Subhead:The prime minister responded to comments from the American president’s speech to the World Economic Forum, where Trump suggested Canada couldn’t live without U.S. assistance.#
After arriving back in Canada from his overseas travel, which included a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Prime Minister Mark Carney in a took the opportunity to respond to Donald Trump’s reminder that “Canada lives because of the U.S.”
On Tuesday, Carney addressed world leaders in Davos, a day ahead of the U.S. president’s own speech at the summit, where he presented his vision of a “New World Order” and discussed a strategy for bringing Canada closer to China amid a global trade war and appeared to denounce America’s geopolitical strategy.
“Today, I’ll talk about the rupture in the world order, the end of a nice story and the beginning of a brutal reality where geopolitics among the great powers is not subject to any constraints,” the prime minister told the audience.
“But I also submit to you that other countries, particularly middle powers like Canada, are not powerless. They have the capacity to build a new order that embodies our values, like respect for human rights, sustainable development, solidarity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of states.”
Trump calls out Mark Carney and his pro-China ‘New World Order’ @Davos speech, reminding him that Canada: “lives because of the United States, remember that”. pic.twitter.com/zvwjipHchZ
— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) January 21, 2026
Following on Wednesday, President Trump, during his address to the WEF, pushed back on Carney’s comments and his position on Canada.
“Canada gets a lot of freebies from us, by the way. They should be grateful but they’re not,” Trump said. “I watched your prime minister yesterday. He wasn’t so grateful. But they should be grateful to us. Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark, next time you make your statements.”
During a cabinet retreat in Quebec City on Thursday, the PM fired back at Trump’s remarks.
