• Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
• Trump said he still believes Canada should become the 51st US state.
• Carney was seen pursing his lips, but kept his expression neutral as Trump spoke.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he's glad no one could tell what he was thinking when he met President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday.

"I am glad you could not tell what was going through my mind," Carney told a reporter after she had asked him about his thoughts at the meeting when Trump said he wanted Canada to be a part of the US.

During their meeting, Carney repeatedly told Trump that Canada was not for sale. In addition to threatening and imposing tariffs on Canada, Trump has also talked about adopting Canada as the 51st US state.

"The president has made known his wish about that issue for some time. I have been careful, always, to distinguish between wish and reality," Carney said at a doorstop interview after his meeting with Trump.

"I was clear there in the Oval Office as I have been clear throughout on behalf of Canadians that this is never gonna happen. Canada is not for sale and never will be for sale," Carney continued.

Earlier, Carney and Trump held a joint press conference after a meeting at the Oval Office. Trump told reporters he still believes Canada should be the 51st US state, but added that "it takes two to tango."

"It would really be a wonderful marriage because it's two places, they get along very well. They like each other a lot," Trump said.

Carney was seen pursing his lips, but kept his expression neutral as Trump spoke.

"As you know from real estate, there are some places that are never for sale. We're sitting in one right now. You know, Buckingham Palace, that you visited as well," Carney said in response to Trump.

"And having met with the owners of Canada over the course of the campaign the last several months, it's not for sale and won't be for sale ever. But the opportunity is the partnership and what we can build together," Carney added.

Carney took over as the leader of Canada's ruling Liberal Party from his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, in March. Trudeau faced repeated calls to step down after his deputy prime minister, Chrystia Freeland, resigned from his cabinet in December.

The Liberal Party was initially lagging behind its opponents, the Conservative Party, in the polls. But Trump's aggressive tariffs may well have helped turn the tables.

Trump's rhetoric and threats sparked nationalistic fervor among Canadians, who boycotted US goods and renewed their support for the Liberal Party. The party was able to form a minority government after it won 169 out of 343 parliamentary seats in the April elections.

"As I've been warning for months, America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country. Never. But these are not idle threats. President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us. That will never, ever happen," Carney said in his victory speech on April 29.

Representatives for Carney did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

• Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney put in blunt terms that his country is not for sale.
• "There are some places that are never for sale," Carney told President Donald Trump.
• Trump refused to fully close the door to making Canada the 51st state.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday repeatedly told President Donald Trump that the True North will remain strong, free, and most importantly, not for sale.

"As you know from real estate, there are some places that are never for sale," Carney told Trump in the Oval Office as reporters looked on.

"That's true," Trump responded, though he later added, to "never say never."

Carney, who cut his teeth as a central banker, is fresh off his party's strong federal election win in a contest that Trump upended by musing about making Canada the 51st state of the United States. During the public portion of their meeting, Carney repeatedly sought to explain his positions through the lens of real estate, Trump's first business, and properties that would never be for sale.

"We're sitting in one right now," he said. "You know, Buckingham Palace, that you visited as well. And having met with the owners of Canada over the course of the campaign the last several months, it's not for sale and won't be for sale ever. But the opportunity is the partnership and what we can build together."

Canada is also among a wide range of nations, including long-time US allies, currently subject to Trump's tariffs. Both Trump and Carney said the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Trump's first-term rewrite of the North American Free Trade Agreement, would need to be reopened again. In the meantime, Trump did not sound ready to cut a bilateral deal with Canada.

When a reporter asked the president if there was anything Carney could say in the meeting to get Trump to immediately lift tariffs on Canadian goods, he responded, "No."

Trump compared the US to "a super luxury store," arguing that trade partners are gaining far more from the US market than they offer in return.

Top White House and administration officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, have suggested that the first major trade deal could come as soon as this week. Trump indicated he will only give his sign-off when he's confident in what the US will receive in return.

"Everyone says, 'When, when, when are you going to sign deals?' We don't have to sign deals. We could sign 25 deals right now, Howard, if we wanted," Trump said on Tuesday, motioning to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. "We don't have to sign deals. They have to sign deals with us. They want a piece of our market. We don't want a piece of their market, we don't care about their market."

Trump said at "some point over the next two weeks" he will sit down with Bessent, Lutnick, and others on his trade team to discuss whether to accept the offers made thus far.

Shares on Wall Street, which briefly went higher after Trump promised a major announcement only to clarify that it was not necessarily trade-related, sank even lower after the press were ushered out of the room so Trump's meeting with Carney could continue.

• Canada's Liberal Party brought in comedian Mike Myers in one of its latest political ads.
• Myers urged Canadians to "elbow up" with Canada's Prime Minister in an apparent dig at Trump.
• The phrase has become a rallying cry among Canadians against Trump's tariff threats.

Mike Myers called on Canadians to "elbow up" in a Liberal Party election ad, seemingly taking a jab at US President Donald Trump.

The Canadian-American comedian, who grew up in Toronto and now lives in New York City, appeared in Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's campaign spot on Saturday. Standing outside an ice hockey rink, he asked Carney: "Will there always be a Canada?"

"There will always be a Canada," Carney responded.

"Elbows up," Myers replied — a reference to the hockey term popularized by Canadian ice hockey player Gordie Howe, which has become a rallying cry among Canadians against Trump's tariff threats.

Myers, famous for movies like "Austin Powers" and "Wayne's World," used the phrase in an appearance on "Saturday Night Live" earlier this month.

Now-former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also used it in a speech at the Liberal leadership convention, which marked his transition out of office after 10 years.

As Myers turned to the ice hockey game, the back of his jersey read "Never 51," a rebuke of Trump's calls for Canada to become the 51st US state.

Carey, an economist who succeeded Trudeau as prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party earlier in March, seized upon that message in a Sunday speech and called a snap election on April 28.

"We are facing the most significant crisis of our lifetimes because of President Trump's unjustified trade actions and his threats to our sovereignty," Carney said.

"President Trump claims that Canada isn't a real country. He wants to break us so America can own us," he continued. "We will not let that happen. We need to build the strongest economy in the G7."

Trade tensions between the two countries have escalated, as Trump implemented 25% tariffs against Canada and Mexico, with limited exceptions for goods traded under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Trump has also placed 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports and plans to issue a series of further tariffs on April 2.

In a March 3 statement, Trudeau said that if Trump's tariffs go into effect, Canada would place a 25% tariff on $155 billion of American goods until they are withdrawn. On March 13, Canada implemented 25% tariffs on goods worth roughly $30 billion.

Carney now heads into a five-week campaign in which he will compete against the Conservative Party and its leader, Pierre Poilievre.

The new prime minister calling an election was widely expected as he lacks a seat in Parliament and his Liberal Party holds only a minority in the legislature.

• Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday said US President Donald Trump won't "break" Canada.
• "We are facing the most significant crisis of our lifetimes," he said of Trump's trade war.
• Carney, the leader of the Liberal Party, called a snap election for April 28.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday said President Donald Trump won't "break" his country and pushed back against what he said were "unjustified trade actions" from the United States.

Carney, an economist who succeeded Justin Trudeau as both prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party earlier in March, made the remarks as he called for a snap election on April 28.

The relationship between the two countries has continued to hit lows as Trump has put into place 25% tariffs against Canada and Mexico, with exceptions for goods traded under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Trump has also placed 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports and has plans to issue a series of retaliatory tariffs on April 2.

"We are facing the most significant crisis of our lifetimes because of President Trump's unjustified trade actions and his threats to our sovereignty," Carney said, referencing Trump's calls for Canada to become the 51st US state.

"President Trump claims that Canada isn't a real country. He wants to break us so America can own us," he continued. "We will not let that happen. We need to build the strongest economy in the G7."

Carney's call for an election wasn't unexpected, as he lacks a seat in Parliament, and his Liberal Party lacks a majority in the legislature.

However, Carney will run for a seat in the Nepean area of Ottawa. And the Liberal Party, which had sunk in popularity in recent years, has seen a significant turnaround in support for the upcoming election.

Carney has now put into motion a five-week campaign where he'll compete against the Conservative Party and its leader, Pierre Poilievre.