Trump Uninvites Canada From His ‘Board of Peace’ After Davos Snub

US President Donald Trump has pulled Canada’s invitation to join his newly launched “Board of Peace”, a move that looks very much like payback after Prime Minister Mark Carney publicly challenged Washington’s worldview at the World Economic Forum.

“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 on Thursday in a post on Truth Social, addressing Carney directly.

The reversal came just hours after Trump formally unveiled the board in Davos, Switzerland. Only last week, Carney’s office had confirmed that Canada had been invited and that the prime minister planned to accept.

At Davos, Carney delivered a speech that landed squarely on Trump’s pressure points. He warned against powerful states weaponising economic integration, using tariffs as leverage, and urged countries to recognise that the old rules-based global order is breaking down. The remarks earned him a rare standing ovation from the room.

Carney went further, suggesting that Canada, fresh off a new trade deal with China, could help show how so-called “middle powers” might work together to avoid being crushed by US hegemony.

Trump was unimpressed.

He shot back that Canada “lives because of the United States” and said Carney should be grateful for American generosity.

“Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements,” Trump added, pointedly using Carney’s first name.

The spat unfolded against a broader backdrop of tension. Trump has recently threatened a trade war against European countries that oppose his push to acquire Greenland, an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, reinforcing concerns among allies about his readiness to use economic pressure as a political weapon.

Despite Canada’s sudden exclusion, Trump insists his peace board is a hit.

“Everyone wants to be a part” of it, he said, claiming nearly 30 members have already joined. Known participants include Argentina, Bahrain, Morocco, Pakistan and Turkiye. Several close US allies, including the United Kingdom, France and Italy, have so far chosen to sit it out.

Trump said some leaders want to join but need parliamentary approval first, singling out Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Polish President Karol Nawrocki. Permanent members, he added, must contribute $1bn each to fund the initiative.

“Once this board is completely formed, we can do pretty much whatever we want to do,” Trump told audiences in Switzerland. “And we’ll do it in conjunction with the United Nations.”

The board began life as a relatively narrow idea: a small group of leaders overseeing the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire, chaired by Trump himself. It has since ballooned into something far more ambitious, at least rhetorically.

Its creation was endorsed by a UN Security Council resolution tied to Trump’s Gaza peace plan, though a UN spokesperson stressed that any UN engagement would be limited strictly to that context.