President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney are meeting at the White House. The meeting is the first since Carney became prime minister. Relations between the United States and Canada have been at a historic low due to Trump’s taunting of the country and imposition of tariffs.

The Canadian prime minister met with President Trump days after being elected on an anti-Trump platform as relations between the two allies are at a historic nadir.

The Canadian PM is navigating his role as a diplomat and statesman—not a politician on the campaign trail, writes David Moscrop.