On January 23, 2025 President Trump delivered a forceful, no-nonsense address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, a straight-talking rebuke of the globalist playbook that has hollowed out American industry. He used the stage the elites built for themselves to argue that the old promises of unfettered globalization left working-class Americans behind and that a new era of economic patriotism is overdue.
Trump didn’t mince words about how the European regulatory regime and cozy global cartels have treated American workers and companies unfairly, and he pledged to make the United States a manufacturing superpower again while championing innovations like AI and crypto on American soil. His message was unmistakable: we will welcome investment, but we will no longer accept rules that consign our factories to foreign soil.
He put muscle behind the rhetoric — threatening targeted tariffs to bring supply chains home and openly urging OPEC and major oil producers to lower prices so that American households and industries can breathe easier. Trump even went so far as to say lower oil and a pro-growth American agenda would help bring down global interest rates and relieve the inflation squeeze on working families. Those are not abstract policy musings; they are the common-sense tactics of a president who knows producing real prosperity starts with secure borders and secure supply lines.
Across Davos there was a clear sense of discomfort among the usual chorus of global mandarins — not because Trump was unhinged, but because he exposed the truth they have worked so hard to ignore: globalization as practiced has often benefitted multinational boards, not Main Street. Reporters and insiders noted the unusual mix of enthusiasm and alarm his appearance provoked, and conservative commentators circulated clips showing the elites at their own conclave struggling to respond to a president defending national sovereignty.
Americans should be proud, not apologetic, about a leader who stands up for the forgotten men and women of this country and declares that the failed globalist consensus is over. This was more than a speech — it was a wake-up call to anyone who still believes that surrendering our industries, our borders, and our culture to an unaccountable international class was a price worth paying. The Davos elite can sit in stunned silence all they want; we will keep putting American workers first until the job is done.
