‘The elephant is in the room’: Trump's return on everyone's lips at Davos
In Davos, the world’s financial elite is talking about one thing this year: the newly installed US President Donald Trump. “The elephant is in the room,” one participant said.
Surrounded by snowy mountain peaks in the Swiss Alps, the world's rich and powerful rub shoulders at Davos, with only one man dominating their chats: US President Donald Trump.
"This year, the elephant is in the room," quipped Graham Allison, professor of government at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Last year, the ghost of Trump stalked the forum's halls after storming to victory in the Iowa caucuses that put him on course for the White House.
A quirk of the calendar meant that as Trump's inauguration ceremony was held in the US Capitol Monday, this year's World Economic Forum got started for a week's worth of networking by day, and shenanigans and partying by night.
As a result, the forum has been eclipsed by Trump, who will address it via video link on Thursday. He attended the forum twice during his first presidency.
Parties across Davos had screens tuned in to the inauguration Monday, including one hosted by The Washington Post, owned by Bezos, while many journalists were huddled around their phones in corners and desks to watch Trump officially return.
"We have hope," he said, before hurrying off.
(AFP)
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