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U.S. President Donald Trump connected Friday (January 24, 2026) slammed Canada for rejecting his projected "Golden Dome" rocket defence task implicit Greenland, informing that Beijing could "eat them up" wrong a twelvemonth arsenic the bluish neighbour chooses person ties with China implicit U.S.-backed security
On Truth Social, Mr. Trump wrote, "Canada is against The Golden Dome being built implicit Greenland, adjacent though The Golden Dome would support Canada. Instead, they voted successful favour of doing concern with China, who volition 'eat them up' wrong the archetypal year!"
Mr. Trump's outburst comes amid escalating tensions betwixt the U.S. and its bluish neighbour, pursuing caller remarks by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney astatine the World Economic Forum (WEF) successful Davos.
On Wednesday (January 21, 2026), during his code astatine the 56th Annual Summit of the WEF, Mr. Trump criticised Mr. Carney, asserting that Canada should beryllium much "grateful" to the U.S. for the "freebies" it receives, including information protections.
“Canada gets a batch of freebies from us, by the way. They should besides beryllium grateful, but they're not. I saw your Prime Minister yesterday; helium wasn't truthful grateful. They should beryllium grateful to us," Mr. Trump said, adding that his program to physique a "Golden Dome" rocket defence strategy volition besides supply extortion to Canada."
“Canada lives due to the fact that of the United States. Remember that, Mark, the adjacent clip you marque your statements," Mr. Trump said, underscoring the strategical and information relation of the US successful protecting its bluish neighbour.
Mr. Trump's remarks were aimed astatine Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who, successful his WEF address, highlighted "an epoch of large powerfulness rivalry, wherever the rules-based bid is fading," and besides opposed tariff coercion, successful a veiled notation to Washington's usage of the fiscal instrumentality to get Greenland.
On January 17, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a caller commercialized agreement with China. Mr. Carney said that the woody would unfastened markets for Canadian businesses and workers.
In a station connected X, Mr. Carney said, "We've secured a caller commercialized statement with China — unlocking much than $7 cardinal successful export markets for Canadian workers and businesses."
In a connection by the Canadian Prime Minister's Office said, "In a much divided and uncertain world, Canada is gathering a stronger, much independent, and much resilient economy. To that end, Canada's caller authorities is moving with urgency and determination to diversify commercialized partnerships and catalyse monolithic caller levels of investment. As the world's second-largest economy, China presents tremendous opportunities for Canada successful this mission."
Canada has agreed to chopped its 100% tariff connected Chinese electrical cars successful instrumentality for little tariffs connected Canadian workplace products, CBS News reported.
Mr. Carney said determination would beryllium an archetypal yearly headdress of 49,000 vehicles connected Chinese EV exports to Canada, increasing to astir 70,000 implicit 5 years. China volition trim its full tariff connected canola seeds, a large Canadian export, from 84 per cent to astir 15 per cent, arsenic per CBS News.
Mr. Carney said China has go a much predictable spouse to woody with than the US.
"Our narration has progressed successful caller months with China. It is much predictable and you spot results coming from that," Carney said, arsenic quoted by CBS News.
