US President Donald Trump on Friday withdrew an invitation for Canada to join his proposed ‘Board of Peace’, a move that came after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney publicly opposed US tariffs linked
to Washington’s push to acquire Greenland.
The decision marks a fresh escalation in tensions between the two long-standing allies, already strained by sharp exchanges at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump shared the text of a letter addressed to Carney, formally revoking the invitation.
“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,” Trump wrote.
The Board of Peace is an initiative championed by Trump as a high-level grouping of global leaders aimed at resolving international conflicts, though few concrete details about its structure, membership, or mandate have been made public.
The withdrawal follows a series of pointed remarks by Trump directed at Carney during the annual WEF meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
Trump spoke a day after Carney delivered a keynote address warning that the global rules-based order was fracturing.
Carney’s speech drew 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 his Davos remarks.
Carney, without naming Trump or the United States directly, had warned that the world was facing a fundamental break 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.
“We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn’t mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.”
“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, again without explicitly naming Trump or Washington.
Relations have been further inflamed by Trump’s repeated threats to annexe Canada and his rhetoric on territorial expansion.
Earlier this week, Trump shared an AI-generated image depicting Canada and Greenland as part of the United States, a move that drew criticism and concern in diplomatic circles.
