President Donald Trump rescinded an invite for Canada to affix his newly-formed “Board of Peace” amid his escalating feud with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
The transfer, which Trump introduced late Thursday in a social media publish, got here after Carney’s headline-making speech on the World Financial Discussion board in Davos, Switzerland, through which he warned the rules-based worldwide order largely steered by American hegemony was within the midst of a “rupture.”
“Please let this Letter serve to symbolize that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you concerning Canada’s becoming a member of, what will probably be, probably the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time,” Trump posted on-line as he returned to Washington from Switzerland.
Trump hosted a signing ceremony for his Board of Peace on the sidelines of the World Financial Discussion board earlier this week. Greater than two dozen international locations have signed on to this point, together with Israel, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, although notably not one of the U.S.’s main European allies have performed so. France, Norway, Sweden and the UK have both declined the invitation or expressed important reservations in regards to the board. The Vatican stated Pope Leo, the primary American pope, has been requested to affix the board and is evaluating the invitation.
Carney, in his tackle to the gathering of presidency officers and enterprise leaders, known as on center powers to return collectively to keep away from falling sufferer to coercion from bigger and extra highly effective nations.
“Center powers should act collectively as a result of if we’re not on the desk, we’re on the menu,” Carney stated.
President Donald Trump speaks throughout a gathering on the World Financial Discussion board (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2026. | Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks throughout the 56th annual World Financial Discussion board (WEF) assembly in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 20, 2026.
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Carney added, “We should not permit the rise of onerous energy to blind us to the truth that the facility of legitimacy, integrity and guidelines will stay robust, if we select to wield them collectively.”
The Canadian chief, with out explicitly mentioning Trump by title, additionally instantly criticized the U.S. menace of tariffs for U.S. allies that opposed Trump’s purpose to amass Greenland and made clear Canada’s help for the Danish territory’s sovereignty.
President Trump, the subsequent day, swiped at Carney’s remarks and stated the U.S.’s northern neighbor must be “grateful.”
“Canada will get loads of freebies from us. By the best way, they need to be grateful additionally, however they don’t seem to be. I watched your prime minister yesterday. He wasn’t so grateful. They need to be grateful to us, Canada. Canada lives due to the US. Do not forget that, Mark, the subsequent time you make your statements,” Trump stated in his WEF speech.
Carney pushed again on Trump in remarks delivered in Quebec Metropolis on Thursday.
“Canada and the US have constructed a outstanding partnership within the economic system, in safety, and in wealthy cultural alternate,” Carney stated. “However Canada would not stay due to the US. Canada thrives as a result of we’re Canadian.”
Tensions have flared between Trump and Carney for months over tariffs and over Trump’s repeated calls since his return to workplace to have Canada change into the 51st state of the U.S.
