As Davos Convenes, Deference to Trump Has Replaced Everything. The traditional rhetoric of the World Economic Forum centered on global integration, climate change and international cooperation. Not anymore.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/business/davos-president-trump.html
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From the article:
>“Why is Trump going to Davos?” asked Mr. Blyth, the political economist “He’s punching them in the head and telling them who’s in charge. He’s informing them that, basically, unless they align with him, they no longer matter.”
Appeasement is the stance taken by those who are incapable of defending their independent integrity. Hit is the prelude to enslavement.
90-95% of rich people folded to Trump a long time ago. Many think as long as they don’t say anything publicly and Trump will focus on something/someone else.
Much of Davos will be preoccupied by attendees discussing how to deal with the uncertainty caused by another attendee. How they will manage discussing him without offending him will be the greatest exercise in political correctness we have ever seen. It might well spark the next geopolitical crisis of the week.