Toronto (Canada), May 7 (EFE) .- Canada breathed with relief this Wednesday for the result of the match in Washington between Donald Trump and Mark Carney, especially after the White House published a video in which the US president praises prime minister.
In the 35 -second video, that some Canadian commentators have compared with the “trailer of a Netflix series,” Trump points out that it was a “great honor” on Tuesday to Carney in the Oval Office and that “Canada chose a great leader” in the April 28 elections.
The audiovisual assembly collects images of the encounter and also the words of Carney, which described Trump as “a transformative president” and in which he expressed his desire that Canada and the US work together.
The video published by the White House on its YouTube account confirms the initial impressions that the expected meeting was a good start to the relationship between the two leaders.
The newspaper The Globe and Mail, the most influential in Canada, said Wednesday that “Trump seemed pleased with the relationship and quite personally impressed with Carney. They are good signals for Canada.”
And The Toronto Star, the one with the most thrown in the country, collected the conclusion of the British newspaper The Independent: “Mark Carney conversations in the Oval Office were a model for the United Kingdom on how to deal with Trump.”
-The meeting was preceded by months of tensions by Trump’s statements about the annexation of Canada, the attacks on the predecessor of Carney, Justin Trudeau, and the imposition of tariffs.
According to a senior Canadian official to Canadian Public Radio (CBC), during the work meal that the two leaders maintained on Tuesday, they focused on international current issues, from Ukraine to the situation in the Gaza Strip.
The fact that Trump asked Carney for his opinion on key issues for his foreign policy is contemplated by the Canadian government as “an encouraging signal” that the president respects the Canadian leader, the source said.
Trump and Carney also talked about fentanyl traffic and drug cartels. In this chapter Stephen Miller, one of the main advisors of the US president intervened.
For its part, Carney transmitted to Trump that Canada will require the US to eliminate the tariffs that have imposed on Canadian exports to reach a new bilateral commercial agreement. The Canadian Prime Minister also asked him to cease to insist on his idea of annexing Canada.
(C) EFE Agency
