- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told Donald Trump on Tuesday that his country will never be for sale, shutting down the U.S. president’s repeated calls to make Canada the 51st state.
“There are some places that are never for sale,” Carney said in the Oval Office.
Canada is “not for sale” and “won’t be for sale ever,” the prime minister said.
Trump replied: “Never say never.”
Carney does like that word a lot, although not nearly as much as “if I may”
“If I may” is Canadian english for “please be quiet, I haven’t finished speaking”.
Agreed. It’s called “manners” and “diplomacy”. Something Trump knows nothing about.
Or shut your fucking orange pie hole I’m speaking right now.
Not just Canadian. Just really good manners. Something Trump doesn’t know anything about.
Or in American “shut the fuck up Donnie”
Your country’s leader may overuse turns-of-phrase. Mine is destroying a lifetime of political capital and hurting millions both domestically and internationally.
I’d choose your leader over mine in a hot second.
New deal, Canada becomes part of the US but we just let them be in charge and abandon our clearly failed political system
So much better than Trump’s mouth diarrhea
“If I may” is a polite way to interject in a conversation. Carney does this, because he understands that’s how it’s done in normal political meetings. This, was not a normal political meeting. This was Trump going on and on and on. About the beautiful White House, and the gold, blah, blah blah.