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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told Donald Trump on Tuesday that his country will never be for sale, shutting down the U.S. president’s repeated calls to make Canada the 51st state.

“There are some places that are never for sale,” Carney said in the Oval Office.

Canada is “not for sale” and “won’t be for sale ever,” the prime minister said.

Trump replied: “Never say never.”

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[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 93 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Carney also called him a "transformational president" who "revitalized international security" and Trump nodded "it's true!" because he's too stupid to realize it wasn't a compliment.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 hours ago

I think he handled him well.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 29 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Carney used "tranformational" twice, then Trump tried to use it but lost his train of thought.

That was the end of my watching tv cause my head hurt from his utter fucking stupidity.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Same. I only watched it cuz I like watching carney in action. Everyone else in that room makes me want to vomit

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

Carney does like that word a lot, although not nearly as much as "if I may"

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 22 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

"If I may" is Canadian english for "please be quiet, I haven't finished speaking".

[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 minutes ago* (last edited 10 minutes ago)

Agreed. It’s called “manners” and “diplomacy”. Something Trump knows nothing about.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

So much better than Trump's mouth diarrhea

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Your country's leader may overuse turns-of-phrase. Mine is destroying a lifetime of political capital and hurting millions both domestically and internationally.

I'd choose your leader over mine in a hot second.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 hour ago

may overuse turns-of-phrase

Sorry. If I may, I suspect the listener may need repetition to be comfortable in the conversation, since it will re-use words he's already figured out.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 3 points 2 hours ago

New deal, Canada becomes part of the US but we just let them be in charge and abandon our clearly failed political system