‘Maybe they’ll shoot you’: PM tells humorous story about Trump gifting him a key to the White House
Carney used the anecdote to underscore strained Canada-U.S. ties as he pitched Canada to investors seeking billions in new capital.
- At the Canada Investment Summit on Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney recounted receiving a gold key to the White House from President Donald Trump during a fireside chat.
- Deborah K. Orida, President and CEO of Public Sector Pension Investment Board, asked Carney about 'two keys' he had mentioned, prompting him to contrast the Trump gift with a key to his hometown, Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.
- The President warned "maybe they'll shoot you" regarding the key, an exchange Carney remarked "sort of sums up" the Canada-US relationship.
- Amid high tensions, Washington imposed 50 per cent tariffs on approximately $20 billion in Canadian goods, while Ottawa implemented dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on $27.6 billion worth of American goods as of Sept. 8.
- The Canada Investment Summit aims to attract $1 trillion in capital over five years, with former Prime Minister Stephen Harper scheduled to provide closing remarks on Tuesday concluding the event.
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney recalled this Tuesday a joke made to him by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, that the Secret Service could shoot him if he tried to enter the White House using an honorary key that the Republican had just given him.Carney told the anecdote during the Canadian Investment Summit, which is held in Toronto at a time of friction between the two neighbors, after being asked about that key that he ke…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney described his relationship with US President Donald Trump, recalling what he said to him when he gave him the "golden key" The post Trump gave Carney a "key" to the White House, but "he might get shot" if he uses it appeared first on in.gr.
'Maybe they'll shoot you': Carney recalls Trump's joke about White House key gift
As tensions remain high between the U.S. and Canada amid a contentious trade war, Prime Minister Mark Carney summed up the currently fraught relationship between Canada and the U.S. in a lighthearted moment during a fireside chat at the Canada Investment Summit on Tuesday. Hosting the chat, Deborah K. Orida, President and CEO of Public […]
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney joked on Tuesday about Donald Trump's gift: a gold key to his free return to the White House... unless security decided to shoot him.
"Yes, it's a White House key, you'll have it with you and they'll let you in but they might throw it at you," the US president had told the Canadian prime minister - "That kind of sums up our relationship," Carney said with a laugh.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney joked on Tuesday about Donald Trump's gift
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