President Donald Trump rescinded an invite for Canada to affix his newly-formed “Board of Peace” amid his escalating feud with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.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 submit, 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 signify that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you concerning Canada’s becoming a member of, what can be, essentially 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 up to now, together with Israel, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, although notably not one of the U.S.’s main European allies have accomplished so. France, Norway, Sweden and the UK have both declined the invitation or expressed important reservations concerning the board. The Vatican mentioned 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 come back 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 mentioned.
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 through 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 arduous 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 immediately criticized the U.S. risk of tariffs for U.S. allies that opposed Trump’s goal to accumulate Greenland and made clear Canada’s help for the Danish territory’s sovereignty.
President Trump, the following day, swiped at Carney’s remarks and mentioned the U.S.’s northern neighbor needs to be “grateful.”
“Canada will get lots of freebies from us. By the way in which, 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 america. Do not forget that, Mark, the following time you make your statements,” Trump mentioned in his WEF speech.
Carney pushed again on Trump in remarks delivered in Quebec Metropolis on Thursday.
“Canada and america have constructed a exceptional partnership within the financial system, in safety, and in wealthy cultural alternate,” Carney mentioned. “However Canada would not stay due to america. 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.
