Donald Trump and Mark Carney in France in June.Donald Trump warned Mark Carney he could be shot after giving him a bizarre gift at the White House, it has emerged.
The US president gave the Canadian prime minister “something really special” at the White House last year.
Carney – whose country is now locked in a trade war with the US after relations between the two countries broke down – revealed the odd exchange in an interview.
He said: “I went to the White House in the spring of last year, and at the end of the meeting the president ‘Mark, I want to give you something really special’.
“And I opened this box and it’s this big gold key. I was like ‘wow, Mr President, this is fantastic’.
“He says ‘yeah, it’s the key to the White House. You jus...
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