Too bad Donald Trump isn’t going to deliver a keynote at next week’s World Economic Forum in Davos. But the Americans have been less keen on Davos for years. Barack Obama has never attended (and Democratic front runner Bernie Sanders wouldn’t be caught dead at Davos) because, frankly, a head of state hanging out with billionaires for days in Alpine splendor is lousy optics. Interestingly, Bill Clinton loved Davos, as well as the billionaires, which may explain his wife’s slippage in recent polling. That aside, hob-nobbing has never stopped other leaders, including Canadian prime ministers. After all, the photo ops …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
