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Davos elite alarmed at prospect of nominee Trump
Reuters ^ | 01/27/15

Posted on 01/27/2016 7:39:16 AM PST by Enlightened1

"Unbelievable", "embarrassing" even "dangerous" are some of the words the financial elite gathered at the World Economic Forum conference in the Swiss resort of Davos have been using to describe U.S. Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.

Although some said they still expected his campaign to founder before his party picks its nominee for the November election many said it was no longer unthinkable that he could be the Republican candidate.

Some noted that whatever the outcome, a heated campaign, which has also seen self-proclaimed Socialist Bernie Sanders provide a tough challenge to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination, could alter the U.S. political environment, giving vent to new populist anger on both sides of the political divide.

Trump's nationalist rhetoric, particularly proposals to ban Muslims from entering the United States, tax goods made abroad and build a wall on the Mexican border, were never the sort of thing to appeal to the free trade crowd that typically gathers at events like the annual Davos economic forum.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alarmed; davos; elite; trump; trump2016

1 posted on 01/27/2016 7:39:16 AM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

Alarmed, yet they were no doubt heartened by the coming of Obama, and probably looked favorably on Merkel.


2 posted on 01/27/2016 7:41:33 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Pearls Before Swine

But, a racist, anti-American community organizer with no business experience is a ok.


3 posted on 01/27/2016 7:43:11 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Enlightened1

The euro elites helped pick our last president and even gave him a Nobel peace prize
Screw them
They should focus on keeping the EeeUuu from crumbling, Russia from owning the middle east and China from owning all their former colonies
( open border free trade at its finest)


4 posted on 01/27/2016 7:44:40 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Enlightened1

If they don’t like it, I do. I have found that these people ONLY care about themselves and controlling all of the rest of us. They don’t care how much misery they create, how many millions they throw out of work, which nations they destroy, etc. - its just about power (money they have, and they use it to buy power). Screw them!


5 posted on 01/27/2016 7:53:36 AM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Enlightened1

That’s all I need to know. Trump 2016.


6 posted on 01/27/2016 7:59:01 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Enlightened1

That’s the bottom line with Trump, he makes all the right enemies.


7 posted on 01/27/2016 8:00:05 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Enlightened1

Trump + 5


8 posted on 01/27/2016 8:02:28 AM PST by TTFlyer
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To: Enlightened1

9 posted on 01/27/2016 8:03:21 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: dfwgator

Amen!


10 posted on 01/27/2016 8:06:19 AM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Cowgirl of Justice
But, a racist, anti-American community organizer with no business experience is a ok.

Well said.

11 posted on 01/27/2016 8:09:01 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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Yup, we really should be worried about with the Islamic State of Europe thinks.


12 posted on 01/27/2016 8:18:33 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Enlightened1
Trump's nationalist rhetoric, particularly proposals to ban Muslims from entering the United States, tax goods made abroad and build a wall on the Mexican border, were never the sort of thing to appeal to the free trade crowd that typically gathers at events like the annual Davos economic forum.

Shocking the number of Freeprs siding with the glowBULList cartel.

13 posted on 01/27/2016 8:25:41 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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Judge a man by his enemies, not his friends.


14 posted on 01/27/2016 8:27:51 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Getting them angry and your happy face are a tie for making my day.


15 posted on 01/27/2016 8:30:08 AM PST by deadrock (I is someone else.)
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To: central_va

Thought the same thing. I wonder if some of them are paid government trolls.

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/yes-there-are-paid-government-trolls-on-social-media-blogs-forums-and-websites


16 posted on 01/27/2016 8:30:41 AM PST by Enlightened1
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Donald Trump vs. Davos Man
17 posted on 01/27/2016 8:34:31 AM PST by AndyJackson
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the free trade crowd ...[at] Davos

Free trade? Seriously?

18 posted on 01/27/2016 8:49:01 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: Enlightened1

I’ll bet the blowhard ‘elites’ want some control freak like Bloomberg who gets off on pushing the little people around. He’s their kind of man... or jerk.. what ever they call puffed up elite control freaks...


19 posted on 01/27/2016 10:11:52 AM PST by GOPJ (Megyn.. like Rachel Maddow laughing with Charles Koch as he trashed Hillary Clinton!"- G.Sherman)
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