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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Tom Watling

Mark Carney says Canadians ‘not impressed’ by King’s offer of second state visit to Trump

Canada was “not impressed” by the King’s invitation to Donald Trump for an unprecedented second state visit to the UK, the country’s prime minister has said.

Freshly elected leader Mark Carney said February’s invitation jarred with Canadians because it was delivered physically by Keir Starmer during an Oval Office press conference while Trump was challenging Canada's sovereignty and suggesting America’s northern neighbour should become the 51st state of the US.

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