00:02:00.100Trump confirmed that he invited Carney to the White House saying that the visit would happen within a week.
00:02:21.240In an interview Trump gave to The Atlantic published on Election Day, Trump remarked that the Conservatives held a 25-point lead in the polls until he was re-elected and flipped Canada's opinion environment with his on-and-off tariffs and comments about making Canada the 51st state.
00:02:41.380Trump had previously suggested in an interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham that he did not care if the Conservatives lost in the Canadian election, saying it is easier to deal with the Liberals.
00:02:57.980The Conservative that is running is stupidly no friend of mine.
00:03:02.620I don't know him, but he said negative things.
00:03:05.860When he says negative things, I couldn't care less.
00:03:08.640Carney also spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron, who congratulated him on his election victory and promised to deepen the defense and commercial ties with each country.
00:03:21.660So, Clayton, U.S. President Donald Trump has obviously come out of this brazen and he is ready to engage with the Canadian government.
00:03:31.820Does Trump have the upper hand here as Prime Minister Mark Carney faces a minority government?
00:03:38.960Well, of course, Donald Trump has already noted that Carney won a minority government and that the country was split 50-50, which he could use and already is kind of to discredit the mandate or the lack thereof that Carney actually has from Canadians.
00:03:54.420But from Trump's perspective, he has the upper hand, because if Carney fails to strike a favorable deal with the U.S., Trump can tell the businesses in America who are upset about the tariffs that it's the Canadians who are being difficult and not him.
00:04:09.180At the heart of Trump's tariffs is a desire to manufacture more in America.
00:04:14.340So, whether he gets a free trade deal with Carney's liberal government or not, the result will be a net positive for America.
00:04:22.140Now, Carney vowed many policies which were first brought up by Conservative leader Pierre Polyev, like trading with new partners and lifting provincial trade barriers.
00:04:31.320So, if Carney can manage to deliver on those promises, it's possible that eventually Canada could be in a position where it isn't impacted by the tariffs either, though that's not a likely position for Canada to be in over the next few years.
00:04:47.040Canada relies on exports to the U.S. more than the other way around, so the tariff war always disproportionately impacted Canadians.
00:04:56.180Carney also vowed to impose border adjustment measures, or as the Canadian Taxpayers Federation calls them, carbon tariffs, on any country's imports that don't have carbon pricing.
00:05:09.980So, Trump is almost certainly going to seize on this, saying how can the Canadians complain about his tariffs when Canada imposes their own unrelated tariffs against countries such as the U.S.?
00:05:21.400It's likely that at least one of Carney's campaign slogans is true, and that the U.S.-Canada relationship will never be the same now that the Liberals secured a fourth term in power.
00:05:37.820While announcing he would advocate for bail reform and a tough-on-crime approach from courts and the federal government, Ontario Premier Doug Ford attacked federal Conservative leader Pierre Polyev again.
00:05:50.080During a Wednesday press conference, Ford was asked why he didn't publicly support Polyev since he's announcing a commitment to the same policies Conservatives ran on during the election.
00:06:02.560I shouldn't interfere in the federal election. Last time I checked, Pierre Polyev never came out in our election.
00:06:09.280Matter of fact, he or one of his lieutenants told every one of his members, don't you dare go out and help the PCs.
00:06:16.640This comes after newly elected Conservative MP Jamil Giovanni criticized Ford during the election, having won in his Bowmanville, Oshawa North riding in Ontario.
00:06:27.580Giovanni unleashed on Ford, saying he, quote,
00:06:30.900sabotaged the Conservative campaign and acted as a, quote, hype man for the Liberal Party.
00:06:36.880Giovanni referenced comments made by Ford's campaign manager, Corey Taniki,
00:06:40.700which Ford echoed in the middle of the election, saying Polyev had blown a 20-point advantage over the Liberals and that his campaign was mismanaged.
00:06:50.720Giovanni said the federal Conservatives stayed out of Ford's campaign, out of respect,
00:06:55.640and Ford should have done the same rather than sharing negative opinions about the Conservatives and meeting with Liberal leaders.