Trump’s threats of tariffs and making Canada part of the United States.
Shortly before Trump met with Carney in the Oval Office, he fired off a post on Truth Social.
Trump complained about the United States “subsidizing Canada by $200 Billion Dollars a year, in addition to giving them FREE Military Protection.”
“We don’t need their Cars, we don’t need their Energy, we don’t need their Lumber, we don’t need ANYTHING they have, other than their friendship, which hopefully we will always maintain,” Trump added.
“They, on the other hand, need EVERYTHING from us!
“The Prime Minister will be arriving shortl,y and that will be, most likely, my only question of consequence.”
While sitting with Carney, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that “it would be much better for Canada” to become part of the United States.
The remark prompted Carney to shoot back and say that Canada “won’t be for sale, ever.”
“I believe it would be a massive tax cut for the Canadian citizens,” Trump said of Canada becoming the 51st state.