Trump cancels Carney’s Board of Peace invitation amid ‘Canada lives because of US’ row

US President Donald Trump on Thursday (Jan 22) said that he is withdrawing Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s invite to join his Board of Peace. This comes after Canadian prime minister shot back at Trump over his inflamatory remarks at the World Economic Forum at Davos, where the US president said that “Canada lives because of the United States.” Responding to Trump, Carney said refuted the claims saying that Canada thrives because “we are Canadians.”

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote, “Dear Prime Minister Carney: Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time.”

In his speech at Davos on Tuesday, Carney described the current global state as a “rupture, not a transition”, arguing that the “pleasant fiction” of a stable world order has been replaced by a “brutal reality” of great power rivalry and economic coercion.

Following his explosive speech, Trump hit back at Carney, saying saying that the northern neighbour of the United States was “not grateful” despite receiving several “freebies” from Washington, DC.

“Canada lives because of the United States,” and adding, “Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements,” Trump said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The US president also argued that the acquisition of Greenland by the US would benefit Canada, which he said “gets a lot of freebies,” expressing his interest in using the strategic Arctic territory to build Golden Dome that would provide missile defence for the region, and would benefit Canada as well.

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