Live video and updates: Donald Trump and Mark Carney to meet for first time at White House
Prime Minister Mark Carney will get his first chance to confront U.S. President Donald Trump in a face-to-face meeting at the Oval Office on Tuesday. Carney will arrive at the White House at 11:30 a.m. and he will meet with Trump in the Oval Office at 11:45 a.m. National Post will have live video and coverage of their first in-person meeting since the federal election. At 12:15 p.m. they will have a private working luncheon in the Cabinet Room. Carney will leave the White House at 1:20 p.m . Follow National Post’s live coverage, below, to find out how the meeting unfolds. Can’t see the live blog? View it at nationalpost.com .
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Carney has said he expects “difficult” but “constructive” conversations with Trump, who has repeatedly threatened to make Canada the “51st state.” Trump said in an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press that aired Sunday that the border is an “artificial line” that prevents the two territories from forming a “beautiful country.”
Trump told reporters on Monday that he wasn’t quite sure why Carney was visiting.
“I’m not sure what he wants to see me about,” Trump said. “But I guess he wants to make a deal.”
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick further stoked doubts about their interest in repairing the relationship with Canada in a Monday interview on Fox Business Network’s Kudlow show.
Asked if the U.S. could make a deal with Canada, Lutnick called the country a “socialist regime” that has been “basically feeding off America.” Lutnick said Tuesday’s meeting would be “fascinating.”
National Post, with additional reporting from The Associated Press
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