The World Plots Its Response to an 'Adversarial' America
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What are the implications of President Trump's adversarial stance at Davos?
Davos gears up for President Trump with all eyes on how hard he pushes for Greenland.
This is a completely different president than in past years. He's very at peace, ironically, being more adversarial with U.S. allies. And he's not going to take no for an answer.
Plus, the U.S. shifts military firepower to the Middle East, and a big day for the Fed's independence at the Supreme Court. It's Wednesday, January 21st. I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today. After a brief delay leaving the U.S.
How is Trump's approach to Greenland affecting international relations?
due to mechanical issues on Air Force One, President Trump is set to take center stage today in Davos, Switzerland. The journal's Jenny Strasberg is at the World Economic Forum and says the president's quest to acquire Greenland is dominating a gathering that organizers had titled A Spirit of Dialogue.
Really, every topic, robotics, artificial intelligence, critical minerals, everything has been overtaken by discussion of Trump's visit today. Everyone's talking about his plan to acquire Greenland, his doubling down on that, despite the fact that global leaders are fighting back. Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada delivering a a speech that saw a relatively rare standing ovation.
We're reminded that we live in an era of great power rivalry, that the rules-based order is fading.
And he called for global leaders to essentially act together and cooperate in the face of what a lot of people see as aggression.
Though Jenny said that not everyone is taking Carney's approach.
There is a difference in how a lot of people are speaking publicly and how they are speaking privately.
What challenges do world leaders face in dealing with Trump's policies?
In meetings with CEOs and other C-suite executives, consultants, etc., we're hearing a lot about anger and frustration and worry. about how this order is being disrupted. But at the same time, a lot of folks won't say their words publicly.
President Trump is set to speak at 8.30 a.m. Eastern. And here to discuss what we can expect from those remarks, I'm joined by the journal's Washington coverage chief, Damian Palletta. Damian, I went through our archives to recall Trump's first Davos appearance as president back in 2018. He was talking about going after China's trade practices, though he didn't mention China by name. He Floated the U.S.
What military shifts is the U.S. making in the Middle East?
joining a reworked version of the TPP, that Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact. And he framed his ideological priorities in quite conciliatory terms, saying America first did not mean America alone. Seems like quite a contrast to maybe where we are now.
Yeah, this is a completely different president than in past years. He has a much different focus. He's very at peace, ironically, being more adversarial with U.S. allies. His approach here is that this is his second term, he's done playing nice, and he has his eyes on a target, which is the largest island in the world, Greenland, and he's not going to take no for an answer. And so I think we saw most of his first year of his second term, business leaders, world leaders, trying to play nice with him, trying to convince him that there are alternatives to his hard charging tactics.
How is the Supreme Court involved in Trump's actions regarding the Fed?
And now, quite frankly, business leaders and world leaders have to decide whether to finally stand up to him and push back. And the question is, what do they do? What kind of retaliatory measures can they take? Can they band together? Can Europe and Canada actually decouple from the United States. These are the sorts of conversations that are actively taking place at Davos and around the world right now as President Trump prepares to kind of draw his line in the sand or his line in the snow, so to speak, when he says, you know, what his actual plan is for Greenland. How is he going to proceed with Russia and Ukraine? You know, all these things kind of click together.
What are the contrasting views on AI's impact in the workplace?
Can the new world order replace an old world order that was much more cooperative and maybe slow moving, but much more of an alliance? You know, how does it work if the U.S. isn't a part of that, isn't leading that alliance anymore?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the implications of President Trump's adversarial stance at Davos?
0:04–0:42
2
How is Trump's approach to Greenland affecting international relations?
0:42–2:02
3
What challenges do world leaders face in dealing with Trump's policies?
2:02–2:43
4
What military shifts is the U.S. making in the Middle East?
2:43–3:34
5
How is the Supreme Court involved in Trump's actions regarding the Fed?
3:34–4:08
6
What are the contrasting views on AI's impact in the workplace?
4:08–5:00
7
How do workers perceive the efficiency of AI compared to CEOs?
5:00–5:44
8
What role does public perception play in the use of AI technology?
5:44–11:54