Trump v Carney (Again)
Newscast
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4.4 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Today, US President Donald Trump has said that Canada’s move to recognise a Palestinian state threatens a trade deal between the countries.
The news comes as US special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, is meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel. Canada’s announcement follows similar plans by the UK and France from earlier this week.
So are the US now becoming increasingly isolated in their position?
Adam and Alex are joined by Gary O’Donoghue, Chief North America Correspondent and Mike Blanchfield from Politico in Canada.
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| 0:46.5 | and we are recording this episode on the afternoon of Thursday the 31st of July. |
| 0:50.6 | But on Wednesday night, Mark Carney, the Prime Minister of Canada, became the latest |
| 0:55.7 | world leader to say that he was preparing to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General |
| 1:01.8 | Assembly in September. And similar to Kier Starrmer, when he did something similar on Tuesday |
| 1:07.2 | in the UK, Mark Carney attached some conditions to Canada's policy. And that's had |
| 1:13.7 | some knock on consequences because Assura's night followed day, there was a post on Truth |
| 1:19.3 | Social from Donald Trump, which was very critical or implicitly critical of Canada's position, |
| 1:25.6 | and also sort of made a threat about what it could mean for the |
| 1:29.1 | economic relationship between the US and Canada and in particular the negotiations over a trade |
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