Davos is confronting two problems. Trump might be the easier one
CNN
The annual World Economic Forum confab known as Davos has always had an optics problem. Picture a bunch of people descending in private jets to eat steak and appear on panels about alleviating poverty and fighting climate change (among other noble goals), while clinking cocktail glasses with other fellow rich people in an effort to make one another even richer.
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