‘At the table or on the menu’: a turbulent Davos week with Trump’s circus in town
Jan 23, 2026
Dissenting voices were few and far between as the US president brought his smash-and-grab politics to the WEF“If we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu.” The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, was the darling of Davos this week as he rallied resistance to Donald Trump’s smash and gra
b politics and his voracious appetite for other countries’ wealth and land.“Call it what it is,” he told delegates. “A system of intensifying great power rivalry, where the most powerful pursue their interests using economic integration as coercion”. He urged “middle powers” to band together or be crushed, and was rewarded with a standing ovation. Continue reading... ...read more read less