During a press conference, The Toronto Star’s Tonda MacCharles noted she had been watching Carney’s facial expressions during the sit-down and was curious as to what had been going through his mind — particularly as Trump spoke about “erasing the artificial border” between America and Canada and mocked Carney’s predecessor, Justin Trudeau.

President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met in the Oval Office on Tuesday, where they maintained a civil tone despite stark and unresolved differences amid an ongoing trade dispute that has strained decades of U.