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Trump holds peace commission signing ceremony
Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton joins “America’s Newsroom” to discuss President Donald Trump’s new peace commission and the framework for a deal to acquire Greenland, and how they will help the United States defend itself against Russia, China and others.
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president Donald Trump announced Thursday that Canada is no longer welcome to join his newly formed peace commission.
In a statement posted on Truth Social, Trump rescinded Canada’s invitation and notified the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney His country could no longer join “the most prestigious Council of Leaders ever”.
“Dear Prime Minister Carney: Please allow this letter to withdraw your invitation on behalf of the Peace Council Canada’s accessionthis will be the most prestigious Leadership Council ever, anytime,” Trump wrote.
Trump unveiled the commission at a meeting Speech and signing ceremony He was joined on stage Thursday by leaders from Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and Southeast Asia at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House on May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The president said Wednesday that the United States should Control Greenland Building a massive Golden Dome missile defense system, which he said would also protect Canada, he argued, depends on U.S. security.
“We are building a golden dome that, by its very nature, will defend Canada,” Trump told the Davos forum. “Canada, by the way, gets a lot of freebies from us. They should be grateful, too.”
“But they’re not. I watched your prime minister yesterday. He wasn’t that grateful. They should be grateful to us, Canada. Canada exists because of the United States. Remember that, Mark, the next time you make a statement,” he said, referring to Carney’s comments earlier this week.
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President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Canada is no longer welcome to join his newly formed peace commission and rescinded an earlier invitation to Prime Minister Mark Carney. (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg, left, Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press, The Associated Press, right.)
While Carney did not mention Trump by name, he warned in his speech that rules-based international order The relationship is collapsing as “great powers” increasingly use their economic and security leverage to coerce allies.
The prime minister argued that “middle powers” like Canada must be alert to the “wake-up call” that compliance does not guarantee security, and urged a strategy focused on diversity, collective action and respect for sovereignty.
Trump says he will serve as chairman new peace committeeSenior political, diplomatic and business figures will also attend, including his son-in-law, Secretary of State Jared Kushner Marco RubioU.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and billionaire Mark Rowan.
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President Donald Trump (left) responds to remarks by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 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.
