Canadian PM Carney to meet Trump at White House after election influenced by annexation threats

Canada’sMarkCarneyreactedtowinningelectionasprimeministerMonday.(Reuters) OTTAWA-WhilePresidentDonaldTrumpwaswidelyviewedasthemajorfactorinsecuringafourthconsecutiveterminofficefortheLiberalsinlastMonday’sCanadiangeneralelection,theConservativeleaderplayedaroleinhisparty’sdefeatatthepolls,accordingtoCanadianpoliticalanalysts. “Trumpsetthestage”forLiberalPrimeMinisterMarkCarney“asasomberleaderfortheLiberals,whomadepeoplefeelassuredthatthingscouldbehandledwhentherewasasenseoffearofpeopleatthebeginningofthecampaignworriedabout”thepresident’sthreatsofannexingCanadaasthe51ststate,UniversityofManitobapoliticalstudiesprofessorChristopherAdamstoldFoxNewsDigital. “It’shighlyunusualforAmericanpresidentstowadeintoCanadianpolitics,especiallyduringelections,”saidAdams. Heexplainedthelasttimethathappenedwasduringthe1963Canadiangeneralelectioncampaign,whenthepressr