U.S. President Donald Trump says he plans to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney “very shortly,” and remarked that the Liberal Party leader “hated Trump” less than Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.
“He’s a very nice gentleman, and he’s going to come to the White House very shortly, within the next week or less,” Trump said of Carney while speaking to reporters during a cabinet meeting on April 30.
The U.S. president said he has a “great relationship” with Carney, and that the former central banker called him on April 29 and asked to “make a deal.” According to a readout from the Prime Minister’s Office, Trump congratulated Carney during the call, the two agreed on the importance of Canada and the United States working together as “independent, sovereign nations,” and had agreed to meet in person….