It was Klaus Schwab's tough luck that his annual get together in the Swiss Alps followed so swiftly behind the recent presidential inauguration in Washington DC. It meant that instead of nodding off to a speech from one of his globalist puppets like Biden or Obama, he would have to take some seldom heard insolence. Step forward a man who is no stranger to socking it to Davos globalists, albeit this time it was via a video link from the White House.
As 45th President, Donald Trump was a little more nuanced in his debunking of Schwab's globalist dream, but as 47th he was resurgent with all subtlety jettisoned. For here was a man who believes in the nation state and all that Davos aims to crush - national pride, sovereignty, liberty and free speech.
A few days later his speech was followed by that of a very similar outspoken conservative leader - the President of Argentina, Javier Milei.
Milei and Trump share many characteristics and objectives and their political success in their respective countries is undoubtedly tied to the fact that neither are career politicians. Milei was an economist who, like Trump, rose to prominence very quickly with a plain-spoken agenda. And that is putting it mildly! Milei's pledges to slash government spending and shrink the state were often characterised by campaign appearances wielding a chainsaw no less. His achievement in creating a government surplus in his first year as president was something he was keen to tell the Davos attendees about in person.
While Trump probably spent a little too much of his speech blowing his own trumpet, Milei quickly got down to the premise of his, and just wow. What followed was a defence of Western civilisation and a direct attack on the woke communism promoted by the WEF. Whatever Trump had said previously, Milei dialled up to eleven with a direct attack on the globalist agenda espoused by those seated in front and to the side of him.
Both speeches can be seen below. The Trump address is shorter, but it is followed by a question and answers session with leading bankers...
