President Donald Trump meets Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House on May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The president's rebuff came after he said Wednesday that the United States should control Greenland to build a large-scale "Golden Dome" missile defense system, which he said would also protect Canada, which he argued depends on U.S. security.
"We're building a Golden Dome that's going to, just by its very nature, going to be defending Canada. Canada gets a lot of freebies from us, by the way. They should be grateful also," Trump said during the forum in Davos.
"But they're not. I watched your prime minister yesterday. He wasn't so grateful. They should be grateful to us, Canada. Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements," he said, referring to remarks Carney made earlier this week.
US TRADE REP SHRUGS OFF WORLD LEADERS’ SWIPES AT TRUMP AMID DAVOS BACKLASH
President Donald Trump (left) responds to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, 2026. (Markus Schreiber/AP; Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
The president has invited Russia, Belarus, France, Germany, Vietnam, Finland, Ukraine, Ireland, Greece, Israel and China, to join the board.
Fox News Digital's Ashley Carnahan contributed to this report.
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