US President Donald Trump has criticised Canada minutes before meeting with the country's Prime Minister, Mark Carney.

In a post on Truth Social, he said: "I look forward to meeting the new Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney. I very much want to work with him, but cannot understand one simple TRUTH — Why is America subsidising Canada by $200 Billion Dollars a year, in addition to giving them FREE Military Protection, and many other things?

The 77-year-old continued: "We don’t need their Cars, we don’t need their Energy, we don’t need their Lumber, we don’t need ANYTHING they have, other than their friendship, which hopefully we will always maintain. They, on the other hand, need EVERYTHING from us! The Prime Minister will be arriving shortly and that will be, most likely, my only question of consequence."

Before President Trump's social media salvo Mr Carney had posted a relatively positive message on X yesterday (Monday), alongside a video of himself arriving in the US, saying the "work starts now" for Canada and American working "together".

He wrote: "I’ve arrived in Washington, DC ahead of meetings with President Trump tomorrow. Canada and the United States are strongest when we work together — and that work starts now."

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