Trump to Crash Davos Party of Global Elites
- First U.S. president to attend gathering since Clinton in 2000
- Visit from a world leader who continues to defy predictions
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President Donald Trump will dominate the Davos forum as no U.S. leader has before: a provocateur-in-chief practiced at tweaking the elites who’ll gather later this month to celebrate the global order he seems eager to tear down.
Previous U.S. officials came to the World Economic Forum to defend international norms, but Trump’s bellicose tweets, protectionist threats and disdain for international agreements promise to make his presence disruptive and all-consuming.