'Next Time You Make Statements...': Trump Furious At Canada PM Mark Carney Over Viral Davos Speech

Davos: US President Donald Trump took a swipe at Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney while speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. His remarks came after Carney, while speaking at the WEF, warned of a possible “rupture” in the liberal international order.

At the Davos event, Trump claimed Canada benefits heavily from its relationship with the United States and should be more appreciative. He said he had seen Carney a day earlier and felt the Canadian leader did not appear grateful, adding that Ottawa receives several “freebies” from Washington. “Canada gets a lot of freebies from us, by the way. They should be grateful also, but they're not. I watched your prime minister yesterday. He wasn't so grateful. They should be grateful to us, Canada," Trump said, adding, “Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements.”

Trump was referring to the viral speech of Carney at the WEF which had earned a standing ovation from the crowd. Without mentioning Trump, Carney referred to United States' approach to multilateralism and said that the world is in the midst of a rupture, not a transition. "Great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons, tariffs as leverage, financial infrastructure as coercion, supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited," he added.

This comes in the backdrop of Trump's continuous threat to takeover Greenland and punish all those countries who oppose the ambitions of America in the Arctic Island. Recently, Trump announced that America will impose a new tariff of 10% on “any and all goods sent to the United States of America” from eight European countries, namely Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and the United Kingdom, because of their opposition to American control over Greenland. Accusing these countries of playing a "very dangerous game", Trump said, “This Tariff will be due and payable until such time as a deal is reached for the complete and total purchase of Greenland.”

The annual World Economic Forum meeting will conclude on January 23.

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