"There's no diplomacy with Donald Trump: he's a T rex. You mate with him or he devours you. Debate at the World Economic Forum annual meetings high in the Swiss Alps is usually scrupulously polite, but as this year's gathering got under way in Davos on Tuesday, California's Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, had this blunt advice for handling the week's star speaker."
"The US president was yet to arrive but throughout the blond wood congress centre the hottest topic among the global elite of business and politics on and off conference stages was Trump's intemperate attack on European allies, threatening punitive tariffs if they fail to let him annex Greenland. Trump's treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, kicked off the day by urging US allies to calm down, accusing them of hysteria in their reaction to the president's comments."
At Davos, Donald Trump's confrontational statements and threats of punitive tariffs, including a comment about annexing Greenland, dominated conversations among global business and political leaders. California governor Gavin Newsom warned that engaging with Trump is risky, using a T-rex metaphor. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent urged allies to remain calm and let events unfold. European leaders rejected a wait-and-see approach, with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen calling for a new form of European independence and warning that nostalgia cannot restore the old order. French president Emmanuel Macron warned against a drift toward autocracy, new imperialism and a rules-free international order.
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