World leaders in Davos fall in line in Trump era

Donald Trump is still what everyone wants to talk about in Davos

- Bloomberg

He's not showing up in person, and his video address will come as the World Economic Forum (WEF) is already winding down. But Donald Trump is still what everyone wants to talk about in Davos.

Fans like Argentine President Javier Milei are celebrating. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy is looking to his new US counterpart with hope. Trump targets like German chancellor Olaf Scholz are keeping their heads down.

There's barely a conversation in this Swiss mountain resort that doesn't feature an assessment of the new president's plans.

"If you fail to understand the playing field that Trump is playing on, it will be hard to understand his vision," Milei told Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait on Wednesday in Bloomberg House.

"The guidelines he is putting forward will create a much better world."

A libertarian purist and the first foreign leader to see Trump after his election victory, Milei sees no conflict between his free-trade views and Trump's love for tariffs.