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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Debacle in Davos –  Weekly Wrap-Up with Rafael Behr and Andrew Harrison

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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Society & Culture, Government, News, Politics

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Catching you up on the big stories of the week… Trump blusters, threatens and rambles his way through the World Economic Forum week in Davos, insulting America’s allies. Where does this shitshow leave the semblance of Western security? Plus: the Chinese mega-embassy, super-intelligent cows, whatever the hell is going on with the Beckhams… and would you fly RyanAir if Elon Musk owned it? The Guardian’s Rafael Behr reads the entrails of another brain-dissolving week with Andrew Harrison.  www.patreon.com/bunkercast  Presented by Andrew Harrison. Produced by Liam Tait with Kathleen Johnston. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Artwork by James Parrett. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello and welcome back to the weekly wrap upup from the bunker. I'm Andrew Harrison.

1:12.2

Every Friday, we recap the biggest stories, the weirdest tales, and the news that went under the radar from the past seven days with some of your favorite bunker people and some crossovers from the parallel universe that is, oh God, what now.

1:24.7

And today I'm joined by Guardian leader-writer and opinion columnist Raphael Burr. Hello, Raf. How's it going on this very boring and uneventful week? I'm doing fairly well, I think, under the circumstances. I mean, you say some of the weird stories and some of the big stories. Obviously, those are the same thing now. So that should be quite efficient. Well, let's start off with the weird story that is the big story, the pantomime at the World Economic Forum in Davos, which Donald Trump effectively turned into the Donald Trump show.

1:49.6

He again demanded stroke, threatened a US takeover of Greenland, calling it vital for US and NATO security, and warning mob style that America would remember the countries that blocked a deal, a deal that

2:02.1

nobody asked for. He threatened tariffs of 10 to 25% on eight European nations who are standing in

2:07.0

the way, and he informed a room full of world leaders that without us, right now, you'd all be speaking

2:12.7

German. German is the most spoken language in Switzerland, which is where Davos is. Then, after all the bluster on Wednesday evening, Trump announced that force was off the table,

2:21.9

and he and his great mate, NATO Chief Mark Rutter, had agreed a framework for the Greenland deal,

2:26.6

a great one for the US and all NATO nations.

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