Davos Cocktail Circuit Hums With Trump Optimism After Day One

The first day of the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering was dominated by the long shadow of President-elect Donald Trump, Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s first visit to the event and, naturally, the evening cocktail party circuit. Among a host of panels on Day Two, the Davos crowd will listen to Christine Lagarde talking about the rise of populism and Sheryl Sandberg discussing the power of optimism. Here’s a quick guide to what we’ve learned so far from Davos 2017.

Many Davos delegates will tell you they’re worried about the threat Trump poses to globalization and the postwar security order. But that wasn’t the mood on the first night of the Davos party trail. Nightcap events and cocktail parties hummed with optimism that he will be good for business as consultants, lobbyists and lawyers planned how quickly they could get back to Washington ahead of Friday’s inauguration.