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By Nirmal P. Acharya

This year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was really bustling. Outside, the Alpine cold wind was blowing fiercely, but inside the venue, the atmosphere was heated and noisy. Trump led a delegation of over 300 people to Switzerland to cause a stir. He harshly criticized his Western allies because they did not actively support his plan to annex Greenland. President Trump mentioned Iceland four times in his speech at Davos, which was widely regarded by public opinion as a demonstration of his ambition to annex Iceland after Greenland.

This time, too many people from the United States went to Davos, and there were too many speakers. As a result, even the speech of US Commerce Secretary Lutnick had to be held during the dinner. Although it was a speech at a dinner, Lutnick did not slack off at all. He delivered a passionate speech as usual and successfully enraged the entire audience. Not only did he receive a chorus of boos from the crowd, but even the European Central Bank President Lagarde openly protested halfway through her speech and left angrily.

What’s more interesting is that even among the Americans themselves, there was a fierce argument. At the dinner venue, they openly confronted Lutnick. Former US Vice President Gore even stood up from his seat and shouted for Lutnick to shut up. Then there was a long exchange of insults between the two sides. Please note that it was not a polite exchange of words, but a vulgar one, using the kind of vocabulary that brawling women would use.

This farce at the dinner was described by the Financial Times as the most symbolic moment of disintegration at the Davos Forum in 2026. It has become an unforgettable nightmare in the minds of European elites, marking the complete failure of the “courtesy consensus” that global elites have long attempted to maintain. Power is shifting from the “gentlemen’s agreement at the table” to “barely concealed power threats”.

Even the United States has become so arrogant, but Trump still couldn’t calm down. After returning to his country, he posted a lot of messages on social media platforms. Within just 24 hours, he published and reposted over 80 posts. Careful media also discovered a new interesting point. Before, the bruise on the back of Trump’s right hand had not yet fully faded, but a new one appeared on the back of his left hand. If the new bruise was caused by being angry, it would only mean that the president was really very angry.

President Trump has good reason to be angry. The signing ceremony of the “Peace Committee” that he himself wanted to promote and publicize extensively was held in Davos, but it was attended by only a few people and was embarrassingly deserted. It was expected that 35 representatives from various countries would attend, but only a dozen actually showed up. None of the Western European allies were present, and the other four permanent members of the Security Council also collectively failed to attend.

What infuriated Trump even more was that his plan to acquire Greenland received no response from Europe. Frustrated to the extreme, Trump even exposed Europe’s dirty secrets. He said that if it weren’t for the efforts of the United States during World War II, the Europeans might have to speak German and perhaps even Japanese. This was too harsh and it led to the European political and business elites banding together to boycott Trump.

When the expected flashes of lights and applause did not materialize, Trump felt humiliated. Filled with anger, Trump returned to his familiar “battlefield” and launched a fierce counterattack on social platforms. In just 24 hours, he posted and reposted over 80 posts. The content was all familiar – he viciously attacked his domestic political rivals and “fake news”, while boasting about his own achievements. Trump also casually withdrew the invitation for Canada to join the “Peace Committee”, because the Canadian prime minister did not agree to him turning Canada into the 51st state of the United States.

Davos, this serene and beautiful mountain town in Switzerland, has been the venue for the world’s top economic forum for decades, and thus has become a sacred place. However, this time, due to the antics of Mr. Trump and his team, Davos was disgraced and demystified. It is no longer suitable to be the permanent venue for the world’s top forums.

Conducting the meeting in a different location might help wipe out the negative reputation of the World Economic Forum and allow it to be restarted.

Nagarkot, a serene mountain town in Nepal, is located near the two largest economies in the world – China and India. Its environment and atmosphere are no less impressive than those of Davos, and it is worthy of being recommended to the entire world.