Donald Trump has doubled down on his desire to see Canada become the 51st US state in a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Mr Carney strongly denied that Canada would become a US state, saying it would "never" be for sale.

Mr Trump stood by his comments that he wants to see Canada become the US's 51st state, but recognised "it takes two to tango."

Simon Marks joined Andrew Marr shortly after Mark Carney and Donald Trump met at the Oval Office on Tuesday.

The US President listed a number of "advantages" the Canadian people would see by joining with the US, such as tax cuts, "free military", tremendous medical care, "and other things".

He said: "I'm a real estate developer at heart. When you get rid of that artificially drawn line, somebody drew that line many years ago with a ruler, just a straight line right across the top of the country. When you look at that beautiful formation when it's together. I'm a very artistic person, that's the way it's meant to be."

He added: "It would be a wonderful marriage, as it's two places that get along very well. They like each other a lot."

Mr Trump stated it would be "much better for Canada", but recognised: "We're not going to be discussing that unless someone wants to discuss it."

Mr Carney made it clear to Mr Trump that Canada does not share the same desire. He said: "As you know from real estate there are some places that are never for sale. We're sitting in one right now. Buckingham Palace, you visited as well.

"And having met with the owners of Canada over the course of the campaign the last several months, it's not for sale. It won't be for sale ever.

"But the opportunity is in the partnership and what we can build together."

Mr Trump responded: "Never say never", while Mr Carney could be seen repeating "never, never, never".

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