The Canadian leader warned that middle powers need to stand together or they’ll find themselves “on the menu.”

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Davos speech warning that the rules-based world order is fading drew widespread praise at home and abroad, with supporters applauding his call for middle powers to unite against coercive economics and unchecked global power.

In a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Carney said: "Middle powers must act together because if we're not at the table, we're on the menu."

Prime Minister Mark Carney got a standing ovation in Davos for starkly describing the end of Pax Americana. He is looking for new allies to help his country survive it.

The surreal clamor over Greenland provoked by Trump has shadowed proceedings in Davos, heightening fears of an emerging rupture between the U.S. and Europe.

President Donald Trump insisted he wants to “get Greenland, including right, title and ownership,” but said he wouldn’t employ force to achieve that — using his speech Wednesday at the World Economic Forum to repeatedly deride European allies and vow that NATO shouldn't try to block U.

Oil futures flitted between small gains and losses after President Trump said in Davos that the U.S. won’t use force to take control of Greenland.

His remarks to the annual World Economic Forum will come as European leaders try to de-escalate tensions with the U.S. over Trump’s plan to acquire Greenland.