As Politico reported on Tuesday morning, the Trump White House has been effectively waving off Carney’s visit:
“Just another world leader coming to visit. One of many,” said one White House official about the one-on-one with Mark Carney.
“No bells and whistles for the new guy,” another White House official said.
“It’s really just to check a box,” said a third, who, like the other two, was granted anonymity to discuss internal planning. …
The White House’s indifference to Carney’s first trip to the U.S. since his party won last week’s elections is emblematic of the current, wounded state of the relationship between the two countries. It also illustrates how much more is riding on Tuesday’s encounter for Carney than for Trump, who the White House officials said doesn’t have any specific goals going into the meeting.
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