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The new Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, with members of his government behind him, speaks during a press conference after oath ceremonies for the new Canadian government in Ottawa, Ontario, March 14, 2025.
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CanadaThe new prime minister, shortly after sworning on Friday, quickly rebuked the president Donald Trump On the idea that the northern neighborhood of the United States would become its 51st State.
“I have been clear. The ministers behind me, I think, for an individual, when asked, they have been clear,” Prime Minister Mark Carney He told reporters in Ottawa.
“Never, in form or form, we will never be part of the USA“Said Carney.
“The United States is not Canada,” said Prime Minister, who is a member of the Liberal Party and former head of both Canada Bank and the Bank of England.
Carney also answered a question about the Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, who on early Friday had said that Canada would be better as the State of the United States.
“It’s crazy,” said Carney. “It’s crazy. It’s very simple. That’s all you can say.”
But Carney also said he hopes to talk to Trump, adding: “We respect the United States. We respect President Trump.”
Carney’s comments arrived after weeks of Trump’s suggestions that Canada, which is the best ally of the United States and the commercial partner, would be absorbed by the United States, and while the president imposes rigid duty In the neighboring country.
Thursday, The outgoing prime minister of Greenland Rejectedly rejected Trump’s call that his country, which is a Denmark territory, became the property of the United States.
“The president of the United States has once again issued the idea of annexing us,” wrote Greenland Prime Minister, Mute Egede, in a Facebook post when he requested a meeting of the leaders of the Nation’s political party to address Trump’s argument.
“Don’t keep dealing with disrespect. It’s enough,” Egede wrote.
The Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, speaks during a press conference after an oath ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ontario, March 14, 2025.
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In comments to the journalists on Friday, Carney said: “We are teachers in our house. We are in charge. You know?”
“It’s always good when people say good things about you, but we don’t need it. We’re not looking for it,” he said.
“Look at the cabinet behind me. You wouldn’t have that cabinet in the United States,” said Carney. “You don’t have that cabinet in the United States. We are a very fundamentally different country.”
The prime minister said “the nature of Canada means that we will not join the United States
“The economy means we shouldn’t,” said Carney. “What will see this government focuses on building here at home, building with different partners abroad. And that will reinforce the point.”
“It’s good, we are doing it for our own reasons, to be clear. For our own people, for high paid jobs,” said Carney. “But eventually the truth will come out, and Americans will also understand.”
Since he went back into the White House for his second non -consecutive mandate, Trump has repeatedly argued to take care of Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal.
At the beginning of February, he said that the United States “will take over the strip of Gaza” and “we will possess it.”
Israel and the Militant Group Hamas have been at War in Gaza since October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel.
Trump said in February that all Palestinians living in Gaza should be relocated to other countries in the Middle East, while the United States develops the territory.
That idea has been flatly rejected by Arab countries.
