U.S. president Donald Trump and Swedish activist Greta Thunberg were among the big-name speakers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Trump said the U.S. was 'winning like never before,' Thunberg focused on climate change. Details:
The president said at the annual event in Switzerland that the U.S. was"flourishing and winning like never before," while the activist urged attendees to treat the climate crisis"with the importance it deserves."
Trump during his appearance at the event in the Swiss Alps touted how the U.S. economy has been doing, calling America’s economic turnaround “nothing short of spectacular.” He addressed the event hours before his historic impeachment trial was to reconvene in the U.S. Senate in Washington. Trump’s participation in the annual gathering of political and business elites in the Alpine ski resort will provide a conspicuous split-screen moment in a presidency rife with them. The two-day Swiss visit will test Trump’s ability to balance his anger over being impeached with his desire to project leadership on the world stage.
Climate issues were to be a main theme at the forum, and "Act on Climate" was written in the snow at the landing zone where Trump’s Marine One helicopter set down in Davos.
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