Trump says ‘we just want to be friends’ as Canada’s PM shoots down becoming 51st state
by Leyland Cecco in Toronto from US news | The Guardian on (#6X3JV)
Mark Carney said country was not for sale' in much anticipated summit between leaders at White House
Donald Trump has said he just want[s] to be friends with Canada" after his first post-election meeting with the country's prime minister, Mark Carney - who used the gathering to shoot down any prospect of his country becoming the 51st state.
Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump praised Carney - whose Liberal party won the federal election last week - for one of the greatest political comebacks of all time," and described the prime minister's visit as an honour" for the White House.
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