Carney rejects action over Trump’s “51st state” post (opens in new tab)

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada would not respond to every social media post by President Trump after Trump shared a report about Canada’s economy entering a technical recession and wrote, “51st State!”. U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra reposted a screenshot of Trump’s post on X; the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa told The Maple the repost was “amplification of the President’s Truth Social post, which is our usual practice”. Speaking Tuesday in Longueuil, Quebec, Carney said Canada shou...