"This week, Trump brought his cankles and permanently-bruised hands to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum, where he delivered a rambling 75-minute speech in which he kept mixing up Iceland and Greenland, confusingly declared that the U.S. had achieved "peace in the Middle East," and described being so annoyed by the female "prime minister" of Switzerland for repeatedly saying "no" that he raised tariffs."
"First things first: Switzerland does not have a prime minister. The country is governed by a seven-member Federal Council, and each year, one of those members rotates into the largely ceremonial role of President of the Swiss Confederation. Trump appears to be referring to Karin Keller-Sutter, Switzerland's finance minister, who held the role of president in 2025. The current "president" is Guy Parmelin. Let's continue."
Donald Trump attended the World Economic Forum in Davos and delivered a long, disjointed address that repeatedly confused Iceland and Greenland. He asserted that the United States had achieved "peace in the Middle East." He recounted a confrontation with a Swiss official he called a "prime minister," despite Switzerland being governed by a seven-member Federal Council with a rotating ceremonial president. He singled out Karin Keller-Sutter and noted Guy Parmelin as the current president. He cited repeated objections from the Swiss official as a reason for announcing steep tariffs—initially 39% on Swiss goods—which he later reduced after pushback.
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