Canada's Prime Minister Meets Trump, Abortion Lawsuit Surprise, Film Tariffs
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Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney is visiting the White House today.
Who is Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney?
Carney ran and won, promising to fight Trump on tariffs and musings about taking over. So how will this visit go?
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And President Trump wants higher tariffs on a new category of foreign imports, the movies.
Our industry recently has suffered greatly, and many Americans have lost jobs to productions that have gone overseas.
Stay with us. We've got all the news you need to start your day. President Trump is hosting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House today.
Yes, the meeting comes as Trump has repeatedly offended the longtime ally and trading partner with tariffs that hit Canada hard and musings about somehow making Canada into the 51st state. Here's Trump in an interview with NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday.
If Canada was a state, It wouldn't cost us. It would be great. It would be such a great, it would be a cherished state.
When asked if he'll bring up the idea with Carney, Trump said he will always bring it up. So it could be an interesting meeting.
NPR White House correspondent Deepa Shivaram joins us now with more. So Trump's choice of words and his policies have played a role in Canada's election. So what has Carney been saying about the Trump in the U.S. ?
Hey, yeah. So the thing to keep in mind about Carney is that he won this election running with an anti-Trump message. Canadians were voting as Trump was ramping up his tariff war, and Canada's economy is highly dependent on exports to the U.S. Trump doesn't like that Canada sells more than it buys. And like you heard in that NBC interview, that clip you just played, Trump continues to say he wants to make Canada into America's 51st state. So The election there was seen as a referendum against Trump. Carney has a background in banking and has never held an elected position before. And he ran with the argument that Canada needs to forge its own path and be less reliant on the U.S.
Yeah, so Carney hasn't been really shying away from Trump's rhetoric at all.
Yeah, exactly. I mean, here's what Carney said on election night.
America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country. Never. But these are not, these are not idle threats. President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us.
It's typical for new Canadian prime ministers to make their first foreign trip to the U.S., but Carney instead chose to go to Europe, and that sends a certain message.
Sounds like it might. Given the contentious climate, then how is this meeting supposed to go?
So I talked to Asa McKercher. He's a professor of public policy at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. And he says Carney has to play this balancing act, right, of standing up for Canada, but also not irking Trump, which is kind of tricky. But he says Carney could have a less conflicted relationship with Trump compared to his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, who Trump often mocked.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is President Trump's executive order about NPR?
0:00–0:54
2
Who is Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney?
0:54–5:33
3
What are the implications of the abortion medication lawsuit?
5:33–6:40
4
How are film tariffs affecting the industry?
6:40
5
What was the result of Carney's election campaign?
3:11–4:47
6
How is the relationship between Canada and the U.S. evolving?
4:47
7
What is the significance of the upcoming Trump-Carney meeting?
3:38–13:01
Speakers
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