Trump and Canadas Carney hold high-stakes meeting [Video]

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney held highly anticipated talks with Donald Trump at the White House Tuesday amid tensions over the US president’s tariffs and threats of annexation.

Trump slammed Canada on Truth Social for effectively freeloading off the United States just minutes before greeting the recently reelected Carney outside the West Wing.

Liberal leader Carney, 60, won the Canadian election on a pledge to stand up to Trump, saying the United States would never “own us” and warning that ties between the North American neighbors could never be the same.

Republican Trump, 78, has sparked a major trade war with Canada with his tariffs while repeatedly making extraordinary calls for the key NATO ally and major trading partner to become the 51st US state.

Trump said ahead of Carney’s arrival that “I very much want to work with him” but pointed to a possibly tense meeting.

“Why is America …