Fact check: Trumps claims the U.S. subsidizes Canada. Experts say the numbers don't add up

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Fact check: Trumps claims the U.S. subsidizes Canada. Experts say the numbers don't add up

Newly-elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the White House on Tuesday in search of common ground during an ongoing trade war that has shattered decades of trust between the his country and the U.S. Although the conversation was civil, President Donald Trump repeated erroneous rhetoric about how the U.S. provides Canada with billions of dollars in subsidies.“It's hard to justify subsidizing Canada to the tune of maybe $200 billion a year,” he said. “We protect Canada militarily, and we always will. We not going to, you know, that's not a money thing. But we always will. But, you know, ..