How Trump’s Davos spotlight was upstaged by middle powers breaking away

How Trump’s Davos spotlight was upstaged by middle powers breaking away

Europe’s political and business elite arrived at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year with nerves already frayed after a bruising first year of US President Donald Trump’s second term. That period was defined by the imposition of a protectionist tariff strategy to gain economic and geopolitical leverage, an often combative approach to the war in Ukraine and renewed doubts over Nato security guarantees. In the run-up to Davos, the White Ho…