Mark Carney, Canada’s new prime minister, broke with tradition on Monday by visiting Europe rather than the United States for his first foreign trip as the country’s leader, with his warm welcome in France and the UK standing in stark contrast to his country’s fracturing relationship with its southern neighbor.

New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has met with French President Emmanuel Macron during his first official overseas trip.

Canada's new prime minister rejected the idea repeatedly voiced by President Donald Trump that the nation would become the 51st U.S. state. "We will never, ever, in any way, shape or form, be part of the United States,