Trump says Carney will visit within the next week, calls him a 'nice gentleman'

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U.S. President Donald Trump says Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit the White House “within the next week or less” as the two countries chart a new way forward following a federal election that was largely seen as a rebuke of the president's trade war and his 51s state ambitions.

PMO hasn't yet commented on president's timeline

Catharine Tunney · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 30, 2025 2:09 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney reacts on stage at his election night headquarters after the Liberal Party won the Canadian election in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.

Prime Minister Mark Carney regularly said in his campaign speeches that the United States wanted Canada's land and resources, and that it would 'never happen.' (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

U.S. President Donald Trump says Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit the White House "within the next week or less" as the two countries chart a new way forward following a federal election that was largely seen as a rebuke of the president's trade war and his 51s state ambitions.

"I think we're going to have a great relationship," Trump said Wednesday from the Oval Office, a day after he congratulated Carney on the phone. 

"He said, let's make a deal."

The president said both Canadians running for office "hated Trump," an acknowledgement of the deep rejection of his policies and rhetoric that surfaced during the election.

"And it was the one that hated Trump, I think the least, that won. I actually think the Conservatives hated me much more than the so-called Liberal," said the president. 

He went on to say Carney "couldn't have been nicer" and called him "a very nice gentleman."

The Prime Minister's Office has not yet commented on Trump's timeline.

Trump and Carney had already agreed the countries would begin negotiations on a new economic and security deal, no matter who won Monday's election.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Catharine Tunney is a reporter with CBC's Parliament Hill bureau, where she covers national security and the RCMP. She worked previously for CBC in Nova Scotia. You can reach her at catharine.tunney@cbc.ca

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