Mark Carney Arrives in Washington D.C.
Down N' Dirty on the Hill:
President Trump's chat with Canadian PM Mark Carney's just around the corner, and dude Howard Lutnick, Trump's Secretary of Commerce, is all hyped up! "It's gonna be a wild one," Lutnick laughed on Monday, ahead of the North-South summit slap-bang in the midst of a trade war.
On Twitter, the Canadian premier himself, Mark Carney, penned down, "Off to Washington DC, ready for some talks with Prez Trump tomorrow. Canada needs to band together with the U.S., and as PM, it's my job to dig in and make things happen."
Carney's posse announced that he'd be discussing a range of topics, hoping to keep it civil and productive. The Canadians, after all, elected the guy to stand up to America's big bad leader and his threats.
Trump, though, seemed unsure of the reason behind the friendly neighbor's visit. "Don't know what souvenir he's bringin', but I reckon he's on a mission for a deal," he said in the same office where Carney will sit down on Tuesday.
The Old Man Trump also reminisced about China, "Which is getting whupped real good."
Carney's delegation consisted of Ministers Melanie Joly (Foreign Affairs), Dominic LeBlanc (Trade), and David McGuinty (Public Safety). The "fentanyl tamer," Kevin Brosseau, and the national security and intelligence advisor, Nathalie G. Drouin, were along for the ride on the government plane that touched down at Andrews Air Force Base.
"Socialist nightmare," eh?
On a Fox News set, Lutnick, wearing a Cheshire Cat grin, painted a picture of what'd happen in the Oval Office. "I bet it'll be an interesting meeting. Can't wait to lend my ears." He was talkin' about the bilateral meet-up scheduled for tomorrow.
He also praised Trump for finding a new front in the trade war, aimin' to target the film industry.
"They've got their socialist mess up there... President Trump's been speakin' against it for ages. Why the hell we make cars in Canada? Why we make our movies in Canada? Weird, huh?" he yelled.
BQ's making a fuss, Cons support
If Trump pulls the trigger on his latest threat to Canada's film industry, the BQ fears disaster for hundreds of tech folks. The party's pressin' Carney to invoke the cultural exception guaranteed in the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement, or CUSMA, which lets Canada protect key cultural sectors.
In Conservative land, MP Pierre Paul-Hus claimed they all wanted success. "Truth be told, we hope it'll work," he admitted in a phone chat, even though most observers didn't expect the tariffs to go away.
"We'll steer clear of politics, and if Tuesday turns out to be a winner for Canada, who can argue against that?" the official clarified.
All parties, however, harshly criticized Trump's annexationist intentions—things he'd always brag about in an NBC interview.
During the interview on Meet the Press, the American leader seemed unimpressed by Carney's victory. "Sure, he won—a mere whisker of a win, no clear majority. That'll make life tough for him to manage, I reckon."
Trump also hinted at his influence on the Canadian election game. "Guess I changed the dynamics of the Canadian election, didn't I? It became a real close fight; I kinda helped the libs, I guess."
In the realm of politics and policy-and-legislation, Secretary Howard Lutnick expressed his anticipation for the upcoming meeting between President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, highlighting potential discussions about French-Canadian cinema as a part of the war-and-conflicts over trade. Additionally, the BQ party in Canada is advocating for policy changes to protect cultural sectors in response to potential tariffs and annexationist intentions from President Trump, echoing the general-news focus on this ongoing global trade issue.
