US President Donald Trump chided Mark Carney in a speech in Davos yesterday after the Canadian prime minister delivered a rousing address on a ‘rupture’ in the international rules-based order.
In a wide-ranging speech at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Switzerland, Trump reserved strong words for Carney, who received a standing ovation for his remarks at the forum on Tuesday.
“They should be grateful to us, Canada. Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements,” Trump said.
In his special address, Carney expressed Canada’s desire to forge new alliances with like-minded countries as he navigates a tricky relationship with the Trump administration in Washington.
“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition,” Carney said, pointing to how ‘great powers’ were using economic integration as weapons and tariffs as leverage. He did not directly name Trump.
“We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn’t mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy,” he said.
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