President Donald Trump brought his old joke back to life as he met Canadian PM Mark Carney in the Oval Office Tuesday. The cruel joke was one of the reasons that Carney's predecessor Justin Trudeau had to leave, and Carney put his foot down as the 51st state joke made a sudden comeback. Trump introduced the meeting and said he and Carney will speak and make some deals for the good of both countries before making space for Carney to speak. “Thank you very much, Mr. President. If I may, you kindly hosted me and some of my colleagues a few months ago, and I said at the time, you are a transformative president. And since then, the transformation in the economy, unprecedented commitments of NATO partners to defense spending, peace from India, Pakistan, through to Azerbaijan, Armenia, disabli
'Merger of Canada and US': Donald Trump resurrects his 51st state joke, Mark Carney pushes back

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