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Donald Trump, pictured in this file photograph in North Dakota. His speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 20 contained no surprises: half an hour of chest-thumping self-praise, although without the usual xenophobia and dog-whistle racism, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photgraph courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

January 27, 2020

LONDON, U.K.—Donald Trump’s speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 20 contained no surprises: half an hour of chest-thumping self-praise, although without the usual xenophobia and dog-whistle racism. It was, after all, an audience of the ultra-rich and powerful in which most of the ...

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