"On Wednesday, President Donald Trump gave a speech that unintentionally confirmed Carney's message and heightened its urgency. Both speeches were delivered at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, an annual confab of the globe's political and financial leaders that usually sparks little interest outside its walls. But this year's session is worth all of our attention-it's marking the pivot to a whole new world."
"Trump's speech, lasting an hour and 12 minutes, was full of his familiar ramble of lies, ignorance, and insults. The difference was that almost everyone in this audience saw through the nonsense and wasn't amused. (Laughs were few; applause was tepid.) The only newsworthy moment came when the president said that he wouldn't use military force to acquire Greenland, prompting a sigh of relief from Europeans and a halt to Tuesday's tanking of the stock market."
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney urged middle-sized countries to form their own alliances to break free from destructive great-power dominance, including the United States. President Donald Trump delivered a rambling hour-long address that unintentionally validated Carney’s point and intensified urgency for realignment. The Davos forum became a marker of a geopolitical pivot as global leaders reacted skeptically to Trump’s false boasts and grievances. Trump's Greenland remark briefly eased markets, but his repeated untrue claims about ownership and national-security needs underscored erratic U.S. posture. NATO complaints, election conspiracy claims, and glossed-over allied sacrifices highlighted tensions with allies.
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