Deranged ramble just him unfiltered

Donald Trump speaks to press in Davos yesterday

- CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN

DONALD Trump arrived at Davos desperate to be admired but he left reminding the world why alarm bells ring every time he speaks.

What was billed as a statesman’s address from the President of the United States instead resembled a late-night ramble from a man utterly intoxicated by his own myth.

Trump did not so much speak to the global elite as perform for an imaginary audience that exists only in his head - one where world leaders clap, swoon and apparently call him “Daddy”. Yes, “Daddy”.

Trump actually told the Davos crowd that Nato leaders adore him so much they use the nickname.

The bizarre line is rooted in a real, uncomfortable moment when the secretary general of Nato Mark Rutte once openly used the term to reference the President - a remark Trump has since clutched like a treasured medal.