‘China will eat them up’: Trump slams Canada for rejecting ‘golden dome’ plan in Greenland

Trump hits back at Canada’s Mark Carney

Trump’s outburst comes amid escalating tensions between the United States and its northern neighbour, Canada, following recent remarks by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.

The row sharpened after Carney, speaking at the 56th Annual WEF Summit earlier this week, warned against growing economic and strategic pressure from major powers.

On Wednesday, speaking at the 56th annual summit of the WEF, Trump criticised Carney directly. He said that Canada should be more ‘grateful’ to the US for what he called ‘freebies’. “Canada lives because of the United States,” Trump had said.

“Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements.” He was referring to Carney’s speech in which the Canadian President said the US-led global system of governance is enduring ‘a rupture,’ defined by great power competition and a ‘fading’ rules-based order. 

What did Carney say?

Following this, Carney Thursday responded to Trump’s comment that ‘Canada lives because of the United States,” saying Canada thrives because of Canadian values.

“Canada doesn’t live because of the United States. Canada thrives because we are Canadian,” Carney said.

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 on Tuesday, in a speech that did not name Trump but offered an analysis of the president’s impact on global affairs.