Posted on 01/20/2019 7:23:43 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
President Donald Trump and his cabinet are skipping out on Davos this week, but he'll still be the biggest presence at the annual gathering of the world's richest and most powerful people.
Whether it's the U.S.-China trade dispute, Trump's reported wish to withdraw from NATO, or the government shutdown threatening the world's biggest economy, it'll be hard to avoid discussing Trump at the World Economic Forum's meeting in the Swiss ski town of Davos.
"Donald Trump will be a predominant voice at Davos regardless of whether he's there," Tom Nides, a Morgan Stanley vice chairman and former deputy secretary of State, said in an interview.
"The most important thing people are worried about globally is the U.S.-China trade relationship and the health of the global economy," Nides said. "The reality is, the U.S. is a massive player in all conversations around Davos, and because Donald Trump has decided to be relatively controversial, that increases the likelihood that the conversations in the hallways are about Donald Trump."
As 2019 begins, uncertainty is the only certainty. Trump, in the midpoint of his term, is grappling with showdowns at home and abroad, and repercussions are being felt around the world. His games of brinkmanship top the list of potential risks, along with Brexit, that could cripple economic growth.
Anxiety about the end of the old world order is sure to be on the minds of the Davos set – a list of attendees including billionaires Bill Gates, Ray Dalio and George Soros – a group who have been huge beneficiaries of the stability of the previous era...
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He should call in an airstrike.
B-52s making runs north to south and then east to west.
Nice headline, but, otherwise, the author seems to be full of crap.
WOW all the errors in this story are incredible. Who wrote this a fourteen year old?
It’ll be like talking about the weather and pretending that the sun doesn’t exist.
No, 27. But nowadays that's the same thing.
This writer is not knowledgeable. The paid vacation for a certain fraction of federal government bureaucrats helps the American economy, despite the huge waste of taxpayer dollars. (Although one can hope that if the funding impasse continues, Congress will ultimately decide that the federal employees who are not working will not get paid.)
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