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WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, won the job with a promise to confront the increased aggression shown by President Donald Trump 鈥� and he’ll have the opportunity to do that in a face-to-face Oval Office meeting on Tuesday.

Trump has shattered a decades-old alliance by saying he wants to make Canada the 51st U.S. state and levying steep tariffs against an essential partner in the manufacturing of autos and the supply of oil, electricity and other goods. The outrage provoked by Trump enabled Carney鈥檚 Liberal Party to score a stunning comeback victory last month as the ongoing trade war and attacks on Canadian sovereignty have outraged voters.

The Republican president has repeatedly threatened that he intends to make Canada the 鈥�51st state.鈥� He said in an interview with NBC鈥檚 鈥淢eet the Press鈥� that aired Sunday that the border is an 鈥渁rtificial line鈥� that prevents the two territories from forming a 鈥渂eautiful country.鈥�

Trump’s openly adversarial approach has raised questions for Carney and other world leaders on how to manage relations with the U.S. Some world leaders, such as the United Kingdom’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, engaged in a charm offensive. Others, such as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, were met by Trump with anger for not being sufficiently deferential.

Robert Bothwell, a professor of Canadian history and international relations at the University of Toronto, said Carney shouldn鈥檛 meet with Trump.

鈥淲e鈥檝e seen what he does. We saw what he did with Zelenskyy,鈥� Bothwell said. 鈥淎nd he would sure as hell try to do the same with Carney. It鈥檚 not in Carney鈥檚 interest. It鈥檚 not in Canada鈥檚 interest.鈥�

Trump and Carney will meet in the Oval Office and have lunch. Carney has stressed that he was elected to specifically 鈥渟tand up鈥� to the U.S. president and that Canada is 鈥渋n a once-in-a-lifetime crisis.鈥� Carney said he expects 鈥渄ifficult鈥� but 鈥渃onstructive鈥� conversations with his U.S. counterpart.

Trump told reporters on Monday that he wasn’t quite sure why Carney was visiting.

鈥淚鈥檓 not sure what he wants to see me about,鈥� Trump said. 鈥淏ut I guess he wants to make a deal.鈥�

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick further stoked doubts about their interest in repairing the relationship with Canada in a Monday interview on Fox Business Network’s 鈥淜udlow鈥� show.

Asked if the U.S. could make a deal with Canada, Lutnick called the country a 鈥渟ocialist regime鈥� that has been 鈥渂asically feeding off America.” Lutnick said Tuesday’s meeting would be 鈥渇ascinating.鈥�

Carney, at a Friday news conference ahead of his trip, said the talks would focus on immediate trade pressures and the broader economic and national security relationships. He said his 鈥済overnment would fight to get the best deal for Canada鈥� and 鈥渢ake all the time necessary鈥� to do so, even as Canada pursues a parallel set of talks to deepen relations with other allies and lessen its commitments with the U.S.

Trump has maintained that the U.S. doesn鈥檛 need anything from Canada. He is actively going after a Canadian auto sector built largely by U.S. companies, saying, 鈥淭hey鈥檙e stopping work in Mexico, and they鈥檙e stopping work in Canada, and they鈥檙e all moving here.鈥� He also said the U.S. doesn鈥檛 need Canada鈥檚 energy 鈥� though nearly one-fourth of the oil that the U.S. consumes daily comes from the province of Alberta.

The president has also disparaged Canada’s military commitments despite a partnership that ranges from the beaches of Normandy in World War II to remote stretches of Afghanistan.

Trump has said that Canada spends 鈥渓ess money on military than practically any nation in the world.”

鈥淭hey pay NATO less than any nation,鈥� he said. “They think we are subsidizing. They think we are going to protect them, and, really, we are. But the truth is, they don鈥檛 carry their full share, and it鈥檚 unfair to the United States and our taxpayers.鈥�

Bothwell noted that Carney might be under little pressure to reach a quick deal as Trump has at times reversed, delayed or defanged his tariffs, such that over time Trump might be in a weaker position if talks are prolonged.

鈥淚t may not matter as much in the summer as it does today because every time he鈥檚 made one of these announcements, next week it’s, 鈥極h, I had my fingers crossed. I didn鈥檛 mean it,鈥�” he said of Trump.

Daniel B茅land, a political science professor at McGill University, said Carney needed the quickly scheduled meeting with Trump to address the trade war started by the U.S. Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum and tariffs on other products outside the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, in some cases ostensibly to address relatively low volumes of fentanyl intercepted at the border between the two countries.

鈥淐arney wants to show that he鈥檚 doing everything he can, including taking political risks to protect Canadian jobs in areas such as the auto industry,” B茅land said. 鈥滻f he had postponed his first meeting with President Trump for months and months, opposition parties and commentators could have accused him of being overly shy and doing a disservice to Canada because of that.鈥�

Canada is the top export destination for 36 U.S. states. Nearly $3.6 billion Canadian (US$2.7 billion) worth of goods and services cross the border each day. About 60% of U.S. crude oil imports are from Canada, and 85% of U.S. electricity imports are from Canada.

Canada is also the largest foreign supplier of steel, aluminum and uranium to the U.S. and has 34 critical minerals and metals that the Pentagon is eager for and investing in for national security. Canada is one of the most trade-dependent countries in the world, and 77% of Canada鈥檚 exports go to the U.S.