‘Canadian’s biggest customer’: Mark Carney Fact-Czech Donald Trump in first meeting at White House

Started as a standard diplomatic visit, when Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney examined US President Donald Trump during his first official meeting at the White House on Tuesday, it turned into a high-done exchange.As cameras rolled in the Oval office, Trump turned Canada’s trade importance to the United States, claiming, “We do not do much business with Canada from our perspectives. They do much business with us. We are 4%like 4%.” But carney, calm and composition, stepped firmly.“Respectfully, the Canadian people’s approach to it is not going to change to the 51st kingdom,” Carney said, referring to Trump’s earlier remarks about his early days in the office and Canada’s annexing. “We are the largest customers of the United States in the totality of all goods,” he said.As reported by CNN, Trump’s “4%” figure is incorrect. In fact, Canada bought around 17% of all American goods exports in February and March 2025, according to official American trade data – more than any other country. Overall, Canada bought about $ 440 billion American goods and services in 2024, making it a top destination for US exports, as confirmed by the US trade representative.Carney further pressed the point and said how deeply the economies of both nations have been integrated. He said, “There is a tremendous auto sector between us. You know, 50% of the car coming from Canada is American. It is not anywhere else in the world,” he said.According to AP, Carney also remained firm on Canada’s sovereignty when Trump expressed the idea of ​​anxing Canada. “Some places are never for sale,” he told Trump directly. “Canada is one of them. And it will not be for sale, anytime.” Trump smiled and replied, “Never Not Never”, to which Carney replied with a calm but firmly “never, never, never.”Despite the stress, Trump appeared to appreciate Carney’s direct approach. “I like this man,” the President said that wrapped in the meeting, a comment that seemed to indicate more respect than jealousy.But the session was a symbol of how the oval office meetings have changed under Trump. As reported by AP, these incidents have developed in unexpected exchange from formal photo opes, where foreign leaders should select between conflicts and diplomacy.During the meeting, Trump also wandered into unrelated subjects, including complaints about California’s railway project, Jabs in Barack Obama’s library, and a sudden announcement to stop bombing in Yemen, causing carney to become visually uncomfortable. At one point, the lips of the Canadian leader became tough and his hands were closed as he was struggling to resume the conversation in the serious policy area.Trump reiterated a long time a long time, stating that America was “subsidizing Canada to a tune of $ 200 billion per year.” However, in 2024, the real American trade deficit with Canada was around $ 36 billion, away from the exaggerated number of Trump, CNN reported. Even when only the goods are counted, the difference was around 71 billion dollars, not subsidy and $ 200 billion anywhere.