Canada will ‘never’ be for sale, Carney tells Trump in first face-to-face meeting [Video]

Prime Minister Mark Carney told U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House that Canada will “never” be for sale, taking a swipe at antagonizing comments Trump has made about annexing Canada in recent months.

The two world leaders met Tuesday in their first face-to-face meeting to discuss U.S.-Canada relations in the midst of a trade war initiated by Trump shortly after he assumed office at the outset of the year.

When reporters questioned Trump in the Oval Office about his past comments about making Canada the next U.S. state, Trump adopted a starkly different tone and downplayed the suggestion.

Trump said “it takes two to tango,” but added it would be a “wonderful marriage if it could happen.”

Carney jumped in …