Jonathan Kearsley: US correspondent on Donald Trump's recent meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney

Locking down a new trade deal is front of mind for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney as he met for talks with US President Donald Trump. 

Negotiations have been ongoing since August, when Trump imposed 35 percent tariffs on Canadian goods. 

Canada remains the only G7 country without a deal - something Trump attributes to a 'natural conflict' stemming from their proximity.

US correspondent Jonathan Kearsley says this meeting appeared to be a positive one, when compared to their previous discussion. 

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
International Correspondence with ends and eye insurance, peace of mind
for New Zealand business. Jonathan cares the US correspondence, But
that's hello, Jonathan, Hea.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
They are always good to talk to you and the listeners.

Speaker 1 (00:12):
Jonathan, What did you take away from the Trump CARTI meeting.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
Yeah, I think an extraordinary change of attitude. Realistically, this
looked like two men who were very comfortable in each
other's company. It was all very positive, It was all
very light. Gone was the sort of serious, semi serious
talk from the American President about Canada becoming the fifty
first state. There was one brief joke mentioned you played
that he wanted to be a great man too comment.

(00:36):
It was all relatively jovial. I mean, the toughest material
came when Donald Trump was actually asked domestic questions about
the government shutdown and issues along that line. Between the
two of them, well, it seemed to be quite warm,
quite cozy, and I think, you know, you've got Australia's
Prime minister heading over for his first meeting with the
American President in a couple of weeks time. It might
start to set a better tone for how this American

(00:59):
president is going to start treating more traditional American allies.
But this is Donald Trump, so watch this space. But
certainly a much warmer tone between Donald Trump and McCartney today.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
How's Chicago feeling, Yeah, I think.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
Chicago's pretty much going to be on edge. And there's
another two hundred National Guard I've been sent in from
Texas who finally made their way into Illinois. They were
flown in last night, made their way into a military
training facility this morning. They are now on the ground
in Chicago. The key issue now is going to be
how this city responds over the next forty eight hours,
because they've been told unless they can seriously get a

(01:35):
hold on crime in Illinois, and already we've seen the
state there try and sue the Trump administration and stop
this move from happening. They haven't been successful. The Texas
National Guard is going in and you could well see
protests kick up again outside immigration facilities over the course
of the next forty eight hours. And then you go
keep an eye on Portland too. I mean Donald Trump's

(01:56):
had efforts blocked there to try and get the National
Guard in. Christy nome Is Homeland Security Secretary tonight was
saying that she's prepared to send more enforcement Immigration enforcement
agents in to surround the building. So this is a
real measure of force from the Trump administration and they
need to watch this base closely. They are democratic cities
and things could heat up there. Now.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
Are you as surprised as I was to see Tayte
having to go on the late night TV and howker wares?

Speaker 2 (02:24):
You wouldn't have thought that somebody with as many Instagram
followers and the large bank account as she has really
needs to do that in order to sell an album.
But clearly she wants to get out and try and
push herself to a fan. She went on the Graham
Norton Show in the United Kingdom. It is Seth Myers tonight.
It was Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight Show last night
in an extraordinary, relatively open interview. If you like her,

(02:46):
I suppose a lot of what she's saying now is
largely repetitive. She's talking a lot about the engagement I
love for Travis Kelsey, how she's never been happier in
her entire existence, but very much pushing her wares on
this album. I think it's a very interesting strategy. Clearly
she must think that her fans want to see her
and want to hear from her other than just Instagram
posts and the album itself, so she's certainly making this

(03:08):
a very very public push, even talking about supposed speculation
that was around that she had rejected a deal to
sing at the Super Bowl because of a dispute over
the ownership of the television footage, essentially saying, look, it's
not a no, it's just a no now because she's
more interested in watching a fiance play American football. So

(03:28):
it's a watch this space on that front. But yeah,
I think you're right. I think it's very interesting that
you've got the world's biggest pop star doing the late
night TV rounds pushing this album as much as she is.

Speaker 1 (03:37):
I know you're a big swifty. Are you enjoying the album?

Speaker 2 (03:40):
I know you're a big Swifty too. I think it's
last week off to go and listen to it as well.
I think we were exchanging mental messages over the course
of the Pacific Ocean on our feedback on the album.
I had listened to it last week. Look, it's interesting.
I think there's a few songs there that even the
Swiss might think, oh maybe this one not so keen

(04:02):
on certainly some of the die hard Swifties. I've spoken
to her a little bit up in arms about a
few of them, but she clearly has her eyes set
on trying to make something a little bit different. There's
a bit of a hark back to some of her
older stuff, and she's a little bit racier with some
of the newest stuff, particularly songs that are supposedly around
Travis Kelcey. But hey, look she seems happy. And who

(04:22):
can deny love? Who can deny happiness? More happiness we
have in the world, I think the better the post.

Speaker 1 (04:28):
Oh You make Me suck? Jonathan, thank you very much,
appreciate it and enjoy the album. Jonathan Kursley, US correspondent.
I was asking Jonathan because the spin off, they've got
two of their senior journalists, Lyric and Alex, who are
trying to figure out why is that Taylor Swift's new
album kind of sucks, And it's because she sounds so
bitter apparently so not everybody loves it. For more from

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