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Trump says ‘we just want to be friends’ as Canada PM torpedoes 51st state idea
Mark Carney said country was ‘not for sale’ in much anticipated summit between leaders at White HouseFive takeaways from Carney-Trump meetingUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has said he “just want[s] to be friends with Canada” after his first post-election meeting with the country’s prime minister, Mark Carney – who used the gathering to shoot down any prospect of his country becoming the 51st state.Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump praised Carney – whose Liberal party won the federal election last week – for one of the “greatest political comebacks of all time”, and described the prime minister’s visit as “an honour” for the White House. Continue reading...

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