Trump withdraws ‘Board of Peace’ invitation to Carney in widening rift with Canada

U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew the invitation to Canada to join his “Board of Peace,” days after Prime Minister Mark Carney’s address in Davos warning against economic coersion by the world’s superpowers.

“Dear Prime Minister Carney: Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Thursday night stateside.

Carney said last week that he intended to join the board but details, including financial terms, had yet to be worked out. States looking for a permanent seat need to pay $1 billion.

In his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this week, Carney said the world’s “middle powers” must band together to resist coercion from the world’s largest powers.

“Great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons. Tariffs as leverage, financial infrastructure as coercion, supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited,” he said.

While Carney did not name any country, Trump responded later, saying on the sidelines of the forum that “Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements.”

Hours before Carney’s speech, Trump had posted on social media a digitally-altered image of a map with Greenland, Venezuela and Canada covered with American flag.

Recent events have shown that “the rules-based international order” is effectively dead, while the world’s superpowers “pursue their interests using economic integration as a weapon of coercion,” Carney said in his speech.

Relations between the two longstanding allies have come under heavy strain in Trump’s second term, who has referred to the neighboring country as the U.S.’ 51st state, besides targeting it with tariffs.

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