Trump’s Davos speech shows influence of deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller’s racist worldview
President’s anti-Somalia tirade and insults to European leaders were in line with Miller’s white nationalist politicsDonald Trump turned up in Davos wielding an insult bazooka. He mocked Emmanuel Macron’s aviator sunglasses, chided Mark Carney (“Canada lives because of the United...
<p>President’s anti-Somalia tirade and insults to European leaders were in line with Miller’s white nationalist politics</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> turned up in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/davos">Davos</a> wielding an insult bazooka. He <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/davos/trump-mocks-macrons-sunglasses-davos-speech-2026-01-21/">mocked Emmanuel Macron’s aviator sunglasses</a>, chided Mark Carney (“Canada lives because of the United States”), asserted that the Swiss are “only good because of us” and had a dig at Denmark for losing Greenland “in six hours” during the second world war.</p><p>But beyond the fractious rhetoric, the US president brought a deeper message on Wednesday that sought to unify the west rather than divide it. It was his most dark, insidious and sinister project of all.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/21/trumps-davos-speech-stephen-miller-white-identity-politics">Continue reading...</a>
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