Ultimately, for the sake of maintaining America’s enduring alliances around the world, we can only hope the cordiality was not a façade but will be continued in future negotiations.

President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney are meeting at the White House. The meeting is the first since Carney became prime minister. Relations between the U.S. and Canada have been at a historic low due to Trump’s taunting of the country and imposition of tariffs.

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.