‘Canada Lives Because Of US’: Trump Mocks Ottawa On World Stage, Targets PM Carney | World News

DAVOS: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for his remarks at the World Economic Forum (WEF) and said the country should be more “grateful” towards the US. In his speech at the WEF’s 56th Annual Summit in Davos, Trump said his northern neighbor “received a lot of free gifts” from Washington and suggested he was not as grateful as he should have been.

“By the way, Canada is getting a lot of freebies from us. They should be grateful too, but they’re not. I saw your Prime Minister yesterday; he wasn’t that grateful. They should be grateful to us.” Trump said, adding that the plan to build the “Golden Dome” missile defense system would also provide protection to Canada.

Underlining the strategic and security role of the United States in protecting its northern neighbor, Trump said, “Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that next time you make a statement, Mark.”

Trump’s remarks were aimed at Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who in his WEF speech highlighted “an era of great power competition in which the rules-based order has weakened” and also opposed tariff pushes, a veiled reference to Washington’s use of financial means to buy Greenland.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday warned that the world was witnessing a fundamental “rupture” in the global order rather than a gradual transition, and warned against the weaponization of trade, finance and supply chains. In his speech at the WEF, Carney opposed tariff pressure (including Greenland-related measures) in a veiled reference to Washington and called for renewed multilateral engagement to protect sovereignty, stability and prosperity.

He noted that the era of a stable, rules-based international system has given way to a harsher geopolitical reality marked by great power competition. “Today I will talk about a rupture in the world order; the end of a pleasant fiction and the beginning of a harsh reality in which major geopolitical powers operate with few borders and restrictions… Countries like Canada have the capacity to help build a new order that reflects our values, including respect for human rights, sustainable development, solidarity, sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Carney said. he said.

“Every day we seem to be living in an age of great power competition in which the rules-based order is weakening, in which the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must… This aphorism of change is presented as inevitable, as if the natural logic of international relations were reasserting itself.” he added, noting that the world “is facing a rupture, not a transition.”

Canada acknowledged that the current international system has never been perfect, noting that powerful states such as the United States often bend or ignore the rules when it suits them. Carney’s remarks were a subtle reference to Trump’s recent tariff threats against European allies over his intention to buy Greenland.