Canada PM’s ‘elbows-up’ defense keeps Trump at bay as both parties play it cool at summit
But divisions over tariffs and Trump’s desire to annex northern neighbor simmer under surface as leaders meetFive takeaways from the Carney-Trump meetingThere were two main tensions during Donald Trump’s meeting in the Oval Office with Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, the first beneficiary of a growing electoral phenomenon: the anti-Trump bump. For the first time this term, Trump was meeting with a prime minister elected in opposition to him, and try as the two leaders might, the tensions simmered just beneath the surface.Both sought to play it cool. Continue reading...
But divisions over tariffs and Trump’s desire to annex northern neighbor simmer under surface as leaders meet
There were two main tensions during Donald Trump’s meeting in the Oval Office with Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, the first beneficiary of a growing electoral phenomenon: the anti-Trump bump. For the first time this term, Trump was meeting with a prime minister elected in opposition to him, and try as the two leaders might, the tensions simmered just beneath the surface.
Both sought to play it cool. Continue reading...
