When Trump gave Mark Carney White House key with a warning: 'Maybe they'll shoot you'

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney recounted a Donald Trump story amid ongoing trade tensions. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has revealed an unusual gift he received from US President Donald Trump in 2015 -- a large gold key that Trump told him could be used to enter the White House. But there was a catch, delivered with a joke: “Maybe they’ll shoot you.”Carney recounted the exchange on Tuesday while speaking at the Canada Investment Summit in Toronto. He said the gift was presented to him when he met Trump at the White House in May 2025.According to Carney, Trump handed him a box containing what he described as a “big gold key” and told him it was a key to the White House.“You just bring it, they’ll let you in,” Carney recalled Trump telling him. Trump then added: “Maybe they’ll shoot you.”The remark drew laughter from the audience. Carney said the exchange captured something about the complicated relationship between the two neighbouring countries.“That sort of sums up the relationship that we have,” he said, later adding that he was only joking about the possibility of being shot.Carney also described the gift as a generous gesture, addressing Trump directly during the ev...