Trump to host Canada's new PM Carney at the White House soon
President of the United States, Donald Trump, said on Wednesday that he congratulated Canada's Liberal Prime Minister, Mark Carney, on his election victory and announced that Carney will visit the White House "within the week." According to Trump, the Liberals' victory in the elections was not indicative of Canadians' dislike for him. He stated that the Conservative leader "hates him more."
What do you need to know?
- Donald Trump congratulated Mark Carney on winning the election in Canada and announced his visit to the White House within a week.
- Trump stated that Carney hates him less than the Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre does.
- The Liberal Party won the elections in Canada, despite earlier forecasts indicating an advantage for the Conservatives.
Why will Carney visit the White House?
Trump commented on the Liberals' victory in Monday's elections in Canada during a meeting with his cabinet at the White House. In response to the suggestion that the Liberals' victory was the result of his statements about annexing Canada, the U.S. President stated that "they both hate Trump, and the one who hates him less won."
Trump remarked that, in his view, Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative politician, seems to have a stronger dislike for him than the person associated with the Liberal party.
What are Trump's relations with Canadian politicians?
Trump said that he had a conversation with the Canadian Prime Minister on Tuesday, and Carney "couldn't have been nicer."
Trump remarked that the message received was somewhat inconsistent, but he described the man involved as very courteous and mentioned that he is expected to visit the White House within the next week, or possibly even sooner.
Carney and the ruling Liberals won Monday's elections, although at the beginning of the year they were trailing by as much as 20 percentage points in the polls to Poilievre's Conservatives. However, the dynamics changed due to, among other things, tariffs imposed by Trump and his statements about wanting to annex Canada to the U.S.
Poilievre was previously compared in style to Trump, although like Carney and former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, he criticized the statements of the American president.
