Canada waited with baited breath as Prime Minister Mark Carney stepped foot in the Oval Office on Tuesday in a meeting for the ages. 

Barely a week earlier, Carney, who had vowed to fight back against Donald Trump’s taunts and threats to make Canada the “51st state,” resurrected his Liberal Party against a MAGA-like opponent in a stunning 25-point election turnaround.

Trump knew this. He opened the meeting by saying it was a “great honor” to have Carney visit. Then, he pivoted to himself. “As you know, he won a very big election in Canada, and I think I was probably the greatest thing that happened to him. His party was losing by a lot, and he ended up winning. So, I really want to congratulate him. It was probably one of the greatest comebacks in the history of politics, maybe even greater than........

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