Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Prime Minister Mark Carney must make sure not to get “bullied” in his first meeting with United States President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday.
Ford made the comments at an unrelated event on Monday, where he said he was confident in the prime minister ahead of his first trip to meet face-to-face with Trump after an election campaign focused on the president.
Carney departed for Washington, D.C., on Monday afternoon in preparation for Tuesday’s meeting, his first trip to the United States since he was elected to form a minority government in a race where he talked tough on Trump.
With the meeting looming, the president was dismissive and said he was “not sure what he wants to see me about.”
Ford said he wanted to make sure Carney didn’t get pushed around in the potentially key White House summit.
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“I just mentioned to him, don’t get bullied because …