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Carney shuts down Trump’s threats to annex Canada, says tensions will take time to resolve

PBS News Hour - Segments

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41K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

The new Canadian prime minister came to the White House to meet President Trump amid an acrimonious war of words. Mark Carney was elected last week amid Trump's repeated insistence that the U.S. should annex Canada, leading to an unprecedented outpouring of anger there. Laura Barrón-López reports and Amna Nawaz discusses how Canada is viewing the meeting with Brian Clow. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Here in the U.S. today, the new Canadian Prime Minister came to the White House to meet President Trump

0:05.5

amid an acrimonious war of words started by Mr. Trump that's royal, the historic alliance between the neighbors.

0:12.7

Mark Carney was elected just last week after his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, stepped down in March.

0:18.6

Mr. Trump's repeated insistence that the U.S.

0:21.7

should annex Canada and the tariffs levied on many goods are leading to an unprecedented

0:26.3

outpouring of anger in Canada. Our Larrault-Oopez has more.

0:33.4

Today, a meeting between two neighbors, their historic alliance in Tatters.

0:38.6

Thank you for your hospitality. President Trump sitting down with Canada's new prime

0:43.4

minister, Mark Carney, who campaigned on a promise to confront Trump.

0:47.8

His party was losing by a lot, and he ended up winning, so I really want to congratulate him.

0:54.0

The high-stakes talks began with pleasantries.

0:56.0

Within minutes, Carney shut down Trump's repeated declaration that he wants to annex Canada and make it the 51st state.

1:04.0

As you know, from real estate, there are some places that are never for sale.

1:08.0

That's true.

1:09.0

We're sitting in one right now, you know, Buckingham Palace that you visited as well. That's true. We're sitting in one right now, you know, Buckingham Palace

1:11.1

that you visited as well.

1:12.2

That's true.

1:13.1

And having met with the owners of Canada

1:16.3

over the course of the campaign

1:17.5

last several months,

1:19.2

it's not for sale, won't be for sale, ever.

1:22.5

But Trump again brushed it aside.

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