The Canadian prime minister met with President Trump days after being elected on an anti-Trump platform as relations between the two allies are at a historic nadir.

There were high expectations, much tension, and maximum pressure, especially after Trump launched an inexplicable campaign in November advocating for the annexation of Canada, a delirious project to turn a sovereign,

Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, is making what everyone is calling a “high stakes” visit to the White House today to meet with Donald Trump, who may or may not make his pitch for Canada to become America’s 51st state in person.