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And I can report that I had gone to America House last year and it was McKinsey and an organization called With Honor that were behind this push.
And they are again behind this push along with Microsoft and Ripple.
I believe that Microsoft and McKinsey both gave a $1 million donation to set up
America House, and the State Department has officially recognized the house as the main hub for dealings over there.
Well, on the promenade, which is the main street of Davos, you have all these houses and you have either corporations or non-governmental organizations or countries that take over the different store fronts and invest money to completely transform them and transform them and host events.
And the most famous one, I would say, over the past two years since the start, three years since the start of the Ukraine-Russia conflict was Ukraine House.
And I often did segments in front of that house.
And this year, America House is actually located in a prime spot on the promenade, which is the church that is right next to the Congressional Center.
And the imagery is quite striking with...
The American flag and an eagle and insignia celebrating the 250th anniversary.
So lots of different events will be taking place.
There are side events, panel discussions with business leaders and journalists.
And as I mentioned, probably lots of deal-making happening during this week in Davos.
Listen, the tensions are incredibly high.
I think especially Europe, as we know, are in complete meltdown mode following the last couple of weeks, the latest developments geopolitically ever since the start of the new year with what happened in Venezuela, the obvious Greenland question, which is on everybody's agenda right now.
over the weekend, what happened.
So you better believe that all of these leaders, Ursula von der Leyen, Macron, the various prime ministers and leaders of European countries that are coming this week over
400 different leaders and heads of states coming to Davos this week.
This is going to be a huge, huge question.
And all the headlines show that President Trump is the key figure of this week's Davos.