Carney Preparing for ‘Difficult’ Discussions With Trump Ahead of First Meeting

News Analysis After winning an election campaign in which he repeatedly said the traditional relationship with the United States is “over,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will be at the White House this week to meet President Donald Trump. Trump has been complimentary of Carney both before and after his election win on April 28, calling him “very nice,” but Carney has said the discussions in the U.S. capital could be thorny. “I go there with the expectation of constructive, difficult, but constructive discussions,” Carney said on May 2 during a press conference in Ottawa. Carney was responding to questions from reporters on how he would avoid a similar situation to that of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his meeting with Trump in February. Zelenskyy had clashed with Trump and U.S. Vice President JD Vance in front of the cameras in the Oval Office during talks on the Russia-Ukraine war, leading to a temporary breakdown in relations....