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Trump disinvites Canada from his ‘Board of Peace’ days after Mark Carney’s blistering speech at Davos
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President Donald Trump has disinvited Canada from his “Board of Peace” days after Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a blistering speech in Davos, Switzerland, about “an era of great power rivalry.”
The speech, given at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday, was seen as a rebuke of Trump’s efforts to acquire Greenland.
In a Truth Social post Thursday night, Trump wrote in the format of a letter, “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, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time.”
Last week, Carney’s office said he planned to accept Trump’s invitation to the “Board of Peace,” Reuters reported. The Independent has reached out to Carney’s office for comment.
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Trump signed the charter of his “Board of Peace” in Davos Thursday. He plans to chair the international organization and has invited world leaders to join.
More than 20 countries have said they will join the board, which will focus on securing peace in conflict zones, NBC News reported. Notably, several European countries, including the United Kingdom and France, have indicated that they would not be joining the board at this time.
In his speech, Carney said: “It seems that every day we’re reminded that we live in an era of great power rivalry, that the rules based order is fading, that the strong can do what they can, and the weak must suffer what they must.”
This past week, tensions between the United States and Europe reached a boiling point after Trump threatened to place tariffs on several European countries to pressure the sale of Greenland, a mineral-rich, semi-autonomous territory of Denmark.
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During his own speech in Danvos Wednesday, Trump said, “No nation, or group of nations, is in any position to be able to secure Greenland other than the United States. We’re a great power, much greater than people even understand.”
The president tried to reassure America’s allies that the U.S. acquisition of Greenland “would not be a threat to NATO,” the military alliance that both the U.S. and Denmark are part of. He added, “The United States is treated very unfairly by NATO.”
He also hit back at Carney, saying, “Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that Mark, the next time you make your statements.”
Trump continued his rant against NATO Thursday, writing on Truth Social shortly before disinviting Canada from his international peace organization, “Maybe we should have put NATO to the test: Invoked Article 5, and forced NATO to come here and protect our Southern Border from further Invasions of Illegal Immigrants, thus freeing up large numbers of Border Patrol Agents for other tasks.”
The president also railed against Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom for attending the global economic meeting.
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“Gavin Newscum, as a ‘Lame Duck’ Governor of a Failing State, should not be at Davos running around screaming for the attention of Foreign Leaders, and embarrassing our Country,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Thursday night.
While in Davos, Newsom told European leaders to “have a backbone” against Trump. “I can’t take this complicity. People rolling over. I should’ve brought a bunch of knee pads for all the world leaders,” he said.
In response to Trump’s Truth Social post Wednesday, Newsom wrote on X that he lives “rent free” in the president’s head, meaning that Trump is constantly thinking of the governor.
