Trump Undermines Carney in 1st Official Meeting, Leaving New Canadian PM Looking Outmatched

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Trump Undermines Carney in First Official Meeting, Leaving New Canadian PM Looking Outmatched

 

What was supposed to be a cordial first meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, quickly turned into a public display of political imbalance. Despite a polite opening exchange and an amiable handshake, the Oval Office session on Tuesday ended with Carney appearing overwhelmed and outmaneuvered by a far more media-savvy and aggressive counterpart.

This was down right embarrassing.
Anyone who elected Carney because he was the person to deal with Trump should be hanging their heads in shame about now.
Elbows up 🤡
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— Kevin Pacitti 🇨🇦🇮🇹🇬🇧 (@kpac_15) May 6, 2025

 

Speculation before Carney’s arrival in Washington had suggested that tensions between the two leaders—exacerbated by Trump’s continued use of tariffs and Carney’s anti-Trump campaign rhetoric—might erupt into an open confrontation. But while a shouting match never materialized, the result was arguably more damaging for the Canadian leader: a calm but unmistakable demonstration of his lack of experience on the global stage.

 

Carney had won office in part on the promise of being a more capable international statesman than his predecessor, Justin Trudeau. During his victory speech, Carney accused Trump of trying to “break us, so that America can own us,” and defiantly declared, “that will never, ever happen.” Yet, on Tuesday, seated beside the U.S. president in front of the press, he appeared to retreat from that bold rhetoric.

 

I cannot tell you how absolutely embarrassed I am as a Canadian.
During the meeting
Carney spoke for: 3:18 Minutes
Trump spoke for: 29:47 Minutes
Thank you for letting Donald Trump embarrass all of Canada for a half hour, while you sat there like a silent coward!

I cannot tell you how absolutely embarrassed I am as a Canadian.
During the meeting
Carney spoke for: 3:18 Minutes
Trump spoke for: 29:47 Minutes
Thank you for letting Donald Trump embarrass all of Canada for a half hour, while you sat there like a silent coward!
🤦‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/QElVp0TTTv

— Vesper (@vesperdigital) May 6, 2025

 

Throughout the session, Trump dominated the conversation, speaking at length and making pointed, often provocative comments while Carney mostly watched on in silence. When he did attempt to interject, he was largely brushed aside. The most striking moment came when Trump casually claimed, “I think I was probably the greatest thing that happened to him,” referring to Carney’s election. Carney looked toward the reporters with a mixture of discomfort and disbelief, but offered no strong rebuttal.

 

Things became even more awkward when a journalist asked about the idea of Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state. Carney’s visible unease contrasted sharply with Trump’s casual bravado. “Well, I still believe that… but it takes two to tango, right?” Trump said with a grin. He continued by extolling the supposed benefits of such a union: “I believe it would be a massive tax cut for the Canadian citizens. You get free military, tremendous medical care and other things.” Trump, slipping into his developer persona, added, “It would be nice to get rid of that artificially drawn line” between the two nations.

 

Carney eventually responded with a well-crafted line: “As you know from real estate, there are some places that are never for sale. We’re sitting in one right now… Buckingham Palace, you visited as well.” Trump laughed and admitted, “that’s true.” The prime minister tried to build on the moment, saying, “Having met with the owners of Canada over the course of the campaign…it’s not for sale. It won’t be for sale, ever.” But Trump quickly deflated the sentiment with a simple, “Never say never,” a line that left Carney smiling faintly but saying nothing more.

 

For a leader whose political brand is built on international competence and a promise to stand firm in the face of U.S. pressure, Carney’s performance was lackluster. His silence and strained body language betrayed an air of resignation. Despite one clever remark, he came away looking deferential and overmatched.

 

Trump, on the other hand, seemed visibly pleased. He had already played a key role in shaping the political landscape north of the border—undermining Trudeau, checking Conservative momentum under Pierre Poilievre, and helping ensure the rise of a more pliable Liberal leader in Carney. Tuesday’s meeting served as a public confirmation of that influence.

 

For Trump, it was a strategic win. For Carney, it was a sobering reminder that leadership on the world stage requires more than diplomatic poise—it demands command. And in that room, at that moment, only one of them had it.

 

  Adpated by ASEAN Now from The Telegraph | X  2025-05-09

 

 

[Tug]

Carney is a deliberate thoughtful man a trained banker,trump is a loudmouth bully to me the bluster means nothing .elbows up Canada until trump folds.the trick is with trump is to let him think he got one over so he can strut around(shuffle around) thinking he ripped you off.then just carry the economic win to the bank as trump bellows about how great he is.

[Woke to Sounds]

Well, Canadians wanted more Liberal and they got it.

 

That said, much respect for Carns who remained calm and collected. ✊

 

He will likely open up Alberta and Sask oil, plus LNG from British Columbia soon, now that the numbers for Net Zero just don't compute.

 

 

[JonnyF]

Carney was acting like the tough guy until he actually came face to face with the man. Then he shrunk. 

 

Perhaps next time he shouldn't allow his mouth to write cheques that his minerals cannot cash.

 

Typical cowardly Liberal. 

 

Good luck Canda. You'll need it. 

 

[bwanajohn]

Actually letting Trump blather on is a pretty good strategy...

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[soalbundy]

19 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Carney was acting like the tough guy until he actually came face to face with the man. Then he shrunk. 

 

Perhaps next time he shouldn't allow his mouth to write cheques that his minerals cannot cash.

 

Typical cowardly Liberal. 

 

Good luck Canda. You'll need it. 

 

He was right not to argue with a fool, Carney would have been dragged down to his level. Trump saves his sycophantic side for people like Putin, Kim and Xi.

[Woke to Sounds]

Long game being played folks.

 

North American Union.

 

Single currency a la Euro.

[spidermike007]

Anyone who's ever had any dealings with Trump knows that it's best just to keep your mouth shut and let him go on and on, talking nonsense and making an absolute fool of himself. That's what he does best, Carney was shrewd and he played it smart. While Trump embarrassed himself for the 12,345th time. 

[impulse]

From the OP photo, it looks like he's wondering if it really has a mushroom tip.

 

[save the frogs]

11 hours ago, Tug said:

trump is a loudmouth bully

 

Is Trump really being a bully? Or is he spewing what he already knows that has been planned by the elites?

 

I'm not even sure joining with Canada is only Trump's idea. It has probably been discussed at secret meeting at the WEF in Davos. And it's probably already in the planning phases.

 

And maybe Carney is playing dumb by pretending he doesn't know anything about it to not make Canadians too nervous. 

 

[Patong2021]

Telegraph's version of events is contrary to every other information source which praised Carney's performance.

Getting into a pissing match with a skunk never ends well. Carney took the high road and said what needed to be said publicly. Some people wanted to see a confrontation and  are disappointed. Nothing would have been gained by it. Carney corrected several errors by Trump and made  the points he needed to make. If all of the Canadian  political parties and  provincial premiers were  not critical of the meeting, that says something.

 

[Tug]

Just now, save the frogs said:

 

Is Trump really being a bully? Or is he spewing what he already knows that has been planned by the elites?

 

I'm not even sure joining with Canada is only Trump's idea. It has probably been discussed at secret meeting at the WEF in Davos. And it's probably already in the planning phases.

 

And maybe Carney is playing dumb by pretending he doesn't know anything about it to not make Canadians too nervous. 

 

Everything in trumps life starting in his school days has been the behavior of a bully everything.Its what he is he has been insulated by wealth and power all his life and has never ever faced the consequences of his behavior.so yes trump is trying to be the bulley that’s his essence it is what he is.carney is a thoughtful deliberate trained successful banker he won’t wrestle in the sewage with trump.elbow's up my northern brothers and sisters you hold many strong cards.!!

[HappyExpat57]

I wholeheartedly disagree with the very opinionated slant of this article. The Canadian PM is a clever, experienced, articulate leader and made it quite clear what Canada's position was.

[Bkk Brian]

57 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Carney was acting like the tough guy until he actually came face to face with the man. Then he shrunk. 

 

Perhaps next time he shouldn't allow his mouth to write cheques that his minerals cannot cash.

 

Typical cowardly Liberal. 

 

Good luck Canda. You'll need it. 

 

Correct, the meeting was awkward to say the least and Trump's upper hand was evident. But more importantly Carney has a lot of work to do in Canada left by the previous PM. Immigration needs to be one which became out of control.

[Patong2021]

2 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

 

Is Trump really being a bully? Or is he spewing what he already knows that has been planned by the elites?

I'm not even sure joining with Canada is only Trump's idea. It has probably been discussed at secret meeting at the WEF in Davos. And it's probably already in the planning phases.

And maybe Carney is playing dumb by pretending he doesn't know anything about it to not make Canadians too nervous. 

 

 

Such nonsense. There is no WEF conspiracy, and there will be no  joining of Canada with the USA.  Why would you think that the 2nd largest  country in the world that is wealthy  with natural resources would even accept being a single state on the same level as  Rhode Island or Alabama? Why would you think that  the Republicans would welcome tens of millions of voters who would pick a democrat over a republican  candidate and could determine the  fate of US  elections?

 

34 minutes ago, bwanajohn said:

Actually letting Trump blather on is a pretty good strategy...

 

Yes it was. Trump made a fool of himself with his repeated lies.

 

 

43 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Carney was acting like the tough guy until he actually came face to face with the man. Then he shrunk. 

Perhaps next time he shouldn't allow his mouth to write cheques that his minerals cannot cash.

Typical cowardly Liberal. 

Good luck Canda. You'll need it. 

 

 

Did you even watch the  event? Carney neither backed down nor yielded ground. He corrected  several false claims made by Trump. He also got Trump to admit that there is no likelihood of Canada  becoming a 51st state.  PM Carney is no coward. On the contrary, as a former bank governor he is used to cleaning up the messes of politicians. And as a PhD in economics he was able to dismantle the  political economical theories  of Peter Navarro when  Carney and Trump had lunch after the meeting.  That lunch meeting  focused on international topics with Trump soliciting carney's views. The meeting was a success because it reduced  the animosity fever that gripped some of the Americans. It also helped that the US is feeling some pain from its  Canadian product tariffs.  Visitor numbers are way down and Canadians who  are the USA's largest market are  cutting back on US purchases. 

[lavender19]

Carney is a WEF puppet. Trained banker? He nearly wrecked the bank of England. Read his track record there.

[Patong2021]

3 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Correct, the meeting was awkward to say the least and Trump's upper hand was evident. But more importantly Carney has a lot of work to do in Canada left by the previous PM. Immigration needs to be one which became out of control.

 

The awkwardness was with Trump as he made one idiotic lie after another. The previous Canadian PM implemented  social policies that a majority of Canadians were in favour of . You don't see too many people refusing the new drug coverage or the improved childcare or the new  dental care coverage. Much of the expansion of social services came at the request of  minority parties in their parliament. 

[Patong2021]

1 minute ago, lavender19 said:

Carney is a WEF puppet. Trained banker? He nearly wrecked the bank of England. Read his track record there.

 

Perhaps you nonsensical claims  will be better received at a  one of the websites that caters to extreme right wing  groups.

[Bkk Brian]

4 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

 

The awkwardness was with Trump as he made one idiotic lie after another. The previous Canadian PM implemented  social policies that a majority of Canadians were in favour of . You don't see too many people refusing the new drug coverage or the improved childcare or the new  dental care coverage. Much of the expansion of social services came at the request of  minority parties in their parliament. 

From a Canadian:

 

 cannot tell you how absolutely embarrassed I am as a Canadian.
During the meeting
Carney spoke for: 3:18 Minutes
Trump spoke for: 29:47 Minutes
Thank you for letting Donald Trump embarrass all of Canada for a half hour, while you sat there like a silent coward!

[JAG]

58 minutes ago, bwanajohn said:

Actually letting Trump blather on is a pretty good strategy...

Yes, you can't stop him, he is like a radio when the pressel switch is stuck - on permanent send!

 

Carney quite calmly said just what he wanted, had to say, "you're not getting Canada - end of story". Trump just, as you succinctly put it, blathered on.

 

It was fascinating watching the look on Carneys face as he listened to Trump blustering away.

[Colki]

This is in complete contrast to reports I read and saw of the encounter between the two. Commentators showed how Carney mastered Trump with comments like " during my campaign I spoke with the owners of Canada and they will never sell".

 

You do not need to mouth off to make a simple factual comment.

[Patong2021]

10 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

From a Canadian:

 

 cannot tell you how absolutely embarrassed I am as a Canadian.
During the meeting
Carney spoke for: 3:18 Minutes
Trump spoke for: 29:47 Minutes
Thank you for letting Donald Trump embarrass all of Canada for a half hour, while you sat there like a silent coward!

 

 And yet, that is not the sentiment that is appearing on Canadian social media or the major news networks. One anonymous cherry picked comment from  an  aggregator program using the Telegraph as a source is not definitive evidence of Canadian sentiment.  try these;

 

https://nowtoronto.com/news/canadians-react-to-mark-carneys-meeting-with-donald-trump-where-51st-state-comments-were-discussed/

 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cj3x36zpg13o

 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/05/07/ctv-national-news-why-trumps-meeting-with-carney-matters-to-americans/

 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/body-language-expert-says-trump-showed-respect-in-meeting-with-carney/

 

[frank83628]

Sum num nah Canada, you voted more against Trump than for your own country.

 

[RamblingOn]

1 hour ago, Woke to Sounds said:

Well, Canadians wanted more Liberal and they got it.

 

That said, much respect for Carns who remained calm and collected. ✊

 

He will likely open up Alberta and Sask oil, plus LNG from British Columbia soon, now that the numbers for Net Zero just don't compute.

 

 

I hate the phrase "That said"!! Always have.

[Eric Loh]

15 minutes ago, Colki said:

This is in complete contrast to reports I read and saw of the encounter between the two. Commentators showed how Carney mastered Trump with comments like " during my campaign I spoke with the owners of Canada and they will never sell".

 

You do not need to mouth off to make a simple factual comment.

Carney knew not to argue with someone who believes his own lies. 

[lavender19]

57 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

 

Perhaps you nonsensical claims  will be better received at a  one of the websites that caters to extreme right wing  groups.

Probably would as there seem to be a lot of brainwashed leftards on here. Please point out why it is nonsensical

[Thingamabob]

1 hour ago, HappyExpat57 said:

I wholeheartedly disagree with the very opinionated slant of this article. The Canadian PM is a clever, experienced, articulate leader and made it quite clear what Canada's position was.

His tenure at the BoE was less than inspiring.

[Stargeezr]

Trump supporters are like pickles and we all know that you cannot tell a pickle anything.

 That is in my opinion of course. Thankfully Trump will only be in power a maximum of 4 years.

    I hope the USA enjoys the resession that Trump is making with his tafiffs.

[Bkk Brian]

46 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

 

 And yet, that is not the sentiment that is appearing on Canadian social media or the major news networks. One anonymous cherry picked comment from  an  aggregator program using the Telegraph as a source is not definitive evidence of Canadian sentiment.  try these;

 

https://nowtoronto.com/news/canadians-react-to-mark-carneys-meeting-with-donald-trump-where-51st-state-comments-were-discussed/

 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cj3x36zpg13o

 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/05/07/ctv-national-news-why-trumps-meeting-with-carney-matters-to-americans/

 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/body-language-expert-says-trump-showed-respect-in-meeting-with-carney/

 

Yet it is the sentiment from the Canadian I quoted.....!!