President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met on Tuesday to speak about making a trade deal, among other issues facing the two countries.
After watching the interaction between the two world leaders, CNN anchor Dana Bash read between the lines.
“It was extremely cordial, really, almost throughout the entire thing. Then at the end, you did see and hear President Trump start to get and give more jabs. Talking about the fact that the United States doesn't need Canadian goods, doesn't need to have cars from Canada, and if you can see right there the body language from and by the Canadian Prime Minister, he was not happy, and then the president ended the session.”
Bash then brought in Senior White House Reporter Kevin Liptak and Correspondent Paula Newton to get their thoughts on the interaction.
“You hit it right on the head there,” Newton agreed. “The issue is here in terms of tone. Look, this was completely different, not just from what President Trump had been saying, really for months.”
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Newton additionally fact-checked Trump, saying, “Just fact-checking a couple of things in terms of the ripping off of Canada. It is true Canada gets a lot from the relationship with the United States, but Prime Minister Carney tried to interject there and say point blank, Canada is the largest purchaser of American goods. period. Full stop."
"That's why not too far from here on Capitol Hill. I know what you know all too well, there have been both Democratic and Republican politicians saying that to the White House loud and clear,” the correspondent said.
“If this president is sticking to what he thinks about these trade deals, he said okay, sure. We've got this trade deal with Canada and Mexico. We may renegotiate it. We may abandon the trade deal. He is leaving everything on the table and from that point of view, when you see Mark Carney there really trying to say what he could with the body language,” Newton said.
She later added that she believes Carney and Trump do respect each other.
Bash then turned it over to Liptak, who added, “You did note his body language. I was noting, particularly when the president was going after, he didn't name her. But Chrystia Freeland, the former finance minister, said that she was a terrible negotiator, talking about this experience, negotiating the USMCA.”
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