OVAL OFFICE: Does Canada’s PM Even Know That Trump Just Dog-Walked Him?

For all the accolades lib voters in Canada may cite, Prime Minister Carney has spent his life as a piece in someone else’s machine. Trump, meanwhile, forged his own success in real estate, television and politics.

If Carney thought he was going to the Oval Office to put Trump in his place, he was sorely mistaken.

The best he could do is repeat ‘the not for sale’ line he was probably rehearsing in a mirror.

But let’s look at the interaction.

Opens with talking up his renos to the Oval Office, pivots (:45) to the standard pleasantries, congratulating him on his win, giving praise about specific accomplishments (the debate) to make him feel appreciated/at ease, then he sets up the expectations for and scope of the meeting itself, beginning with common ground. Gave us an update on the Houthis supposedly saying they were crying ‘uncle’.

Now, for all the ‘Trump is a no good liar who will tell anyone anything he thinks they want to hear’ critics, what have you got to say about Prime Minister Carney buttering Trump’s biscuits in the Oval Office after an entire campaign predicated on ‘Elbows Up’.

And if you want to know what is meant by ‘Elbows Up’, it’s talking about dirty hockey.

Like this hit that had those same ‘Elbows Up’ voters absolutely incensed in Game One this week.

Stolarz was pulled after this collision with Bennett https://t.co/Xns4P1VzVd pic.twitter.com/CxWuBJlFW6

— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) May 6, 2025

Did the guy who was going to save Canada from Orange Man Bad come in full of piss and vinegar and tell him what for? Because that’s what he campaigned on.

Skipping to the 3 minute mark, Trump gives him the floor.

Thanks Trump for hospitality. Calls him a transformational President. Economy. Relentless focus on the American worker. Securing the border. Fentanyl.

Look at me, we have the same priorites.

That’s weird. Wasn’t so long ago that Canada was very different from America, and Trump does NOT represent the values of the ordinary Canadian. Or was that just empty campaign prattle for the easily deceived?

Developing the Arctic. Not a topic we’ve heard discussed much, but it ties in with the security reasons that Greenland is so interesting to Trump. NORAD for any hypothetical inbound hypersonic missiles, not to mention the sea lanes in the North and various in-demand resources.

Trade comes up about 4:40. NAFTA. Trump talks about Carney’s ascension to leadership, (5:20) and the successful campaign, including his debate performance (5:40).

Assurance that we’ll be friends with Canada (6:04) And then, at 7:00 he’s asked about the 51st state.

He’s still interested, but he’s not pushing. It takes two. What he does instead, is classic salesmanship. He starts painting pictures of ‘what might be’. An image of lower taxes, greater opportunity, health care, while chipping away at the objections to the sale. Comparing the border to an arbitrary straight line drawn with a ruler, not even following natural geographic features or other common-sense natural division points.

Not a ruler, but close enough. It’s literally a latitudinal line that defines most of the shared border. (The 49th Parallel, to be precise.)

In this meeting, Trump is vision-casting the very thing Carney was elected to prevent. His election included claims that the conservatives were too friendly with Trump and would ‘give away the store’ so to speak. You can see how uncomfortable Mark is at this point in the conversation.

Oh how the turn tables.

Carney had his chance to to give his response. Ironically, it was a (in the strict sense) ‘conservative’ response in that it defended the status quo without appealing to any positive future. Some things are not for sale. He invoked Buckingham, the Oval Office, and Canada.

Trump’s painting visions of the future and Carney (a WEF progressive) is appealing to tradition and history. And what is the framing of his next answer? “Never say never. I’ve had many many things that were not doable…”

They move on to other business matters, but the topic of Canada/US trade comes up again a little later.

Trump takes a direct shot at Trudeau’s trade minister (Freeland) who was a terrible person… using her as a reminder of how Trump reacts to people who he thinks are trying to ‘game’ the system.