Prime Minister Mark Carney is dismissing reports he walked back the remarks he made in Davos last week during a conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday.
“To be absolutely clear, and I said this to the president, I meant what I said in Davos,” Carney said Tuesday on his way into a meeting with his cabinet.
Asked directly if he walked his comments back, Carney said “no.”
During an appearance on Fox News’ Hannity program on Monday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he was there when Trump spoke with Carney, saying the prime minister used the opportunity to recant what he said during his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week.
What was it that he supposedly walked back?
The article doesn’t say specifically, only indicating Carney’s Davos speech. So take your pick I guess.
I went ahead and read the whole speech here
TLDR: The gist is that Carney is declaring an end to the old world order and since Canada can’t afford to go it alone they will be seeking new friends, trade-partners, coalitions and massive economic investment in itself. He never mentions the U.S. outright but the entire speech is a veiled rebuke of Trumps entire approach to international relations most important of which was him declaring Canada’s commitment to stand with Greenland.