‘I meant what I said:’ Carney says he did not walk back Davos speech to Trump
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Carney’s comments came after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview that Carney “aggressively” walked back some of the comments he made in a call with Trump.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said he did not walk back the sentiments in his World Economic Forum speech that urged countries to recognize the “rupture” in the global order in a call with U.S. President Donald Trump, after U.S. Secretary Scott Bessent said he did.
“To be absolutely clear, and I said this to the president, I meant what I said in Davos,” Carney told reporters in Ottawa when asked about the U.S. media report citing Bessent.
“Canada was the first country to understand the change in U.S. trade policy that he had initiated. And we’re responding to that,” he said.
“He (Trump) understood that, and it was a good conversation.”
Carney’s comments came hours after Bessent said in an interview that Carney “aggressively” walked back some of the comments he made in a call with Trump.
“I was in the Oval (Office) with the president today. He spoke to Prime Minister Carney, who was very aggressively walking back some of the unfortunate remarks he made at Davos,” Bessent said in an interview on Fox News’ “Hannity” program.
Carney received a rare standing ovation in Davos for a speech in which he urged nations to accept the end of a rules-based global order.
The phone call with Trump on Sunday included a discussion on a “wide-range” of issues, Carney said.
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