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We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
There he was, seated on stage with pen in hand, surrounded by other world leaders standing and applauding.
Normally this is the type of moment that President Donald Trump lives for.
But on this particular stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where Trump was hosting the signing ceremony for his newly launched “Board of Peace,” the 79-year-old president looked small, tired, and strangely alone.
Snubbed en masse by the U.S.’s long-standing allies and flanked by a group of strongmen and minor global players, it was a fitting end to arguably the most disastrous foreign trip of either of Trump’s two terms in office.
His official remarks were rambling and low-energy, his attempts to bully Europe into handing over Greenland failed spectacularly, and his humiliating “Board of Peace” launch showed that other leaders are no longer willing to suck up and placate him in hopes of avoiding the fallout from his worst impulses.
Things got off to an abysmal start during his official remarks Wednesday, when a visibly exhausted Trump repeatedly confused Greenland with Iceland, repeated his goal of taking over the island, ranted about wind farms, attacked Somalis in Minneapolis, and repeated false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
For months, European leaders have endured lectures from members of the Trump administration and tiptoed around the president in the hopes that if they only tried to appease him, he wouldn’t declare crushing tariffs on their exports.
But Davos marked a distinct turning point in the relationship, as Europe and other American allies finally seemed ready to shake off the mantle of being Trump’s whipping boy.
They’ve stopped mincing words, with Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre saying it’s “unacceptable” for Trump to try to take land from a NATO country, and French President Emmanuel Macron calling for an end to bullying and other “crazy tactics.”
And they’re making it clear what they think of Trump’s lackies.
When U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick spoke at a VIP dinner shortly after declaring that Trump was the “new sheriff in town,” he was heckled and jeered. European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde reportedly made a beeline for the door as he began speaking.
All of this was the prelude to Thursday, when not a single representative from Western Europe or North America attended Trump’s “peace board” signing.
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Normally this is the type of moment that President Donald Trump lives for.
But on this particular stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where Trump was hosting the signing ceremony for his newly launched “Board of Peace,” the 79-year-old president looked small, tired, and strangely alone.
Snubbed en masse by the U.S.’s long-standing allies and flanked by a group of strongmen and minor global players, it was a fitting end to arguably the most disastrous foreign trip of either of Trump’s two terms in office.
His official remarks were rambling and low-energy, his attempts to bully Europe into handing over Greenland failed spectacularly, and his humiliating “Board of Peace” launch showed that other leaders are no longer willing to suck up and placate him in hopes of avoiding the fallout from his worst impulses.
Things got off to an abysmal start during his official remarks Wednesday, when a visibly exhausted Trump repeatedly confused Greenland with Iceland, repeated his goal of taking over the island, ranted about wind farms, attacked Somalis in Minneapolis, and repeated false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
For months, European leaders have endured lectures from members of the Trump administration and tiptoed around the president in the hopes that if they only tried to appease him, he wouldn’t declare crushing tariffs on their exports.
But Davos marked a distinct turning point in the relationship, as Europe and other American allies finally seemed ready to shake off the mantle of being Trump’s whipping boy.
They’ve stopped mincing words, with Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre saying it’s “unacceptable” for Trump to try to take land from a NATO country, and French President Emmanuel Macron calling for an end to bullying and other “crazy tactics.”
And they’re making it clear what they think of Trump’s lackies.
When U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick spoke at a VIP dinner shortly after declaring that Trump was the “new sheriff in town,” he was heckled and jeered. European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde reportedly made a beeline for the door as he began speaking.
All of this was the prelude to Thursday, when not a single representative from Western Europe or North America attended Trump’s “peace board” signing.
Opinion: Lonely Trump Humiliated as Major Allies Refuse to Be Bullied
There he was, seated on stage with pen in hand, surrounded by other world leaders standing and applauding. Normally this is the type of moment that President Donald Trump lives for. But on this particular stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where Trump was hosting the...