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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told Donald Trump on Tuesday that his country will never be for sale, shutting down the U.S. president’s repeated calls to make Canada the 51st state.

“There are some places that are never for sale,” Carney said in the Oval Office.

Canada is “not for sale” and “won’t be for sale ever,” the prime minister said.

Trump replied: “Never say never.”

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[–] roofTophopper@lemmy.world 20 points 10 hours ago

Wimpy sat there, too stupid to know he got insulted, and too scared to use his big boy voice. He only does that shit when he's backed up by his homies or alone at a mic at a rally.

Literally stared at the carpet. You could see the gears turning, but the only thing really going through his mind was that he wanted a hamburger. And maybe a diaper change.

[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 26 points 13 hours ago

This wasn’t a “meeting”. This was Trump embarrassing himself, as usual. Trump talks about Canada joining the US, saying “tremendous health care”. OK, really? Talking about Carney, right in front of him: “This man coming up through the ranks”. OMG! Look at Mark Carney’s resume you idiot. And, bringing up Wayne Gretzky?

[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 hours ago (2 children)
[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

As much as I want to believe this, so far the only source I've seen is Dean Blundell who is not what you would call a real journalist.

[–] Kaput@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Very interesting thank you. Never would it the wished for a banker as prime minister. But it seems hell just froze over with USA taking a big shit on Canada by openly declaring economic war intending to annexe. But once at war you elect a General ... He won me over on the Colbert report when talking about the 2008 crisis. He didn't let Canadian Banks in on the sub par market because he didn't understand it. Probably because it doesn't make any sense.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 23 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

… has Canada considered buying the us? After all, we are for sale.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 15 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Canada has a similar GDP to Russia so frankly shame on Canadians for not buying a President before they all sold out.

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[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 181 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

Carney also called him a "transformational president" who "revitalized international security" and Trump nodded "it's true!" because he's too stupid to realize it wasn't a compliment.

[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 hours ago

I know! I caught that too! Carney is awesome.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 70 points 20 hours ago (18 children)

Carney used "tranformational" twice, then Trump tried to use it but lost his train of thought.

That was the end of my watching tv cause my head hurt from his utter fucking stupidity.

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[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

How would that even work? I’ll give you 100 dollars to be mine… then that 100 dollars becomes mine again?

[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 19 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

And let’s not forget our health care. We may have challenges, but Canadians aren’t losing their homes and/or life savings because of medical emergencies. I dislocated and broke my arm last year from a bad fall. Long wait at emergency, but once x-rays were done and I saw a doctor, surgery was scheduled quickly. Total bill: $0.00

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 7 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (8 children)

and the important thing about the wait times: they may be annoying, but they’re never life or health threatening… triage exists

(i assume; i’ve never used the canadian health system)

[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 hours ago

Yes, triage exists. In my case, despite my injury, they monitored me and I was placed in sequence of severity. My heart beat and blood pressure were ok, so I waited. I’m cool with that. If someone is in more distress than me, by all means, take them first.

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[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 58 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

You missed the last part of that exchange.

Carney says "Never".

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[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 62 points 20 hours ago

Trump, a convicted rapist and felon with little education and a history of bankrupting everything he touches, thinks he’s going to out maneuver Carney, a man who’s highly educated, has run the bank of Canada, the Bank of England, and sat on the board of Brookfield, a company worth……over $900 US billion. Yeah, whatever.

Trump doesn’t even know when he’s being insulted, but nods and agrees.

OK Trump, time for a diaper change, warm bottle and a nap ya stupid fuck.

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