Trump says Carney will visit within the next week, calls him a 'nice gentleman'

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U.S. President Donald Trump says Prime Minister Mark Carney volition sojourn the White House “within the adjacent week oregon less” arsenic the 2 countries illustration a caller mode guardant pursuing a national predetermination that was mostly seen arsenic a rebuke of the president's commercialized warfare and his 51s authorities ambitions.

PMO hasn't yet commented connected president's timeline

Catharine Tunney · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 30, 2025 2:09 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney reacts connected signifier astatine his predetermination nighttime office aft the Liberal Party won the Canadian predetermination successful Ottawa connected Tuesday, April 29, 2025.

U.S. President Donald Trump says Prime Minister Mark Carney volition sojourn the White House "within the adjacent week oregon less" arsenic the 2 countries illustration a caller mode guardant pursuing a national predetermination that was mostly seen arsenic a rebuke of the president's commercialized warfare and his 51s authorities ambitions.

"I deliberation we're going to person a large relationship," Trump said Wednesday from the Oval Office, a time aft helium congratulated Carney connected the phone.

"He said, let's marque a deal."

WATCH | Trump says Carney volition question to White House 'very shortly'

Trump says Carney volition question to White House 'very shortly'

U.S. President Donald Trump, speaking astatine a furniture gathering connected Wednesday, offered comments connected the Canadian predetermination and the main enactment leaders' views connected him — and said helium expects Prime Minister Mark Carney to travel to the White House 'within the adjacent week, oregon less.'

The president said some Canadians moving for bureau "hated Trump," an acknowledgement of the heavy rejection of his policies and rhetoric that surfaced during the election.

"And it was the 1 that hated Trump, I deliberation the least, that won. I really deliberation the Conservatives hated maine overmuch much than the alleged Liberal," said the president.

He went connected to accidental Carney "couldn't person been nicer" and called him "a precise bully gentleman."

The Prime Minister's Office has not yet commented connected Trump's timeline.

Trump and Carney had already agreed the countries would statesman negotiations connected a caller economical and information deal, nary substance who won Monday's election.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Catharine Tunney is simply a newsman with CBC's Parliament Hill bureau, wherever she covers nationalist information and the RCMP. She worked antecedently for CBC successful Nova Scotia. You tin scope her astatine [email protected]

With files from Ashley Burke

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