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‘Canada lives because of us’: Trump issues sharp warning to Mark Carney after ‘rupture’ speech at Davos

Mark Carney Davos speech: At the World Economic Forum, Donald Trump said Canada gets many “freebies” from the US and “should be grateful".

Mark CarneyUS Canada relations news: Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (Photo: The Canadian Press via AP)

US Canada relations news: US President Donald Trump needled his northern neighbour after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that the current phase of global diplomacy was a “rupture” and called for “middle powers” to “act together.” At the World Economic Forum,  Trump said Canada gets many “freebies” from the US and “should be grateful”. He said Carney’s Davos speech showed he “wasn’t so grateful.

“Canada lives because of the United States,” Trump said. “Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements.”

What did Mark Carney say?

Earlier, speaking at Davos, Mark Carney said the US-led global system of governance is enduring “a rupture,” defined by great power competition and a “fading” rules-based order.

Since entering Canadian politics in 2025, Carney has repeatedly warned that the world was not going to return to a pre-Trump normal. He reaffirmed that message Tuesday, in a speech that did not name Trump but offered an analysis of the president’s impact on global affairs.

“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition,” Carney said.

He noted that Canada had benefited from the old “rules-based international order,” including from “American hegemony” that “helped provide public goods: open sea lanes, a stable financial system, collective security, and support for frameworks for resolving disputes.”

“We know ‌the old order ‍is ⁠not coming ​back. We shouldn’t mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy,” he said. Trump has ⁠previously threatened to annex Canada, and Tuesday shared an AI image of a map showing Canada and Greenland as part of the United States.

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Carney’s ‌office declined to comment on Trump’s speech.

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