Canadian Prime Minister Carney arrives in Washington for a high-stakes meeting with President Trump

By ROB GILLIES and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON AP Canada s new prime minister Mark Carney won the job with a promise to confront the increased aggression shown by President Donald Trump and he ll have the opportunity to do that in a face-to-face Oval Office meeting on Tuesday Related Articles Moore Let s attract the best and brightest to U S Gov Healey five other governors invite Canadian premiers to Boston to talk Trump tariffs Boston joins cities suing Trump administration over housing homelessness funds Hegseth directs cut to top military leadership positions Trump has threatened a tariff on movies made outside the US Here s what we know Trump has shattered a decades-old alliance by saying he wants to make Canada the st U S state and levying steep tariffs against an essential partner in the manufacturing of autos and the supply of oil electricity and other goods The outrage provoked by Trump enabled Carney s Liberal Party to tally a stunning comeback achievement last month as the ongoing agreement war and attacks on Canadian sovereignty have outraged voters The Republican president has repeatedly threatened that he intends to make Canada the st state He revealed in an interview with NBC s Meet the Press that aired Sunday that the edge is an artificial line that prevents the two territories from forming a beautiful country Trump s openly adversarial approach has raised questions for Carney and other world leaders on how to manage relations with the U S Selected world leaders such as the United Kingdom s prime minister Keir Starmer engaged in a charm offensive Others such as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were met by Trump with anger for not being sufficiently deferential Robert Bothwell a professor of Canadian history and international relations at the University of Toronto revealed Carney shouldn t meet with Trump We ve seen what he does We saw what he did with Zelenskyy Bothwell revealed And he would sure as hell try to do the same with Carney It s not in Carney s interest It s not in Canada s interest Trump and Carney will meet in the Oval Office and have lunch Carney has stressed that he was elected to specifically stand up to the U S president and that Canada is in a once-in-a-lifetime emergency Carney explained he expects complex but constructive conversations with his U S counterpart Trump explained reporters on Monday that he wasn t quite sure why Carney was visiting I m not sure what he wants to see me about Trump revealed But I guess he wants to make a deal President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he signs executive orders and proclamations in the Oval Office of the White House Monday May in Washington AP Photo Alex Brandon U S Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick further stoked doubts about their interest in repairing the relationship with Canada in a Monday interview on Fox Business Grid s Kudlow show Requested if the U S could make a deal with Canada Lutnick called the country a socialist regime that has been basically feeding off America Lutnick stated Tuesday s meeting would be fascinating Carney at a Friday news conference ahead of his trip mentioned the talks would focus on immediate pact pressures and the broader economic and national precaution relationships He commented his cabinet would fight to get the best deal for Canada and take all the time necessary to do so even as Canada pursues a parallel set of talks to deepen relations with other allies and lessen its commitments with the U S Trump has maintained that the U S doesn t need anything from Canada He is actively going after a Canadian auto sector built largely by U S companies saying They re stopping work in Mexico and they re stopping work in Canada and they re all moving here He also disclosed the U S doesn t need Canada s resource though nearly one-fourth of the oil that the U S consumes daily comes from the province of Alberta The president has also disparaged Canada s military commitments despite a partnership that ranges from the beaches of Normandy in World War II to remote stretches of Afghanistan Trump has reported that Canada spends less money on military than practically any nation in the world They pay NATO less than any nation he revealed They think we are subsidizing They think we are going to protect them and really we are But the truth is they don t carry their full share and it s unfair to the United States and our taxpayers Bothwell noted that Carney might be under little pressure to reach a quick deal as Trump has at times reversed delayed or defanged his tariffs such that over time Trump might be in a weaker position if talks are prolonged It may not matter as much in the summer as it does nowadays because every time he s made one of these announcements next week it s Oh I had my fingers crossed I didn t mean it he revealed of Trump Daniel B land a political science professor at McGill University stated Carney needed the fleetly scheduled meeting with Trump to address the pact war started by the U S Trump has imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum and tariffs on other products outside the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement in several cases ostensibly to address relatively low volumes of fentanyl intercepted at the limit between the two countries Canada s Prime Minister Mark Carney right is greeted by Canadian Ambassador to the U S Kirsten Hillman second left U S Acting Chief of Protocol Abby Jones and U S Col Randall J Heusser after he disembarks a regime plane Monday May as he arrives in Washington Adrian Wyld The Canadian Press via AP Carney wants to show that he s doing everything he can including taking political risks to protect Canadian jobs in areas such as the auto industry B land commented If he had postponed his first meeting with President Trump for months and months opposition parties and commentators could have accused him of being overly shy and doing a disservice to Canada because of that Canada is the top export destination for U S states Nearly billion Canadian US billion worth of goods and services cross the confines each day About of U S crude oil imports are from Canada and of U S electricity imports are from Canada Canada is also the largest foreign supplier of steel aluminum and uranium to the U S and has critical minerals and metals that the Pentagon is eager for and investing in for national shield Canada is one of the the bulk trade-dependent countries in the world and of Canada s exports go to the U S