In a tense and unexpected moment during the Trump-Carney meeting, U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a shocking statement, declaring that the United States and Canada are now “enemies.” The remark reportedly stunned Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and left diplomats scrambling for clarification. The exchange, which comes amid growing trade and policy disputes, marks one of the most confrontational moments in modern U.S.-Canada relations.
00:00The Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, who I have made very popular.
00:05He's an extremely popular Prime Minister, and I'm very honored to do it because I liked him.
00:10Right from the beginning, I liked him, and we've had a good relationship.
00:13We have some natural conflict, but we will probably work that out.
00:18But we've had a very strong relationship.
00:20Well, thank you very much, everybody.
00:22It's an honor to have the Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, who I have made very popular.
00:28He's an extremely popular Prime Minister, and I'm very honored to do it because I liked him.
00:34Right from the beginning, I liked him, and we've had a good relationship.
00:37We have some natural conflict, but we will probably work that out.
00:42But we've had a very strong relationship, and your hosting of the various countries that showed up, that was a beautiful job you did, and I appreciate it very much.
00:52We're going to be talking about trade.
00:54We're going to be talking about a lot of different things.
00:55We'll certainly be talking about Gaza.
00:57We're in very serious negotiations to, I guess you could say, depending on the way you count, 3,000 years.
01:06You could say 500 years.
01:07You could say, but it's been raging for a long time.
01:12And I think there's a possibility that we could have peace in the Middle East.
01:15It's something even beyond the Gaza situation.
01:19We want a release of the hostages immediately, et cetera.
01:22And so our team is over there now, another team just left, and other countries, literally every country in the world has supported the plan.
01:31And I don't think there's anybody that hasn't, actually, not that I've seen.
01:36But there's a real chance that we could do something.
01:39So you may have some questions on that later.
01:41But in the meantime, we'll spend some time, and we'll make some deals, and we'll do some things that are good for both of our countries.
01:49And Mark, it's an honor to have you.
01:50Thank you very much.
01:50Thank you very much, Mr. President.
01:52If I may, you kindly hosted me and some of my colleagues a few months ago, and I said at the time, you are a transformative president.
02:01And since then, the transformation in the economy, unprecedented commitments of NATO partners to defense spending, peace from India, Pakistan, through to Azerbaijan, Armenia,
02:12disabling Iran as a force of terror, and now, and I'm running out of time, but this is, in many respects, the most important, what you created.
02:21The merger of Canada and the United States.
02:25I wasn't where I was going.
02:27I would, no, but I, you know, on this, on this solemn day of commemoration of the October 7th, horrific attacks of October 7th,
02:35for the first time in decades, hundreds of years, thousands of years, this prospect of peace that you've made possible.
02:43Canada stands foursquare behind those efforts, and we'll do whatever we can to support it.
02:47Very nice. Thank you very much.
02:49Any questions?
02:50Mr. President, we've got your question.
02:53Mr. President, is there any, what would it take for you to drop or lower your tariffs on Canadian sectors, including aluminum and steel?
03:01Well, we're going to be talking about that with the Prime Minister.
03:03Mr. President, we'll be talking about tariffs, we'll be talking about a lot of that, but that's for a little bit later on.
03:08Has the Prime Minister...
03:09Mr. President, I want to just acknowledge our great ambassador. Is he doing a good job?
03:15He's doing a good job.
03:15Mr. Otherwise, I'll get him out of there so far.
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