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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.”

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[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 15 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

Carney does like that word a lot, although not nearly as much as "if I may"

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 61 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

"If I may" is Canadian english for "please be quiet, I haven't finished speaking".

[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 23 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Agreed. It’s called “manners” and “diplomacy”. Something Trump knows nothing about.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 5 points 13 hours ago

Or shut your fucking orange pie hole I’m speaking right now.

[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 4 points 12 hours ago

Not just Canadian. Just really good manners. Something Trump doesn’t know anything about.

[–] Kaput@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Or in American "shut the fuck up Donnie"

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 30 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 11 points 19 hours ago

may overuse turns-of-phrase

Sorry. If I may, I suspect the listener may need repetition to be comfortable in the conversation, since it will re-use words he's already figured out.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 4 points 19 hours ago

New deal, Canada becomes part of the US but we just let them be in charge and abandon our clearly failed political system

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

So much better than Trump's mouth diarrhea

[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 3 points 12 hours ago

“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.