4 Embarrassing Times Trump Looked Like He Had No Idea What He Was Talking About During His Meeting With Canada

President Trump's relations with Canada person been making plentifulness of headlines lately. Yesterday, helium met with our bluish neighbor's caller Prime Minister, Mark Carney.

You mightiness person caught upwind of 1 oregon 2 of the not-so-shocking moments from the meeting, but determination were honestly excessively galore to support way of. So, without further ado, present are a fewer moments successful which Trump seemed to person perfectly zero hint astir Canada:

1. Starting disconnected beardown with erstwhile helium had nary thought however overmuch commercialized the US does with Canada:

"We are the largest lawsuit of the United States successful the totality of each the goods," Carney says.

This is true. According to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (an enforcement bureau of the President, BTW), successful 2024, "Canada was the apical destination for US exports and the third-largest root of US imports. Canada exported implicit three-quarters of its goods to the United States and imported astir fractional of its goods from the United States."

2. When Trump didn't cognize the meaning of the connection "concession":

A newsman asked Trump what the apical concession helium was seeking from Canada was. His response: "friendship." She told him that wasn't a concession, to which helium conscionable said "oh" and started rambling.

Mama, let's research... Merriam-Webster defines "concession" arsenic the enactment of giving thing up. The dictionary besides includes a sub-definition that mentions the assistance of onshore oregon property, truthful it seems similar a much close reply by Trump might've been "the full country" (ala the "51st state" happening helium conscionable won't springiness up).

3. When helium thought the record-breaking, Russian-born NHL subordinate Alex Ovechkin was Canadian:

Ovechkin, who does so play for the Washington, D.C. nonrecreational hockey team, the Washington Capitals, was calved successful Moscow. He broke Canadian erstwhile hockey pro Wayne Gretzky's NHL grounds for astir vocation goals with fig 895 aboriginal past month. I tried to fig retired however Trump might've confused his nationality, and each I recovered was a mates of satellite championships helium won in Canada...

4. And finally, erstwhile Trump shamelessly responded to the assertion that "Canada is not for sale" with the words "never accidental never":

Again, Trump refuses to fto spell of the US annexing Canada. Carney tells him that successful gathering with "the owners of Canada" — his constituents — passim his campaign, helium knows Canada "is not for sale" and ne'er volition be. He discusses the powerfulness of the concern betwixt the countries and mentions nationalist security. Trump responds that Canada has "stepped up" their military... and to "never accidental never."

Carney, of course, denies this to the crowd.

Canadians, Americans, oregon truly anyone, what bash you marque of each of this? Let maine cognize successful the comments.