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The Daily Signal Podcast

Victor Davis Hanson: Why Davos Hates Trump—And Democracy

The Daily Signal Podcast

The Daily Signal

News, Government, Politics, Daily News

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In this edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Hanson delves into the inauguration of Donald Trump and its coinciding with the annual meeting of the elite, ’smart people,’ the World Economic Forum’ at Davos, Switzerland. For Victor's latest thoughts, go to: https://victorhanson.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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If we got together all of the quote-unquote smart people, and we put them all in this beautiful,

0:36.7

idyllic place.

0:37.7

They can think up utopian dreams that then can be from the top down implemented by

0:44.5

Hoy-Peloid, the many.

0:46.0

If you don't know what Davos is, don't worry about.

0:48.2

It's not that important in some ways.

0:50.1

I mean, it's not doing a lot of good for the rest of us.

0:52.6

But it is important because it has aspirations that are quite dangerous.

1:07.8

Hello, I'm Victor Davis-Hanson for the Daily Signal. This is the week of the inauguration

1:13.4

of Donald Trump, but it also coincides not just with Martin Luther King's birthday in the same

1:18.3

day as the inauguration, but also the meeting of the world's elite at Davos, Switzerland,

1:24.7

lorded over by 86-year-old Klaus Schwab, who created this organization.

1:30.6

If you don't know what Davos is, don't worry about. It's not that important in some ways.

1:34.8

I mean, it's not doing a lot of good for the rest of us, but it is important because it has

1:39.3

aspirations that are quite dangerous. Basically, its premise is that if we got together all of the quote-unquote

1:47.7

smart people, those are people who have letters after their name, or they live in the right zip codes,

1:54.0

or they're wealthy, or their professors, or their key government officials, and we put them all in

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