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. He said the gift was presented to him when he met Trump at the White House in May 2025. 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.
Trump even gifted White House keys to visitors when he wasn’t president, including former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, during a 2024 meeting at Trump Tower in New York.
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, according to Carney. 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. He’s a very good host,” he said. “Even when I’m not president anymore, you can walk up to the front gate of the White House and present it, and they will let you in,” he told Netanyahu, according to a 2022 book by Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law.
The remark drew laughter from the audience. It’s a very good gesture.