U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney faced off in the Oval Office on Tuesday and showed no signs of retreating from their gaping differences in an ongoing trade war that has shattered decades of trust between the two countries. The two kept it civil, but as for Trump’s calls to make Canada the 51st state, Carney insisted his nation was “not for sale” and Trump shot back, “time will tell.” For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the Carney-Trump faceoff in the Oval Office, FRANCE 24’s François Picard welcomes our International Affairs Editor Douglas Herbert and guest expert Genevieve Tellier, Full Professor, Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa.
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