Prime Minister Mark Carney is dismissing a claim that he walked back the remarks he made in Davos last week during a conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday.

“To be absolutely clear, and I said this to the president, I meant what I said in Davos,” Carney said Tuesday on his way into a meeting with his cabinet.

Asked directly if he walked his comments back, Carney said “no.”

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    5 days ago

    I bet Carney was being clever in the way he said it and Trump, too dumb to get it, heard what he wanted to hear

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      Or, hear me out, Trump was just like “yeah Mark Canada, terrific guy, loves me, everybody says so, most say so, some people say so but definitely everybody says so, he told me, sir, you’re incredible, can I have the password to the tree-house sir, please, he said that. He couldn’t climb up there, Obama couldn’t do it, beautiful treehouse, the best passwords, very secure. He said don’t tell anyone, so I’m telling you. People drink water, I told him, I drink alligator piss, that’s strength. Canada loves me. Believe me folks.”

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          it isn’t, and I hate how I struggle to emulate his stupidity. I don’t speak pig, I don’t think pig, I just know a pig when I see one, and they go oink oink, how do you translate that to human.

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    When dealing with the clown carnival that is the trump administration we need a good Carney.