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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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You missed the last part of that exchange.

Carney says "Never".

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 69 points 3 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 4 points 44 minutes ago

I think he handled him well.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 hours ago (1 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.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 4 points 38 minutes ago

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.

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 1 points 12 minutes ago

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

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 hours ago

Trump, a convicted rapist and felon with little education and a history of bankrupting everything he touches, thinks he’s going to out maneuver Carney, a man who’s highly educated, has run the bank of Canada, the Bank of England, and sat on the board of Brookfield, a company worth……over $900 US billion. Yeah, whatever.

Trump doesn’t even know when he’s being insulted, but nods and agrees.

OK Trump, time for a diaper change, warm bottle and a nap ya stupid fuck.

[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Carney should have said something like “if you want our countries to be friends, then start treating us like a friend and start acting like a friend.”

Talk to Trump at his level, akin to a 5 year old.

[–] Mist101@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

The sad thing is, this doesn't sound odd or unusual whatsoever. Given the current lack of decorum, I automatically assume this is how everyone must speak to him.

[–] Binky@lemmy.sdf.org 40 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

As an American, all I can say is “I’m sorry that we have inflicted this Orange Buffon on the world.” Thank you for seeing him as the pathetic loser he is.

By all means punish America for this. Our voters seem to be assholes and only concerned with the price of eggs. We need to suffer a little financially to learn our lesson.

As an American, I’d like to say “I’m sorry that we have inflicted this Orange Buffon on the world. TWICE.

[–] yukichigai@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I was listening to a Jim Gaffigan bit he wrote during the first Trump admin which is even more true these days. Short version, he compares having Trump as President to having a parent who's a raging alcoholic: what he does isn't directly your fault but you still know you should apologize.

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I'm kind of happy to see that basically no American other than orange dildo and his ass-kissers seems to agree that., even for trump, (which is saying a lot) this is a good idea.. I don't plan to ever step foot again in the US (sorry, something as been broken), but I'm glad to know not all of you have lost your mind. Cheers from Montréal.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

What would it even mean to “sell” Canada? Whatever deal they make, the US could just back out of once Canada became a state, and Canada wouldn’t be able to do anything about it. It’s a non-sensical idea.

Selling territories makes sense, but selling your own sovereignty does not.

[–] tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 hours ago

Carney had to use a word Trump understands.

[–] Teknikal@eviltoast.org 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I'd love to be locked in a room with Trump for an hour, he'd survive but I'd tell the world afterwards what his end goal was and every secret he had.

[–] GenerationII@lemm.ee 4 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Serious question: Do you think anybody would listen? There have been multiple former members of the White House staff and Cabinet you have come out with scathing tell-alls. Then there are the multiple communications leaks. Then outright just stating that they are going to do the thing.

I'm pretty sure we are well past the point of revealing his true end goals and ending him right there

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Look man. If my favorite football team sucks and makes shitty deals for players and has a losing record, I'm still going over the top saying they're gonna beat our main rivals and are the best ever. Hell I don't even need to understand why they suck or what they could even do to get better. They're my team! I can't let you talk shit about them.

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[–] Teknikal@eviltoast.org 2 points 1 hour ago

Probably not but I'd enjoy the hour but of course I wouldn't actually resort to hurting him if possible.

I do want to know if he is actually a Russian Asset though.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago

Being the convicted rapist that he is, Trump can't take no for an answer.

[–] Punchshark@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

He should have punched that orange bitch in the face so fucking hard

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago

Then jersey him and feed him a few more.

[–] Exec@pawb.social 2 points 2 hours ago

Trump reading this as: "Canada won't be on sale forever"

[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

It’s not a joke you dumb cunt. It was said with its full intention.

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

”The price is you stepping down and agreeing never to run for any political office under pain of death”

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 59 minutes ago

Still wouldn't be worth it. We can't expect Canadians to sacrifice themselves to the shitty US system, even the one without Trump.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Too cheap. It needs to be "the immediate resignation from office of anyone in the US who would want to purchase or otherwise take control of Canadian territory".

[–] GenerationII@lemm.ee 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Still too cheap. It should be "The complete dissolution of the United States as a singular entity".

[–] ferretfacefrankburns@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

Might as well skip the middle part, he's never going to do any of that anyway.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world -2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

He didn't say never he said not ever, open your ears

[–] GenerationII@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

Is this a world class joke? N'Ever