Trump withdrew Canada’s invitation to join his proposed “Board of Peace,” following Carney’s public criticism of US tariffs related to Washington’s effort to acquire Greenland. The move adds to growing tensions between the two longtime allies.
US President Donald Trump on Friday revoked an invitation for Canada to join his proposed “Board of Peace,” following Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s public opposition to US tariffs tied to Washington’s push to acquire Greenland.
The move marks a further strain in relations between the two long-standing allies, already tense after sharp exchanges at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.
Trump shared the decision in a post on his Truth Social platform, attaching a letter addressed to Carney.
“Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time,” he wrote.
The Board of Peace is a Trump initiative envisioned as a high-level grouping of global leaders to resolve international conflicts. Few details about its structure, membership, or mandate have been publicly disclosed.
The withdrawal came after Trump had criticised Carney during the WEF in Davos. Carney had delivered a keynote address warning that the global rules-based order was fracturing—a speech that earned a standing ovation from delegates.
“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 response.
Carney, without naming Trump or the US directly, had stressed that the world faced a fundamental rupture rather than a gradual transition.
“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition,” he said, adding that major powers were increasingly using economic integration as a weapon and tariffs as leverage.
“If great powers abandon even the pretence of rules and values for the unhindered pursuit of their power and interests, the gains from transactionalism will become harder to replicate,” Carney said.
Carney rebuffs Trump
After the withdrawal, Carney used a post on X to reject Trump’s claim that Canada “lives because of the United States.” He emphasised that Canada thrives on its own strengths while maintaining close ties with Washington.
“Canada thrives because we are Canadian,” Carney wrote, adding that the two neighbours have built “a remarkable partnership, in the economy, in security, and in rich cultural exchange,” but insisted that Canada does not “live because of the United States.”
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