Canada PM Carney denies retracting Davos comments in talk with Trump
Source: Reuters
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday said he spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday but denied he had retracted comments last week that irritated the U.S. President.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that during the call, Carney "was very aggressively walking back" some of the remarks he made during a speech in Davos in which he urged nations to accept the end of a rules-based global order.
Carney - citing U.S. tariffs on key Canadian imports - is pushing to diversify trade away from the United States, which takes around 70% of all Canadian exports.
-snip-
"To be absolutely clear, and I said this to the president - I meant what I said in Davos," Carney told reporters.
-snip-
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/canada-pm-carney-denies-retracting-davos-comments-talk-with-trump-2026-01-27/
Never trust Trump's version of private conversations.
Trump lying about the substance of a call with a foreign leader, Chapter 1,378.
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2026-01-27T16:47:24.716Z
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220974282
= new reply since forum marked as read
