The speech he gave Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, speaking from Davos —in which he buried the old world order— did not sit well with Donald Trump. The day after hearing him speak, the US president retorted that Canada "lives thanks to the United States" and told the prime minister he should be grateful for Washington's generosity. "Remember this, Mark, the next time you make your statements," he added.

"No one watching this Davos speech can come to any other conclusion than that the President of the United States is suffering from a mental disorder. It is both shameful and extremely dangerous." This tweet from American international policy expert Tom Nichols sums up the feeling Donald Trump's audience must have had in Davos when they heard a speech full of inconsistencies, falsehoods, and constant confusion. Trump confused Greenland with Iceland and then referred to the Danish island as "a piece of ice," before questioning the commitment of NATO allies and lamenting the stock market decline. Admittedly, the headline that sticks is that he claims he will not use force in Greenland. But what credibility does someone who is a compulsive liar and has no respect for international norms have?

"Today I will speak about the breakdown of the world order, the end of a beautiful story and the beginning of a brutal reality in which geopolitics between the great powers is subject to no limits." Thus began Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's forceful and applauded speech at the Davos Economic Forum on Tuesday. For nearly 20 minutes, the Liberal leader of the United States' neighbor spoke about the breakdown of the world order, the end of a beautiful story, and the beginning of a brutal reality in which geopolitics between the great powers is subject to no limits. He called on the "middle powers" to unite and "act together" in a world where "the rules-based order is fading away." In the field of international relations, Carney's assertion that "the old order is not coming back" has been interpreted as an exemplary diagnosis of the current geopolitical situation. But in the current context, with Trump's threats to annex Greenland With the aggression against Venezuela still simmering, Carney's words have also been seen, in part, as a criticism of the southern neighbor. And it's not the first time the Canadian prime minister has confronted Trump.