At the White House earlier this month, US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney were asked about Canadians who, furious over tariffs and annexation threats, had canceled travel to the United States.
Carney made a comment that sounded like pure sports trash talk: "We're coming down for the World Series."
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