Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was happy that no one could say what he thought when he met President Donald Trump in the White House on Tuesday.
“I'm glad you can't say what put me in mind,” Carney told a journalist after asking her his reflections at the meeting when Trump said that he wanted Canada to be part of the United States.
During their meeting, Carney told Trump several times that Canada was not for sale. In addition to threatening and imposing prices in Canada, Trump also talked about the adoption of Canada as a 51st American state.
“The president has made his wish known about this question for some time. I have always paid attention to the distinction between the wish and the reality,” said Carney in a door holder after his meeting with Trump.
“I was clear there in the oval office because I was clear throughout the Canadians that it will never happen. Canada is not for sale and will never be for sale,” said Carney.
Earlier, Carney and Trump held a joint press conference after a meeting at the Oval Office. Trump told journalists that he still thought that Canada should be the 51st American state, but added that “he took two in Tango”.
“It would really be a wonderful marriage because it's two places, they get along very well. They love each other a lot,” said Trump.
Carney was seen continuing his lips, but kept his neutral expression while Trump was talking.
“As you know in real estate, there are places that are never for sale. We are sitting right now. You know, Buckingham Palace, which you have also visited,” said Carney in response to Trump.
“And after meeting the owners of Canada in the campaign in recent months, it is not for sale and will never be for sale. But the opportunity is the partnership and what we can build together,” added Carney.
Carney took the post of head of the Liberal Party leader of Canada of his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, in March. Trudeau faced repeated calls to resign after his Deputy Prime Minister, Chrystia Freeland, resigned from his cabinet in December.
The Liberal Party was initially lagging behind its opponents, the Conservative Party, in the ballot boxes. But Trump's aggressive prices may have helped turn the tables.
Trump's rhetoric and threats have sparked a nationalist fervor among Canadians, who boycotted American products and renewed their support for the Liberal Party. The party was able to form a minority government after winning 169 out of 343 parliamentary seats in the elections in April.
“As I have been warning for months, America wants our lands, our resources, our water, our country. But never. But these are not inactive threats. President Trump tries to break us so that America can own us. This will never happen.” Carney said in his victory speech on April 29.
The representatives of Carney did not respond to a request for comments from Business Insider.
