President Donald Trump offered to give former President Barack Obama some help with finishing construction on his presidential library.
Trump says son Barron looking forward to 2026 World Cup
By Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondent
President Donald Trump said the upcoming World Cup will attract millions of fans including his son Barron.
‘These events will attract millions of passionate fans around the world, including my son,’ he said at a meeting with FIFA at the White House.
‘I have a son that loves soccer, Barron. Nobody's ever heard of Barron. Have you ever heard of Barron? He's a good soccer player too. He's a little tall for soccer, but that's okay.’
Barron, who now tops 6’7’, played soccer in high school. When he was a teen living at the White House, mom Melania Trump set up a soccer goal net in the first lady’s Rose Garden so she could keep an eye on him when she worked in the East Wing.
The United States, Canada, and Mexico will host the 2026 World Cup.
Trump joked about what to call the games, noting the difference in monikers used in the United States and the rest of the world.
‘We can't wait to welcome soccer fans from all over the globe. I don't know if I'm supposed to say soccer or football, because every time I say soccer, Barron and Eric say you're really saying it wrong. It's supposed to be football, but we know it more as soccer,’ he noted.
Canadian PM Mark Carney told Trump to drop 51st state idea
By Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondent
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he directly asked President Donald Trump to stop suggesting Canada become the 51st state.
‘The president, he understands that we're having a negotiation between sovereign nations and that we will only pursue and accept a deal that's in the best interest of Canada,’ he told reporters at the Canadian Embassy after his Oval Office meeting with Trump.
Asked for the president's repsonse to his request, Carney replied: 'The President is his own person.'
In his meeting Carney, Trump said that he ‘still’ believes in bringing Canada into the fold, but then added: ‘But it takes two to tango, right?’
Carney respodned: ‘There are some places that are never for sale,’ mentioning the Whtie House and Buckingham Palace.
The PM campaigned on his ability to stand up with Trump and his opposition to his country joining the 50 states.
Carney were more blunt after the meeting, when, in French, he told reporters he said to Trump: ‘It was not useful to repeat it.’
Trump suggests Russian Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin is Canadian in meeting with prime minister
By Nikki Schwab, Chief Campaign Correspondent
President Donald Trump applauded Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin during an Oval Office meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday.
'You happen to have a very, very good hockey player right here on the Capitals... he is a big tough cookie too, just broke the record,' Trump said, referencing Ovechkin breaking the record for goals scored in the National Hockey League.
Ovechkin is Russian, not Canadian.
Trump correctly complimented Wayne Gretzky, a Canadian hockey player, who held the record until last month.
There are a number of prominent Canadian hockey players in the NHL, including one of the fiercest rivals of the Capitals, the Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby.