Trump Destroys Canada’s Mark Carney: ‘Remember That’

President Donald J. Trump delivered a sharp rebuke of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday, responding directly to remarks Carney made a day earlier at the World Economic Forum that many interpreted as a thinly veiled critique of U.S. leadership.

Speaking during a wide-ranging and lengthy address, Trump made clear he was unimpressed with Carney’s tone and framing.

“Canada gets a lot of freebies from us, by the way,” the president said. “They should be grateful but they’re not. I watched your prime minister yesterday. He wasn’t so grateful. But they should be grateful to us, Canada. Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements.”

Carney had addressed the annual gathering of global political and business leaders on Tuesday, warning that the post–Cold War “rules-based international order” was eroding. He urged nations to adjust to a world defined by intensifying competition among major powers — remarks widely seen as a swipe at U.S. trade, defense, and territorial policies.

According to Newsweek, the exchange underscores growing diplomatic friction between Washington and Ottawa, tensions that have increasingly surfaced in discussions around trade, security, and global leadership at the forum.

During his speech, Carney argued that the post–Cold War order had become a “useful fiction,” sustained largely by American power but one that can “no longer be relied on” in an era of renewed great-power rivalry. He claimed countries like Canada had grown accustomed to the stability provided by multilateral institutions, only to now face a world where “tariffs as leverage” and “economic integration as weapons” are routinely deployed.

The Canadian prime minister characterized the current geopolitical moment as a “rupture, not a transition,” calling on so-called middle powers to pursue greater strategic autonomy in energy production, supply chains, and critical minerals. He also invoked Václav Havel’s parable of “living within a lie,” warning that passive compliance in hopes of security “won’t” work.

Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron departed the World Economic Forum shortly before President Trump arrived, reportedly returning to Paris rather than remaining to engage with the U.S. president directly.

Trump did not hold back in his assessment of Europe’s trajectory.

“I don’t want to insult anybody and say I don’t recognize it,” Trump said during his special address. “And that’s not in a positive way. That’s in a very negative way. And I love Europe and I want to see Europe do good, but it’s not heading in the right direction.”

The president criticized decades of Western policy consensus, arguing that elites embraced a model detached from national interests.

“In recent decades, it became conventional wisdom in Washington and European capitals that the only way to grow a modern Western economy was through ever increasing government spending, unchecked mass migration, and endless foreign imports,” Trump said.

He stressed that restoring Western strength requires a return to fundamentals.

Trump said that issues like energy, trade, immigration and economic growth must be “central concerns to anyone who wants to see a strong and united West.”

Trump’s remarks come amid escalating tensions with European allies, as his administration has renewed efforts to acquire Greenland and warned of tariffs against countries that oppose U.S. strategic objectives.

“The United States is treated very unfairly by NATO. I want to tell you that. When you think about it, nobody can dispute it! We give so much and we get so little in return,” Trump said. “And yet I’ve done more to help NATO than any other president by far, than any other person. You wouldn’t have NATO if I didn’t get involved in my first term.”

The president also singled out Denmark over Greenland’s security, arguing that the country has failed to meet its defense commitments.

“In 2019, Denmark said that they would spend over $200 million to strengthen Greenland’s defenses. But, as you know, they spent less than 1 percent of that amount. One percent! There’s NO SIGN of Denmark there,” Trump said.

The remarks reinforced Trump’s long-standing argument that American power has been taken for granted by allies — and that his second-term administration is prepared to challenge that status quo head-on.