Does Trump back Mark Carney's Liberals?

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Claim: Donald Trump supports Mark Carney's Liberals

Origin: Conservatives

At a press conference on March 28, Poilievre said, “Trump wants to keep the Liberals in power.”

Verdict: False

There is no evidence for this. On an episode of The Ingraham Angle, US President Donald Trump spoke with Laura Ingraham about Canada. When Ingraham proposed to Trump that a Liberal win could make the government more hostile to the US, Trump repeatedly said “I don’t care.” 

Trump said the Liberals might be “easier to deal with” but that Canada is a “nasty country” and that he ultimately doesn’t care who wins. He also called Poilievre “no friend of mine” and said he was “not a MAGA guy.” However, Trump’s right-hand Elon Musk has supported Poilievre, calling his speeches “perfectly articulated” and one, “a masterpiece.”