Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday openly vented the frustration against the Trump administration that the world leaders are going through in private conversations since the Republican leader came into power last year.

From the dias of the World Economic Forum, the Canadian PM warned that the world is witnessing a fundamental "rupture" in the global order rather than a gradual transition. The leader cautioned against weaponising trade, finance, and supply chains without naming US President Donald Trump. The speech, which went viral on social media platforms, has earned praise from almost all corners of the world.

When India exposed US' hypocracy

However, the world must also thank India, which had already exposed the US on multiple occasions, but every time, New Delhi faced scrutiny despite knowing the nature of the American administration.

India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, on multiple occasions, exposed America's hypocrisy during the Russia-Ukraine war, where the American administration has been grilling New Delhi for purchasing oil from Moscow. He had shut the mouth of the US administration over how the US engagement with various businesses in Russia, while lecturing New Delhi over funding a bloodbath in Ukraine.

He had also exposed at global level what US did to Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. The world was then a mute spectator but now the reality is ruining the whole world. 

Calling itself a victim of "globalisation", when the Trump administration imposed a tariff bomb on several countries, New Delhi had warned its consequences. It had already cautioned the world that the next turn could be yours. But none of the world leaders dared to counter Trump's ego. 

What Mark Carney said at WEF

In his address at the 56th Annual Summit of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Carney opposed tariff coercion in a veiled reference to Washington --including measures linked to Greenland--and urged renewed multilateral engagement to safeguard sovereignty, stability and prosperity.

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The Canadian PM noted that the era of a stable, rules-based international system had given way to a harsher geopolitical reality marked by great power rivalry.

"Today, I will talk about a rupture in the world order--the end of a pleasant fiction and the beginning of a harsh reality, where major geopolitical powers operate with few limits and constraints... Countries like Canada have the capacity to help build a new order that reflects our values, including respect for human rights, sustainable development, solidarity, sovereignty, and territorial integrity," Carney said.

"Every day, it seems we are living in an era of great power rivalry, where the rules-based order is fading, the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must... This aphorism of vicissitudes is presented as inevitable, as if the natural logic of international relations is simply reasserting itself," he added, stating that the world was facing a rupture, "not a transition."

Mark Carney speech: The words the whole world wants to say to Trump 

American-led order must end: Carney declared that the era of US-dominated global order has definitively ended, describing it as a "rupture" rather than a gradual transition in international relations.

Western hypocrisy: Carney openly criticised the long-standing hypocrisy in the Western-led "rules-based international order," calling it a facade where rules were applied unevenly, strong powers exempted themselves when convenient.

Bias enforcement of rules: Trade rules, international law, and obligations were enforced selectively; the strongest, primarily the US, bent or ignored them when it suited their interests, validating long-held grievances from middle powers like India on trade, climate, and energy issues.

Weaponisation of economic tools: Great powers now use economic integration as a weapon- tariffs as leverage, financial systems for coercion, and supply chains for exploitation- shifting from mutual benefit to vulnerability and dependence.

Trump's warning over sovereignty: Trump on multiple occassions maintained aggressive moves, including threats to acquire Greenland, 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods, musings about Canada as the 51st state, 200 per cent duties on French wine to silence dissent, and broader bullying of allies and rivals.

Crisis-driven exposure: Over the past two decades, crises in finance, health, energy, and geopolitics revealed the dangers of extreme global integration, accelerating the breakdown of the old system.

No return to nostalgia: Carney emphasised that clinging to outdated ideals or nostalgia is futile; middle powers must face the new reality where public goods like stable trade and safe sea lanes are replaced by coercive tactics.

Call for adaptation by middle powers: For countries like Canada and others, the question is not whether to adapt but how, urging collective action among middle powers to avoid being mere "on the menu" in a world without reliable US leadership.

(With inputs from agency)