It seems one country's newly elected prime minister is taking a new tactic in an attempt to combat one of President Trump's favorite narratives. 

Readers likely saw the video of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney during his recent visit to the White House, looking on in obvious discomfort while Trump continued to needle him about all of the benefits our neighbors to the North would enjoy as the 51st state in the Union. And that last quip by Trump is chef's kiss. In case you happened to miss it, here it is.

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I would not be at all surprised if the nonstop talk from the president, even while Justin Trudeau held the seat, worked much like a baseball fan's chanting "Hey Batter..." to distract and sometimes demoralize an opposing team's player on the new Canadian leader.

The idea of the U.S. taking over our allies above the 49th parallel seems to have gotten under his skin, more than anything, though. A news item on Saturday ties in to that ongoing war of words with Donald Trump. 

PM Carney just heard back on an invitation he extended to King Charles to make a state visit to Canada--but that's not the full story. With this transatlantic trip by Canada's reigning monarch, the prime minister seems to think he's employing Canada's secret weapon to--once and for all--set the president straight.

“That clearly underscores the sovereignty of our country,” Carney said on May 2 during his first press conference after being elected. “This historic honor matches the weight of our times.”

This is even more hilarious than you might think. Give me a minute to set up the explanation.

Carney has invited King Charles to make an address to open the new session of Parliament in late May. And at first, the story on the monarch's visit made it sound like he would be delivering a "message" to Donald Trump that Canada will never become the 51st state as part of his speech. 

In its story linked above, the NY Post explains that Carney is, in a way, calling in a friendly favor:

The king and the prime minister “became good friends” during Carney’s time as governor of the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020, royal historian Carolyn Harris told The Post.

A couple of noteworthy points here: This will be the first time a monarch has made a speech like this since 1957. And to bolster the tough guy stance Carney is trying to project against a big-dog country like the United States, Justin Vovk, a royal historian with McMaster University in Ontario, tells the publication that not only does Trump admire the British royals and King Charles in particular, but their relationship will "provide the prime minister with an additional tool in negotiating with the president.” He continues with the key part: "This is not something that Justin Trudeau ever did."

In other words, Carney is adamant that the monarch can convince Trump to leave off the chatter on Canada joining the U.S.

There's just one problem: The British monarchy has a rule about never talking about politics. Not even kidding. So, how is Charles going to stand up for the Commonwealth country? It will be purely symbolic.

The support and solidarity Carney and Canadian politicos are depending on from the former Prince of Wales will be signaled by things like the king wearing a red tie (the color in Canada's flag), or the Queen wearing a maple leaf brooch set with dazzling diamonds that belonged to Queen Elizabeth II. 

I told you it was ridiculous. All this does is show Pres. Trump was right, when he talked before the Canadian election about Carney being the weaker individual for the U.S. to negotiate with in trade talks. Now that I think about it, add that to the list of reasons the prime minister is sore about the subject of Trump. Pop some popcorn!

(CORRECTION: In the original version of this story, we asserted that the last time a British/Canadian monarch opened Canada's parliament was in 1857. The NY Post reported this, and it remains in their live story here. The last monarch to address the Canadian parliament was Queen Elizabeth II in 1957, not 1857. We regret the error.)