Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on the meeting between Donald Trump and Mark Carney

The US President and Canadian Prime Minister have had some tough conversations today.  

Donald Trump and Mark Carney met at the White House and vowed to bring up tough points that are dividing their countries since Trump won office. 

On Trump's desire to make Canada America's 51st state, Carney stated the country is not for sale.  

US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking Donald Trump says the countries have a good relationship, and love each other. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Richard Donald is with us from the United States of America. Morning.
Mike seemed reasonably cordial to me.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Oh yeah, very polite, very very polite. However, bit of
tension underlying. And never say never, said Trump on this
question where the Canada could become the fifty first at state,
never said the newly elected Canadian PM Mike Conney, as
he sat in the White House Oval Office, now newly
redecorated with all of Trump's gold cups and goold sy
golden ornaments and bits and bobs. This was the first

(00:30):
meeting of the two leaders. And as you say, it
was polite enough as the tariff war ragers on, said
Cannie to Trump on the sovereignty question.

Speaker 3 (00:38):
As you know from real estate, there are some places
that are never for sale. We're sitting in one right now,
General Buckingham Ballace you visited as well, and having met
with the owners of Canada over the course of the
campaign last several months, it's not for sale. Won't be
for sale ever.

Speaker 2 (00:57):
Of course, Trump insisted on a last word on all
of this.

Speaker 4 (01:00):
I've had many, many things that were doable, and they
ended up being doable, and only doable in a very
friendly way. But if it's to everybody's benefit. You know,
Canada loves us, and we love Canada.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
Well, that love has been a bit tested of late.
We have significant numbers of Canadians boycotting the US, especially
when it comes to places along the border. That led
to an actual humorous remark by Trump, who noted that Cannie
won his election as PM when the Trump label sank
his rival, the Canadian Conservative, who had been leading in
the polls pretty solidly before all of this Trump stuff.

Speaker 5 (01:34):
I think I was probably the greatest thing that happened
to him, But I can't say a quote. His party
was losing by a lot and he ended up winning,
so I really want to congratulate it. Probably one of
the greatest comebacks in the history of politics.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
So Trump taking credit even when Conservatives go down in flames.
Aside from the appearance that Trump was asked about whether
there is any chance that the tariffs on Canadian goods
might be eased in the short term.

Speaker 5 (01:59):
We want to make our own cars. We don't really
want cars from Canada, and we put tariffs on cars
from Canada, and at a certain point it won't make
economic sense for Canada to build those cars.

Speaker 2 (02:12):
Well, that'll take years, with the cost being borne by
American car buyers in the infoment, with Canada looking to
other markets, I guess. So that's the number of the
trade battle between friends. Meantime, on other issues, Trump has
announced a halt to the US bombing of hootie rebels
in Yemen. It's been a two months bombing campaign where
they struck some eight hundred targets along the way, says Trump.

Speaker 5 (02:32):
They don't want to fight anymore. They just don't want
to fight, and we will honor that, and we will
we will stop the bombings and they have capitulated. But
more importantly, they we will take their word. They say
they will not be blowing up ships anymore.

Speaker 2 (02:53):
Next week, Trump is hitting to the Middle East, to
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Kata and he teased announcement
to be made some time before he leaves.

Speaker 5 (03:00):
We're gonna have a very very big announcement to make,
like as big as it gets. And I want to
tell you on what, but and it's very possitive.

Speaker 2 (03:10):
Kenney crept. He was on the edge of his seat.
Then they all went off to lunch.

Speaker 1 (03:13):
Now I've been reading them, I can't get to the bot.
Is it power, Is it staff? What's going on at
Newark Airport?

Speaker 5 (03:19):
Yes?

Speaker 2 (03:20):
And yes, another day of chaos, flying delays, cancelations at
what is one of the biggest airports in the country.
New York serves and New Jersey, also part of New York.
The reason for it is pretty scary, really. They had
a situation the other day where the radar and communications
in the control tower went out for ninety seconds, leaving
the head traffic controllers and the pilots of the incoming
jets unable to connect, said one controller.

Speaker 5 (03:43):
Three of the four radar screenwork block. They have no frequencies.

Speaker 2 (03:46):
So the jet crews are up there flying blind approach.
Are you there? Ask one of the incoming pilots. Do
I have Bravo clearances? Asked another pilot, meaning permission to
enter the airport airspace? No, says a controller. We lost
our radar. You know, they do a lot of trading,
not for this though, and the Transportation Secretary, Sewan Duffy says, it's.

Speaker 3 (04:08):
A sign that we have a frail system in place
and it has to be effect you.

Speaker 2 (04:13):
Think might be a good idea. The FAA is blaming
equipment failures and staffing. A fri bit of copper wiring
is said to be responsible for that ninety second blackout
of Some say they should be using fiber optics instead.
After this, at least five controllers took forty five day
break siting trauma off at art Are, so delays are

(04:33):
stretched into periods up to six hours now, as the
Transportation boss says, there'll be announcement later this week that
the federal government is going to try and rebuildings there,
but that could take years, so it might be a
stop to avoid in your travel plans a moment.

Speaker 1 (04:45):
We'll see you Friday. Appreciate it. Just before we leave
the States, insight into how bad these tariffs are affecting
the American economy. It's gone everywhere US agriculture sector, farm products, soybeans, corn, beef.
This is trade data, a big slide in the US
exports to the world, in China in particular, as you
would expect. Port of Portland fifty one percent decrease in exports,

(05:10):
Port of Tacoma twenty eight percent decrease in exports. And
I note interestingly Rwanda and the Americans are talking about
taking some immigrants illegals. So this was Rmanda. Last time
you heard Rwanda, you heard the UK, and of course
they did a deal and that went to court and
that got scuttled, and Albania deals with Italy. So America

(05:31):
now Rwanda seem very keen to take a whole lot
of illegals anyway, so that the Americans are talking about
that currently.

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