Trump withdraws invite for Canada's Carney to join 'board of peace'
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney drew international attention this week with comments about a "rupture" in the US-led global order.
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WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump on Thursday (Jan 23) withdrew an invite for Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney to join his newly constituted "board of peace".
"Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada's joining," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.
Carney drew international attention this week with comments about a "rupture" in the US-led global order.
His government has also said it would not pay to join Trump's self-styled body to end global conflicts.
Carney, who has sought to reduce his country's reliance on the US in its own tariffs feud with Trump, said on Tuesday that the US-led global system of governance was enduring a “rupture”.
A new reality has set in, Carney said, in a speech in Davos that did not name Trump but provided an analysis of the president’s impact on global affairs.
"Call it what it is: a system of intensifying great power rivalry where the most powerful pursue their interests using economic integration as coercion."
In an apparent warning against efforts to appease major powers, Carney said countries like Canada can no longer hope that "compliance will buy safety".
"It won't," he said.
"The question for middle powers, like Canada, is not whether to adapt to this new reality. We must. The question is whether we adapt by simply building higher walls - or whether we can do something more ambitious."
"Middle powers must act together, because if we're not at the table, we're on the menu," Carney said.
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