Mark Carney: Not Happy with UK Invite for Trump.

When Canadian Prime Minister visited Donald Trump at the White House, it was with one thing in mind. The fact that Trump, according to Mr. Carney, changed his mind on annexing his country was why he visited Washington. Trump, according to Mark Carney, has expressed not to annexe Canada now, but it still exists in his mind, at least as a desire.

So Carney and Trump sat together in the White House. Trump mentioned Canada and that he and his Canadian counterpart had discussed it. Carney said, "Canada is not for sale", and Trump seemed to shrug his shoulders and accept it.

When Sir Keir Starmer visited Trump, Sir Keir gave the president a letter. A letter from King Charles inviting Trump to a second state visit to the UK. Trump will enjoy the pomp and circumstance of such a state visit. Look at him on his recent visit to KSA, UAE, and Qatar. Being wined (non-alcoholic, no doubt!) and dined by Arab Royalty. Even being given a giant state-of-the-art jet. So Trump will love to ride in the gold carriage with Charles as it parades down the mall with guards on horseback left, right, and centre. Of course, expect massive protests, something he didn't encounter on his visit to the Middle East.

Trump will also be wined and dined by the King and by the Starmers. No doubt, at press conferences, Trump and Starmer will trumpet the US-UK trade deal. And if it benefits both countries, then why not? No doubt, Trump will see his buddy Nigel Farage too.

At the time, Mr. Starmer was sitting with Donald Trump in the White House and handed the president Charles's invite to the UK, the US was threatening to take over Canada. The sight of a sitting UK Prime Minister handing a letter to an American President asking that President to make a state visit to the UK, when Canada was being threatened by that President, didn't go down too well. Mark Carney told Sky News that Canadians were aghast and angry. Some saw it as a betrayal that the UK, a trusted ally of Canada, where Charles is Head of State, should invite Trump to the UK while the US and Canada were in a spat.

With the British betrayal, as Canadians saw it and the hostility of the US, Carney said Canadians woke up. They woke up and rallied around their flag. Carney spoke what most Canadians were thinking when he said Canada would never be part of the US. Echoing Churchill's words when he said the US wants to break us, but that is not going to happen.

It seems the relationship between the Canadians and the US is better now. The US appears now to have settled on the fact that it will never capture Canada, nor will Canadians ever accept it. It seems Trump knows that Carney is a man north of Washington who will not lie down to Trump's demands or rantings. So is all rosy in the garden between Canada and the US? At the moment, Trump seems transfixed on the Middle East and Russia-Ukraine. Still basking in the royal treatment he was given in KSA, UAE, and Qatar.

Will he return to the issue of Canada? Will he return to annexing Greenland? Will he return to taking over the Panama Canal? Sending troops to combat drug cartels in Mexico? One cannot say when you have an unpredictable man in the White House like Trump. Look at his views on Iran. One minute, he is speaking about doing a deal with Iran, and the next, bombing them. He has fallen out with Netanyahu, hence not visiting the Jewish state.

If you are trying to engage with Trump, it must be difficult, particularly as he says one thing and then something else.