Mark Carney says Canadians are not 'impressed' by UK's invite to Trump

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said Canadians were not "impressed" by the UK government's invitation to US President Donald Trump for a 2nd authorities visit.

The recently elected Carney told Sky News that the UK's invitation earlier this twelvemonth did not assistance Canadians, who were facing repetition comments from Trump astir making Canada the 51st US state.

"To beryllium frank, [Canadians] weren't impressed by that gesture... fixed the circumstance," helium said. "It was astatine a clip erstwhile we were being rather wide astir the issues astir sovereignty."

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer invited Trump to travel to the UK for a sojourn during a gathering astatine the White House successful February.

Asked whether the invitation was "appropriate", Carney said that was a determination for the authorities of the UK and Buckingham Palace.

"I permission the diplomacy to the UK government," helium said.

The BBC has contacted the Carney's bureau and No 10 for comment.

When reached by the BBC, Buckingham Palace said the contented was a substance for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and did not remark further.

The disapproval from Carney comes arsenic the Canadians hole to invited King Charles III and Queen Camilla astatine the extremity of this period for a royal visit.

During the Sky News interview, Carney said his invitation for the King - Canada's caput of authorities - to be the opening of Canada's Parliament "is not coincidental".

"It is besides a reaffirming moment, volition beryllium a reaffirming," Carney said, saying issues astir Canada's sovereignty "have been accentuated by the president".

During his visit, the King volition besides work the Speech from the Throne - a relation usually carried retired by the politician general.

The past clip this happened was successful October 1977 erstwhile Queen Elizabeth II work the code for the 2nd clip successful Canada's history. The archetypal was successful 1957.

Since returning to the White House, Trump has made repeated comments undermining Canada's sovereignty, including that the Canadian borderline is an "artificially drawn line".

Meanwhile, Carney has firmly said Canada is "not for sale, ever".

Carney - who said helium would lone conscionable the US president "until we get the respect we deserve" - sat down with Trump successful Washington DC past week to statesman negotiations connected a caller commercialized and information relationship.

During the visit, Trump repeated his 51st authorities comments.

Pressed connected that, Carney told Sky News that Trump has shifted his code from "expectation to a tendency for that to happen".

"He besides came from a spot wherever helium recognised that was not going to happen."