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🗓️ 6 May 2025
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0:00.0 | If it's Tuesday, President Trump meets with Canada's new prime minister for the first time at the White House doubling down on his push to decouple the U.S. economy from its largest trading partner, but also conceding that annexing Canada is highly unlikely. |
0:17.5 | Plus, new U.S. intelligence now appears to undercut a key argument at the center of the Trump administration's sweeping deportation plans as the president moves forward in his efforts to test the limits of his executive authority. |
0:31.2 | And Democrats take on the Trump administration's unprecedented and unpredictable tariff policies. |
0:39.3 | We are going to speak to one of the top House Democrats who's been leading the charge against the president's agenda as her party |
0:44.2 | struggles to rebrand and to mount a political comeback. |
1:00.2 | Thank you. Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Peter Alexander here in Washington, where President Trump appears to be de-escalating |
1:04.9 | some tensions with Canada while reigniting others. |
1:08.0 | During an Oval Office meeting with newly elected Canadian Prime Minister |
1:11.1 | Mark Carney, the president, notably, revisited his rhetoric about annexing Canada's territory and |
1:17.7 | making it the 51st American state. A reporter in the Oval asked him what concessions he wanted |
1:23.2 | from today's meeting, and his reply was that he didn't want any, just in his words, |
1:28.2 | friendship. The president's saying his position has not changed on making Canada the 51st |
1:33.2 | state, but also making it clear that he really had no intention of pressing the issue |
1:37.0 | with the Canadian Prime Minister who made it quite clear where his country stands. |
1:43.4 | Well, I still believe that, but, but, you know, takes two to tango, right? |
1:47.6 | I do feel it's much better for Canada, but we're not going to be discussing that unless |
1:53.0 | somebody wants to discuss it. |
1:54.5 | Well, if I may, as you know from real estate, there are some places that are never for sale. That's true. We're sitting in one right now, you know, Buckingham Palace, you know, from real estate, there are some places that are never for sale. |
2:01.6 | That's true. |
2:02.6 | We're sitting in one right now, Buckingham Palace, and you visited as well. |
2:05.6 | That's true. |
2:06.6 | And having met with the owners of Canada over the course of the campaign last several months, |
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