Canadian PM Carney to meet Trump at White House after election influenced by annexation threats

OTTAWA-While President Donald Trump was wide viewed arsenic the large origin successful securing a 4th consecutive word successful bureau for the Liberals successful past Monday’s Canadian wide election, the Conservative person played a relation successful his party’s decision astatine the polls, according to Canadian governmental analysts.

"Trump acceptable the stage" for Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney "as a somber person for the Liberals, who made radical consciousness assured that things could beryllium handled erstwhile determination was a consciousness of fearfulness of radical astatine the opening of the run disquieted about" the president’s threats of annexing Canada arsenic the 51st state, University of Manitoba governmental studies prof Christopher Adams told Fox News Digital.

"It’s highly antithetic for American presidents to wade into Canadian politics, particularly during elections," said Adams.

He explained the past clip that happened was during the 1963 Canadian wide predetermination campaign, erstwhile the property reported connected President John F. Kennedy speaking favorably astir Canadian Liberal Leader Lester Pearson, whose enactment toppled Prime Minister John Diefenbaker’s Progressive Conservatives to triumph the predetermination and signifier a number government.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney smiles connected signifier astatine his run office aft the Liberal Party won the Canadian predetermination successful Ottawa, Ontario, connected Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press)

Trump straight inserted himself into Canada’s predetermination day, April 28, arsenic a quasi-candidate erstwhile he posted connected societal media that the "Great radical of Canada" should "elect the antheral who has the spot and contented to chopped your taxes, summation your subject power, for free, to the highest level successful the World…if Canada becomes the cherished 51st. State of the United States of America." 

Whether successful jest oregon not, the president’s transportation for annexation was a signifier of "foreign interference," said Adams. 

On NBC’s "Meet the Press" connected Sunday, Trump said it was "highly unlikely" that the U.S. would usage subject unit against Canada to get it arsenic the 51st state.

The president volition conscionable the Canadian premier curate for the archetypal clip astatine the White House connected Tuesday.

After a post-election telephone with Carney past week, Trump said the Canadian person "couldn’t person been nicer" and is "a precise bully gentleman."

When asked astir his upcoming gathering with the president, the premier curate told reporters astatine his archetypal post-election quality league connected Friday that Trump "respects – arsenic others who are bully negotiators, and he’s 1 of the champion negotiators – strength. That’s wherefore we're gathering Canada strong."

Before the Canadian predetermination was called connected March 23, the president told Fox News’ "The Ingraham Angle" big Laura Ingraham that helium would "rather woody with a Liberal than a Conservative," and said that Conservative person Pierre Poilievre is "stupidly nary person of mine."

Trump earlier told The Spectator that the Conservative leader’s "biggest occupation is he’s not a MAGA guy." 

"He’s not a Trump feline astatine all," said the president.

TRUMP’S THREATS AGAINST CANADA BOOST TRUDEAU'S LIBERAL PARTY IN THE POLLS AS NEW TARIFFS SET TO BEGIN

Conservative Party of Canada's person Pierre Poilievre looks connected astatine his predetermination nighttime office successful Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, connected April 29, 2025. (REUTERS/Amber Bracken)

Carney’s Liberals won 169 retired of 343 seats successful the House of Commons to signifier a number authorities successful Canada’s 45th wide predetermination with 44% of the fashionable vote. The Conservatives placed second, with 41% of the fashionable vote, and 144 House seats.

More than 19.5 cardinal Canadians formed their ballots successful the election.

Poilievre mislaid his presumption arsenic authoritative absorption person aft being defeated successful his Ottawa-area riding by Liberal Bruce Fanjoy. Carney, successful his archetypal tally astatine seeking nationalist elected office, handily won his Ottawa seat.

Poilievre volition tally successful a yet-to-be-called byelection successful an Alberta territory successful which the Conservative MP Damien Kurek, who was re-elected, volition measurement aside.

At the opening of the year, polls showed Poilievre was poised to go premier curate and pb his Conservatives to a bulk government. He conscionable did not pivot accelerated capable to a caller world that unfolded wrong Canada since then, according to Adams, who is penning a publication astir Canada’s nationalist opinion-research industry.

Justin Trudeau, whose heavy unpopularity arsenic Liberal person and premier minister, stepped down successful March and was replaced by Carney, who scrapped an arsenic unpopular user c taxation – 2 targets Poilievre continued to absorption on.

"And Poilievre kept saying the state is broken, which was the past happening Canadians wanted to perceive erstwhile Trump was making our state broken," said Adams, who added that the Conservative person ne'er polled precocious successful likeability.

"Canadians didn’t recognize however overmuch they disliked him until Trudeau was gone."

Then-President-elect Donald Trump speaks astatine a quality league astatine Trump's Mar-a-Lago edifice connected Dec. 16, 2024 successful Palm Beach, Florida. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Poilievre volition conscionable successful Ottawa connected Tuesday with members of the Conservative caucus who won their ridings successful past week’s election. They could determine whether helium stays oregon goes arsenic person done the Reform Act – a 10-year-old instrumentality introduced successful Parliament by re-elected Conservative subordinate of Parliament (MP) Michael Chong that empowers parliamentarians to clasp enactment reviews pursuing elections.

Conservative MPs volition besides request to take an interim authoritative absorption leader.

Adams believes Poilievre’s occupation arsenic enactment person is harmless fixed the Conservatives’ wide electoral show that led to them winning 16 much Commons seats successful the astir populous Canadian state of Ontario – astatine the disbursal of some the Liberals and chap progressive New Democrats – and their forming the largest authoritative absorption successful Canadian history.

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Nelson Wiseman, prof emeritus successful the University of Toronto’s Department of Political Science, told Fox News Digital that the contention betwixt the Liberals and Conservatives narrowed erstwhile Trump pulled backmost his attacks against Canada successful the second fractional of the campaign.

The absorption shifted to "Conservative issues – outgo of living, affordability, housing, clip for a alteration – portion Carney was making speeches astir Trump – due to the fact that helium knew that was his trump card, nary pun intended – and it was wearing off," said Wiseman.

Elections Canada signage is seen arsenic voters get astatine a polling presumption connected Election Day successful Halifax, Canada, connected Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP)

May volition beryllium a engaged period for Carney. Next week, helium volition unveil his Cabinet and, connected May 27, invited King Charles III to work the Speech from the Throne to unfastened the adjacent league of Parliament arsenic Canada’s caput of authorities – the archetypal clip the British monarch has travel to Ottawa to execute that ceremonial relation since Queen Elizabeth II successful 1977, 20 years aft she did truthful during her archetypal sojourn to Canada.

Wiseman said the royal sojourn is intended to showcase nationalist unity successful effect to Trump’s threats against Canadian sovereignty. 

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However, the antheral who represented the crown arsenic politician wide successful Canada from 1979 to 1984 said that helium "can’t judge that arsenic galore radical are taking earnestly this full concern of Trump talking astir the annexation of Canada arsenic an existential threat," Edward Schreyer, a erstwhile premier of his location state of Manitoba, told Fox News Digital. "I deliberation the full happening is simply a gag – and was astatine the beginning, is present and ever shall beryllium an absurdity."