When U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick took the stage at a BlackRock-hosted dinner at the World Economic Forum in Davos, he did what patriotic Americans expect from a Trump appointee: he told the truth about globalism and put American workers first. The room erupted in boos and jeers, and former vice president Al Gore — the face of climate alarmism and Davos-style globalism — was singled out as the heckler, an incident that exposed how out of touch the elite really are. The exchange made headlines and left the Davos crowd squirming as a proud American stood his ground.
Lutnick didn’t mince words in his short remarks, calling out the failures of globalization and even arguing for pragmatic energy choices like coal over dogmatic renewables that have left ordinary people paying the price. That bluntness offended the usual suspects at Davos, who prefer virtue signaling over solutions that actually power factories and heat homes. Americans who work for a living recognize that ideology won’t put food on the table or keep lights on in a cold winter.
The reaction in that gilded room made the spectacle obvious: European elites stormed out and the dinner was cut short before dessert, a rare public embarrassment for the globalist set. Christine Lagarde reportedly walked out amid the chaos, underscoring how fragile the Davos consensus is when confronted with plainspoken American realism. If the Davos crowd can’t tolerate a three-minute reality check, it proves these gatherings are more about image than substance.
Back in the United States Lutnick doubled down on Fox’s Jesse Watters Primetime, saying that being booed by Al Gore was “the greatest honor” of his trip — and rightly so. He mocked Gore’s credibility and reminded viewers that alarmist predictions have a way of aging very badly, while American policy under President Trump is delivering real results. Lutnick’s swagger was proof that conservatives will not be cowed by the hand-wringing of climate cultists and global bureaucrats.
And those results aren’t just talk. Lutnick told audiences in Davos he expects U.S. GDP growth to top 5 percent in the first quarter, a vindication of pro-growth, low-regulation policies that put Americans first. While the elites bleat about tariffs and tantrums, the truth is that strong growth and energy independence are the policies that lift working families, not the carbon panic that kills industry. If Washington will stick to common-sense economics, America will keep leaving Davos and its doomsayers in the dust.
If there’s one lesson from the booing incident it’s that the globalist priesthood has lost touch with reality and with voters who actually power this country. Al Gore’s theatrical boo may score headlines in elite circles, but it won’t change the fact that his brand of alarmism has failed to deliver prosperity while enriching a small, coastal class of moralizing critics. Conservatives should relish the moment: it exposes the hypocrisy of those who lecture about sacrifice while sipping rare wine on the Swiss mountaintop.
Hardworking Americans deserve leaders who defend their jobs, their energy, and their sovereignty — not ones who bow to Davos whims or let ideological crusades trump common sense. Howard Lutnick did his job by standing up for American interests, and patriots should stand with him and with any leader who puts the country first. Let the elites boo; the rest of us will keep building the America that actually works.
