2mo ago

Donald Trump and Mark Carney Clash Over Canada in Oval Office: 'Not for Sale Ever'

www.newsweek.com /trump-carney-clash-over-canada-oval-office-not-sale-ever-2068679

To a question about Trump's remarks about Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state, the newly elected Carney replied, "There are some places that are never for sale ... having met with the owners of Canada over the course of the campaign, it's not for sale. It won't be for sale ever."

Trump quipped on a couple of occasions that it was "all about time," and to "never say never" to the idea of Canada's annexation by the U.S.

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Trump can't take no for an answer. That's what made him a convicted rapist to begin with.
Trump just cannot help being a obtuse asshole.
- Someone is eventually going to break kayfabe and punch him, those ovel office meeting look incredibly stressful for the guests.
  
  I hope that'll be the major of Kyiv.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitali_Klitschko
  
  Honestly if I was trump or musk I would very scared if I was in a room with bernie on the off chance that he snapped and had a gun or explosives, not something that would happen but fun to imagine them running scared of a little old man
You know that Carney spoke smartly when the news reports his words over Trump's, despite the fact Trump was blabbering for 90% of the time over his usual nonsense.
When war breaks out between the FSA (fascist states of America) vs Canada , will the Americans who participate in citizen-sabotage adopt the French-(Canadian) term “la resistance”?
- https://youtu.be/LonKGuS9uuQ
I wish they both wouldn't use terms like "for sale" and "ownership" when referring to a sovereign state.
- I agree, but in context he was just extending a metaphor that treated the voters/citizens as "owners," presumably because he thought Trump would understand the language better.
  "As you know from real estate, there are some places that are never for sale. We're sitting in one right now," Carney told Trump. "Having met with the owners of Canada over the course of the campaign last several months, it's not for sale. Won't be for sale, ever," he said.
  https://www.npr.org/2025/05/06/nx-s1-5387465/trump-carney-canada-tariffs
  
  presumably because he thought Trump would understand…
  Let me stop you right there.
- Tim Walz got it. It's a shame they kneecapped his normal-people messaging.

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