Newly cast Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney defiantly rejected any notion that Canada will become the 51st state in the United States due to tensions in a full-scale trade war between neighbors.
Carney spoke to reporters after being sworn in on Friday, shooting down bold and controversial ideas President Donald Trumpcalling this idea “crazy”.
“We will never be part of America in any way,” Carney said.
He said that Canada is sovereign with its own values and traditions and that Trump needs to show more respect to the country.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has the idea of Canada becoming the 51st state in the U.S. amid tensions over escalating trade war between neighboring countries. (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg, left, Adrian Wyld/Canadian Media via AP, right.)
When asked about Secretary of State Marco Rubio, he told reporters that Trump’s position is that Canada is best to join the United States, and Carney said Rubio’s views were crazy.
“It’s crazy,” Carney said. “His point of view is crazy. That’s it.”
Trump said the annexation of Canada would prevent the country from receiving penalties for trade tariffs. Trump claims that the United States subsidizes Canada every year, and the United States begins to impose 25% tariff on goods Last week came from Canada and Mexico.
Two days later Trump suspends 25% tariffs Of most of the goods in Canada and Mexico, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) covers one month. Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum and threatened a comprehensive tariff on all Canadian products on April 2.
Trump has long said Canada and Mexico – also failed to do enough to prevent Illegal immigration and drugs, especially fentanyl, enter the United States
Carney said he did not plan to meet President Trump immediately, but looked forward to doing so. He also talked about Trump’s concern for Canada.
Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed supporters in Ottawa, Ontario on March 9, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Media via AP)
“We respect President Trump,” Carney said. “President Trump puts some very important issues at the top of his agenda. Understanding his agenda is to understand the importance of addressing the scourge of fentanyl, which is a challenge in Canada and the United States.
“And I’m going to say that the measures taken in Canada and Mexico (and the United States) in recent weeks mean we are making huge progress.”
Carney noted that he understands the importance of President Trump to American workers and American work.
“We want him and his government to understand the importance we have to Canadian workers and Canadian work,” Carney said.
“We will seek ways to work together so that the great economy achieves both goals, as we are doing.
Trump proposes merger idea to former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau According to Fox News, the two met in person when they met in Mar-a-Lago in late November. Trump also suggested annexation of Greenland.
Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with then-Trump in Mar-A-Lago on November 29, 2024, and Trump proposed the idea of a 51st country. (Justin Trudeau X)
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Carney is a former Goldman Sachs executive who worked in London, Tokyo, New York and Toronto for 13 years before being appointed as deputy governor of the Bank of Canada in 2003. Carney from 2008 to 2013, from 2013 to 2013 to 2020.
He has never been elected to office by Canadian voters, nor has he seated in parliament. Trudeau won the liberal leadership last week with 86% of the vote.
