Trump referred to Carney as ‘future Governor of Canada.’ It’s not the first time he’s called him that

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.”

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.

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.”

‘I’m glad you upgraded me to president’

Trump and Carney shared a laugh in October 2025 when Trump referred to Carney as the “president” of Canada.

The incident happened at the “Summit for Peace,” an international meeting to support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Trump said it was “so great” to have Canada on board, saying that Canada’s “president” had called him knowing “the importance” of the project.

Afterwards, Carney approached Trump to correct him on his title, joking that he “upgraded” him to president.

Trump smiled and gave him a pat on the back before saying: “at least I didn’t say governor.”

Trump also called former PM Trudeau ‘governor’

In January 2025, Trump said that Canada “should be a state,” calling then-Prime Minister Trudeau “governor.”

During last year’s 4 Nations Face-Off hockey tournament, Trump invited “governor” Trudeau to join U.S. governors in a meeting in Washington.

“I’ll be calling our GREAT American Hockey Team this morning to spur them on towards victory tonight against Canada, which with FAR LOWER TAXES AND MUCH STRONGER SECURITY, will someday, maybe soon, become our cherished, and very important, Fifty First State,” Trump wrote.

In December 2024, Trump shared a Truth Social post where he said “It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada.”