Updated: March 10, 2026 at 4:07PM EDT

Published: March 10, 2026 at 2:35PM EDT

U.S. President Donald Trump referred to Prime Minister Mark Carney as the “future Governor of Canada” in a Truth Social post on Tuesday.

Trump’s post was in reference to working with U.S. governors to “save The Great Lakes from the rather violent and destructive Asian Carp.”

Trump PM Carney Governor of Canada U.S. President Donald Trump referred to Prime Minister Mark Carney as the ‘future Governor of Canada’ in a Truth Social post.

This is not the first time Trump called the prime minister “governor.”

In January, he posted on Truth Social in reference to China making a deal with Canada.

“If Governor Carney thinks he is going to make Canada a ‘Drop Off Port’ for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken,” Trump wrote.

(Truth Social)

In response to the jab, Carney said he won’t “comment on every ‘tweet,’ or ‘truth,’ or comment from whoever,” and that he “can handle it.”