Toronto Star: Asked how he deals with the U.S. president, Carney said he tries to approach Trump with “respect but not obsequiousness,” and deadpanned to the audience about how the Republican leader has won two elections but believes he won three — a reference to Trump’s false claim that the 2020 presidential vote was stolen from him.
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Later, when discussing China’s authoritarian leader Xi, Carney spoke about their first meeting since he became prime minister, at November’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea.
“He chose to spend the first 10-plus minutes discussing how he wanted the personal interaction to be,” Carney recalled. According to Carney, Xi told him he wanted “no surprises” and to be “clear” with him when something is important to Canada. Carney said he also interpreted Xi’s remarks to mean he did not want to be lectured in public before Canada brought up any issues with China directly…