Trump’s “Board of Peace” signing ceremony which they hastily put together earlier this week to give Trump a moment to appear to be running the world at Davos was a bust:
Some of the United States’ longest standing allies have scorned en masse a signing ceremony for Donald Trump’s new “Board of Peace” initiative. Not a single representative from a Western European country was present at the launch Thursday morning at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Fewer than 20 nations made an appearance, among them Gulf States like Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, along with Argentina and Paraguay. The number stands well below the 35 anticipated by senior White House officials.
“Every one of them’s a friend of mine,” Trump said from the stage. “In this group I like every single one of them, can you believe it? Usually I have about two or three that I can’t stand.”
“They’re great people,” he added. “They’re great leaders.”’
As about a dozen world leaders sat stone-faced on the stage, Trump went on to brag that his new group would bring “glorious peace” to the Middle East. “For that region and for the whole region of the world, because I’m calling the world a region,” he said. “The world is a region.”
That sounds like a flub and it probably was. He said region and then quickly corrected. But there is an underlying truth. He does see the world as a region — his region. I suspect he really doesn’t like the idea that he’s confined to the Western Hemisphere. He sees himself as a world conqueror now.
Orange Julius Caesar.
This sad collection of tinpot dictators, middle east potentates and Russian vassal states makes it clear that he has a long way to go.
At several points throughout the signing ceremony, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt appeared to be the only person in the room loudly applauding before others slowly joined in.