2d ago

Carney tells Trump: Canada 'won't be for sale ever'

www.cnbc.com

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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2d ago

Trump belittles Canada before Carney meeting: 'We don’t need ANYTHING they have'

www.cnbc.com /2025/05/06/trump-canada-carney-tariffs-trade.html

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2d ago

Carney tells Trump: Canada 'won't be for sale ever'

www.cnbc.com /2025/05/06/trump-canada-carney-tariffs-trade.html

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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.
- 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.
  
  Carney does like that word a lot, although not nearly as much as "if I may"
  
  Same. I only watched it cuz I like watching carney in action. Everyone else in that room makes me want to vomit
  
  So fucking embarrassing.
- I think he handled him well.
  
  He did. Carney fed Trump's ego and used almost every one of his good-trigger words so Trump was placated.
  If world leaders learned nothing else from the Zelenskiy debacle, it was that.
- I know! I caught that too! Carney is awesome.

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.”
  
  Respect for using a Canadian meme to make your apology. I see Letterkenny, I upvote.
  
  Thats’s correct and it’s also why America will find very little grace outside of your borders. Most Americans don’t leave their states though. So they don’t really gaf.
- 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.
- 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.
- I know it's going to suck for a lot of people, but I hope that nobody buckles under Trump's trade war pressure. Let the shitty Trump tariffs be the torch that lights the funeral pyre that is the husk of what used to be the United States.
  Trump is just a symptom. He could get drone-bombed tomorrow and nothing would change. The people who were complicit in him regaining power must be severely punished, or else they will simply fall in lockstep with the next Republican stooge, and the only way to properly punish them is to inflict the maximum amount of suffering directly to them. Economic suffering is the bloodless route, and one that will be very effective in breaking the spell of propaganda.

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.

You missed the last part of that exchange.
Carney says "Never".
- He says it over and over bunch of times!

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.
- Carney had to use a word Trump understands.
  
  While reframing the conversation.
  
  As a guy not big on the whole consent thing, I doubt Trump understands Never particularly well.
- I've understood it more as buying the politicians out. That's the only thing that could really be "for sale", and thankfully we picked one that isn't (at least not in this context).
- It’s always been hilarious to me that he considers the entire country as one sole entity. Like if I said all the US would be one province.

This wasn’t a “meeting”. This was Trump embarrassing himself, as usual. Trump talks about Canada joining the US, saying “tremendous health care”. OK, really? Talking about Carney, right in front of him: “This man coming up through the ranks”. OMG! Look at Mark Carney’s resume you idiot. And, bringing up Wayne Gretzky?

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.
- 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.
  
  Don’t underestimate Mark Carney. He was the former Governor of the Bank of England and was a prominent figure in discussions surrounding Brexit, particularly in relation to its economic implications that Brexit could bring to the UK economy. He argued AGAINST Brexit. He was right.
  
  Vance would be begging to become another meme over that
- Carney has been dealing with international finances and issues his whole career. He IS talking to Trump like he’s a 5 year old. A 5 year old out of control. Carney's restraint and diplomacy was exemplary.
- He's not a 5yo, he's a sociopath.
  
  And a megalomaniac with Alzheimer’s

He should have punched that orange removed in the face so fucking hard
- Then jersey him and feed him a few more.
- and get all that orange bronzer stained on his fist.

… has Canada considered buying the us? After all, we are for sale.
- Canada has a similar GDP to Russia so frankly shame on Canadians for not buying a President before they all sold out.
  
  https://lawandsocietymagazine.com/carneys-checkmate-how-canadas-quiet-bond-play-forced-trump-to-drop-tariffs/

Wimpy sat there, too stupid to know he got insulted, and too scared to use his big boy voice. He only does that shit when he's backed up by his homies or alone at a mic at a rally.
Literally stared at the carpet. You could see the gears turning, but the only thing really going through his mind was that he wanted a hamburger. And maybe a diaper change.

How would that even work? I’ll give you 100 dollars to be mine… then that 100 dollars becomes mine again?
- And let’s not forget our health care. We may have challenges, but Canadians aren’t losing their homes and/or life savings because of medical emergencies. I dislocated and broke my arm last year from a bad fall. Long wait at emergency, but once x-rays were done and I saw a doctor, surgery was scheduled quickly. Total bill: $0.00
  
  and the important thing about the wait times: they may be annoying, but they’re never life or health threatening… triage exists
  (i assume; i’ve never used the canadian health system)

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

Damn fucking right. Eat shit Trump and moron sycophants.

”The price is you stepping down and agreeing never to run for any political office under pain of death”
- Still wouldn't be worth it. We can't expect Canadians to sacrifice themselves to the shitty US system, even the one without Trump.
- 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".
  
  Still too cheap. It should be "The complete dissolution of the United States as a singular entity".
- Might as well skip the middle part, he's never going to do any of that anyway.

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

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

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.
- 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
  
  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.
  MAGAt philosophy
  
  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.
- Is there at a c/iamverybadass yet?
- He doesn't have any secrets, he's literally telling everyone exactly what he intends to do. People haven't been listening.

https://lawandsocietymagazine.com/carneys-checkmate-how-canadas-quiet-bond-play-forced-trump-to-drop-tariffs/ THIS is Mark Carney 😉
- As much as I want to believe this, so far the only source I've seen is Dean Blundell who is not what you would call a real journalist.
- Very interesting thank you. Never would it the wished for a banker as prime minister. But it seems hell just froze over with USA taking a big shit on Canada by openly declaring economic war intending to annexe. But once at war you elect a General ... He won me over on the Colbert report when talking about the 2008 crisis. He didn't let Canadian Banks in on the sub par market because he didn't understand it. Probably because it doesn't make any sense.

Well, at least until the cons get elected

He didn't say never he said not ever, open your ears
- Is this a world class joke? N'Ever
  
  Yes

Carney fed the troll. Somehow I guess he never heard of "don't feed the troll".
- I think his top priority was to avoid confrontation. He has experience with dumb politicians from his time at the bank of England.
  
  He has experience with dumb politicians from his time …
  at the recent election
  
  Justin was coy with Trump too. Our scumbag cons brought that out so often I thought it was a rented trumpet.

Canada should play the longer game and agree to join the US if:
each province becomes a state.
more representatives get added to accommodate the additional states.
French remains an official/supported language.
poutine becomes a national dish.
5 years of no income tax for formerly Canadian citizens.
favorable conversion to USD
- "ok"
  next day: "nope"
- This shows a deep deep ignorance of the history of Canada. Why don’t you take your chatGPT generated answer and go Amerisplain somewhere else - like US-owned reddit or some shit.
  
  it’s a stalling tactic… they’ll never agree to any of that but trump, being as downright arrogant as he is, assumes that it’s a starting position for a deal (“who wouldn’t want to join the USA?!?!”)… he’s a strongman, so he will try and get what he wants no matter what - the goal is to put him off from taking it by force for as long as possible or indefinitely
  same thing with taiwan and china - you don’t say no; you just leave it ambiguous to placate the bully so they don’t feel like they “need” to respond to avoid “looking weak”
  that said, i ain’t canadian or american… im absolutely on canadas side 100%, buying canadian products wherever i can, stopping consuming US products and services… perhaps placating is distasteful, or against the way yall feel your country should apply its values… whatever your country’s way of dealing with it, i really truly hope it works and leaves trump unable to hurt everyday canadians 🇦🇺🧡🇨🇦
  
  It's saying no by saying yes. The hostile No is what Trump wants, a yes that could never be accepted doesn't give him what he wants.
- And lose access to healthcare, get tsunami'd by guns, be forced to capitalize on everything for the shareholders, and become part of the current laughing stock of the world?
  I doubt any Canadian would want that.
  
  Canada joining the US individually would radically change us politics though. It would make Democrats or further left a strong majority. The point is Canada making this offer makes Trump is the one that has to turn it down or lose everything, Canada would fundamentally change the us as 10 more states.
- ryathal should play the longer game and go fuck themself
- "We've established that you're a removed, now we're simply dickering over the price."
- Nope.

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