@kevinrns
My take is that after the Davos speech, the levels of mockery of Trump in Europe, including at elite political and journalistic levels, have rocketed.
“The Trump team went to Europe in a state of malign ignorance, exemplified by Trump saying during his Davos harangue that “without us, you’d all be speaking German.” Most Swiss speak … German.”
—Paul Krugman, Trump 0, Europe 1
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-0-europe-1
#trump #usa #europe #davos #worldeconomicforum
Kevin Russell
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It was a historic speech, out of the park.
Its a pleasure to have such capacity in leadership.
And
Billionaires got us here, billionaires destroyed the rule of law. Billionairism will keep us here. Multimillionaires hold parties, buy islands, billionaires buy countries.
Billionaires need to be millionaires.
Democracy is incompatible with billionaires.
It was a historic speech, out of the park.
Its a pleasure to have such capacity in leadership.
And
Billionaires got us here, billionaires destroyed the rule of law. Billionairism will keep us here. Multimillionaires hold parties, buy islands, billionaires buy countries.
Billionaires need to be millionaires.
Democracy is incompatible with billionaires.
Stephan Hadan 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
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Großmachtpolitik #Merz #Davos #NATO #cartoon #karikatur
Großmachtpolitik #Merz #Davos #NATO #cartoon #karikatur
Andy Wootton
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“Europe is a regulatory morass that is built on bureaucracy, and the layering and layering of rules that constrain economic activity.”
Scott Bessant, US Treasury Secretary
To which Europeans say:
Flint, Michigan
East Palestine, Ohio
Uniontown, Alabama
These places are global bywords for the poisoning of people and nature when you have no regulatory oversight of business and you prioritise ‘economic activity’ at all costs over health and safety.
Aral Balkan
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Very Good. StS sabotage snow machines at #Davos 😁
World Economic Forum opens with power-cut and graffiti against the elite “death cult” #WEF
„Shut the System says its activists this morning sabotaged snow machines at the Davos ski resort, where the World Economic Forum (WEF) opens
tomorrow (20 January).
The group said its “saboteurs cut power cables supplying snow machines across the Jakobshorn and Parsenns mountainsides. They used natural pigment to write blood-red messages alongside the ski runs stating: ‘Summit of Delusion’ and ‘Blood In Your Wallets'”.
In a press release the group described the Forum as a “death cult” for political and business elites, and noted that “Davos uses machines to create fake snow because global warming prevents that happening naturally”.“
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/01/19/sts-sabotage-snow-machines-at-davos/
I’m late to the party on #Canadian PM Mark Carney’s #Davos speech…but can see why it’s making waves.
He manages to skewer both #Trump and #Starmer without even naming them.
“great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons, tariffs as leverage, financial infrastructure as coercion, supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited.”
Melancholic Mediocrity :v_bi:
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The speeches are interesting, but when's the swimsuit competition?
#Davos
The speeches are interesting, but when's the swimsuit competition?
#Davos
Witchzilla
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Europe is used to unstable strongmen acting as Putin’s doormats. But this rambling Davos speech by the far-right US president is one too many. Enough. Europe must break free and stand on its own. #Davos #WEF #Trump #Europe #Democracy #Authoritarianism
G. Gibson
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Canadian PM Rips Trump’s Greenland Push: ‘We Are in the Midst of a Rupture’
Mark Carney offered a sharp critique of the president’s tariff agenda and more at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Trump responded the next day
Europe is used to unstable strongmen acting as Putin’s doormats. But this rambling Davos speech by the far-right US president is one too many. Enough. Europe must break free and stand on its own. #Davos #WEF #Trump #Europe #Democracy #Authoritarianism
Canadian PM Rips Trump’s Greenland Push: ‘We Are in the Midst of a Rupture’
Mark Carney offered a sharp critique of the president’s tariff agenda and more at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Trump responded the next day