United States President Donald Trump said Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to visit the White House in hopes of securing a fresh trade deal after the Liberal Party’s election victory.
After Carney’s victory, he reportedly called Trump, who congratulated him on the victory.
"He called me up yesterday — he said, let's make a deal," Trump said after a televised Cabinet meeting.
Trump also downplayed the tension between the two countries despite calling for Canada to become the 51st U.S. state.
He thinks that, due to the Liberal party winning, Canada and the U.S. are likely to have a “great relationship”.
"I actually think the Conservative party hated me much more than the so-called Liberal,” Trump said.
However, Carney called for a fresh approach to U.S. negotiations in his victory speech.
"Our old relationship with the United States, a relationship based on steadily increasing integration, is over," he said.
"The system of open global trade anchored by the United States … [which] has helped deliver prosperity for our country for decades, is over.
"These are tragedies, but it's also our new reality."
The Liberal party won 169 seats in the Canadian election, falling short of the 172 needed to form a majority government. Despite this, the party is still strong enough to pass legislation.
Initially, the Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre, were the favourite to win the election until Carney replaced Justin Trudeau. Carney convinced voters that his economic background made him the ideal candidate to deal with Trump.
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