Enda Brady: UK correspondent on Donald Trump's return to the White House impacting Davos discussions
January 21, 2025 • 6 mins
Business executives, academics, Government officials and civic leaders are expected to gather in Switzerland for the World Economic forum - and there's one key name on everyone's lips.
Donald Trump's return to the White House is set to be a topic of discussion, with experts set to participate in an upcoming '47th US Presidency, Early Thoughts' panel.
UK correspondent Enda Brady says wars, misinformation and climate change are also expected to be discussed at length.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
In the Brady joins us from Davos, the home of
the World Economic Forum, the herm of the great Reset,
the hem of the Great Nick Craig, the great takeover
of the global economy by private industry and business interests.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
In hell Inda, Hello Andrew. I have to say it's
my first time here. It's something to behold. A tiny,
tiny town five thousand feet up the mountain in the
Swiss Alps. It's not built for this, and yet they
come in on the helicopters. I've never seen so many
show for driven Mercedes Benz blackedout vehicles in my life.
(00:36):
You would think it was some sort of Oscars or Hollywood.
And all these random people get out and they're basically
the seolls who move the money around and allegedly make
the world go round. And I'll tell you what. Right now,
the vibe I got yesterday, a lot of them are
running scared because of one man's return.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Oh okay, of course, because he's not a globalist, and
that is for sure. And he said a lot of trade.
So how has Donald Trump, who had a glorious inauguration today.
I thought it was a great party, and he's still
going and starlight ball are still on as we speak.
How has how has he ruined Klaus's party?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
So we were told on arrival here that there were
three key topics for discussion this week wars, climate change,
and misinformation. And very very quickly from talking to the
delegates and the people who are arriving and these billionaires
and squillionaires and soon to be trillionaires, the vibe I
got was there was three topics. They were interested in Trump,
trade and tariffs. So there's been very little discussion of
(01:34):
the others so far. And I guess, look, they're all
watching and waiting to see what will he do, will
the rhetoric stack up, will he actually deliver what he's
been saying, will he really put America first? And how
will it impact them? So there's sixty heads of state
here this week, and I mean this town is tiny,
absolutely tiny. There's no accommodation that's affordable. The locals were
(01:55):
telling me that some people basically go on holidays for
a week and let out their apartment for ten thousand
euros for five days and that's you know, a hell
of an income. And everyone seems to be running scared,
wondering what is Trump going to do? And where are
you staying?
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Well, are you in a are you in a major
in a.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Ban I actually am, I'm staying one hour away over
the mountain. I'm in a tiny, tiny village. Everyone speaks
Swiss German, and as Laura, our producer, will testify, my
German is I was the premar schoolhouse when I was
about a ten or eleven. I think I learned German
in Ireland. So we've been yeah, yeah, it's easy for
(02:35):
you to say. So we're having wonderful conversations here in
the evening. I'm staying in a B and B in
a tiny I wouldn't even call it a village, It's
a hamlet. It's absolutely stunning, but the people extremely friendly.
And I'll tell you just to tell you how to
how January makes me struggle doing dry January and arrive
back here the other night and the family were having
(02:56):
beers in the kitchen and they invited me in, and
I thought and they thought I was And I'd come
back from a run and I always do dry January
and I respect it and it's just a little body
reset before I start running again. And I sat and
I had a wonderful conversation, really nice people.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
This is not about you in that, but that's very fine.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
True.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
They said they wanted to talk about war, and they're
gonna have to talk about war because Zelensky is arriving.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yes, so he's the keynote speaker today. They have a
big auditorium and basically the A listers and the very
very serious people who come with their message, and everyone
will know Zelenski's message in advance. He wants help, he
wants money, he wants assistant and he wants weapons. And
regardless of whether Trump turns off the taps from the
American AID, in the next twenty four hours, Zelensky will
(03:42):
be appealing to the world to not forget Ukraine. And
it's really interesting. In all of the discussions yesterday, Ukraine
was not mentioned. So he's the start turned Today. Security
is extremely tight, so they have a police cordon about
nine kilometers outside of Davos. The trap sloths through a standstill,
and you can imagine how tight security will be today
(04:03):
with Zelenski being in a very small town. Will you
get in, I'll get into the auditorium, but there'll be
no prospect of interviewing him. I mean as much as
I dearly love to sit down or even grab a word.
I met Al Gore yesterday in the street and he
wouldn't speak to me, so you know he's he's not
a world leader, he never was. He was a vice president,
but he could. He basically hailed a golf buggy to
(04:25):
get away from me yesterday, which thought was quite funny. Well,
I thought, you know, just just one question about Trump,
and he wouldn't speak to the men.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Nana and he had call home to make sure that
everybody had turned off the lights. Now, just finally, UK
Royas are playing some US strips tomorrow next year.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Yeah, yes, So this is all about wooing Trump and
getting him back interested in the UK. They're not stupid.
They know that he was a huge fan of the
late Queen and the plan is a too pronged assault.
Next year, William was president of the Football Association in London.
So the Soccer World Cup will be in American next
year and Mexico and Canada. William would be absolutely you know,
(05:03):
it would be a no brainer to send him to that.
So William will head off to the United States for
the World Cup and the feeling is Charles may Go
and Mark two hundred and fifty years of American independence.
Apparently Charles's mother went fifty years ago when it was
two hundred years and Trump is a fan. Trump gets
on well with Charles, we're told. So a big year
(05:23):
ahead for the royal family wooing Trump and hopefully getting
some investment in the UK because it absolutely needs it.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Absolutely. Of course everybody's going to woo when you're talking
about Bezos and Zuckerberg and American businesses, the pools, you know,
and Joe Rogan and now even Prince Ave and King
Charles himself got to woo Donald Trump. What an amazing
turn of events.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
When you read the list of things that he's dodged,
from bullets to jail, its got to be the most
extraordinary political comeback ever. I just I don't know. I
spent one hour yesterday waiting on a TV line to
go live listening to him talk. And I've never heard
a more rambling speech in my life. It was and
it was minus three celsius uper Mountain in Switzerland. So
(06:10):
it it's an hour of my life. I won't get back. Andrew. Sorry,
it's all right, and thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Stay warm, learn German and we'll talk again
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Later For more from Hither duplessy Alan Drive, listen live
to news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
In the Brady joins us from Davos, the home of
the World Economic Forum, the herm of the great Reset,
the hem of the Great Nick Craig, the great takeover
of the global economy by private industry and business interests.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
In hell Inda, Hello Andrew. I have to say it's
my first time here. It's something to behold. A tiny,
tiny town five thousand feet up the mountain in the
Swiss Alps. It's not built for this, and yet they
come in on the helicopters. I've never seen so many
show for driven Mercedes Benz blackedout vehicles in my life.
(00:36):
You would think it was some sort of Oscars or Hollywood.
And all these random people get out and they're basically
the seolls who move the money around and allegedly make
the world go round. And I'll tell you what. Right now,
the vibe I got yesterday, a lot of them are
running scared because of one man's return.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Oh okay, of course, because he's not a globalist, and
that is for sure. And he said a lot of trade.
So how has Donald Trump, who had a glorious inauguration today.
I thought it was a great party, and he's still
going and starlight ball are still on as we speak.
How has how has he ruined Klaus's party?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
So we were told on arrival here that there were
three key topics for discussion this week wars, climate change,
and misinformation. And very very quickly from talking to the
delegates and the people who are arriving and these billionaires
and squillionaires and soon to be trillionaires, the vibe I
got was there was three topics. They were interested in Trump,
trade and tariffs. So there's been very little discussion of
(01:34):
the others so far. And I guess, look, they're all
watching and waiting to see what will he do, will
the rhetoric stack up, will he actually deliver what he's
been saying, will he really put America first? And how
will it impact them? So there's sixty heads of state
here this week, and I mean this town is tiny,
absolutely tiny. There's no accommodation that's affordable. The locals were
(01:55):
telling me that some people basically go on holidays for
a week and let out their apartment for ten thousand
euros for five days and that's you know, a hell
of an income. And everyone seems to be running scared,
wondering what is Trump going to do? And where are
you staying?
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Well, are you in a are you in a major
in a.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Ban I actually am, I'm staying one hour away over
the mountain. I'm in a tiny, tiny village. Everyone speaks
Swiss German, and as Laura, our producer, will testify, my
German is I was the premar schoolhouse when I was
about a ten or eleven. I think I learned German
in Ireland. So we've been yeah, yeah, it's easy for
(02:35):
you to say. So we're having wonderful conversations here in
the evening. I'm staying in a B and B in
a tiny I wouldn't even call it a village, It's
a hamlet. It's absolutely stunning, but the people extremely friendly.
And I'll tell you just to tell you how to
how January makes me struggle doing dry January and arrive
back here the other night and the family were having
(02:56):
beers in the kitchen and they invited me in, and
I thought and they thought I was And I'd come
back from a run and I always do dry January
and I respect it and it's just a little body
reset before I start running again. And I sat and
I had a wonderful conversation, really nice people.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
This is not about you in that, but that's very fine.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
True.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
They said they wanted to talk about war, and they're
gonna have to talk about war because Zelensky is arriving.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yes, so he's the keynote speaker today. They have a
big auditorium and basically the A listers and the very
very serious people who come with their message, and everyone
will know Zelenski's message in advance. He wants help, he
wants money, he wants assistant and he wants weapons. And
regardless of whether Trump turns off the taps from the
American AID, in the next twenty four hours, Zelensky will
(03:42):
be appealing to the world to not forget Ukraine. And
it's really interesting. In all of the discussions yesterday, Ukraine
was not mentioned. So he's the start turned Today. Security
is extremely tight, so they have a police cordon about
nine kilometers outside of Davos. The trap sloths through a standstill,
and you can imagine how tight security will be today
(04:03):
with Zelenski being in a very small town. Will you
get in, I'll get into the auditorium, but there'll be
no prospect of interviewing him. I mean as much as
I dearly love to sit down or even grab a word.
I met Al Gore yesterday in the street and he
wouldn't speak to me, so you know he's he's not
a world leader, he never was. He was a vice president,
but he could. He basically hailed a golf buggy to
(04:25):
get away from me yesterday, which thought was quite funny. Well,
I thought, you know, just just one question about Trump,
and he wouldn't speak to the men.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Nana and he had call home to make sure that
everybody had turned off the lights. Now, just finally, UK
Royas are playing some US strips tomorrow next year.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Yeah, yes, So this is all about wooing Trump and
getting him back interested in the UK. They're not stupid.
They know that he was a huge fan of the
late Queen and the plan is a too pronged assault.
Next year, William was president of the Football Association in London.
So the Soccer World Cup will be in American next
year and Mexico and Canada. William would be absolutely you know,
(05:03):
it would be a no brainer to send him to that.
So William will head off to the United States for
the World Cup and the feeling is Charles may Go
and Mark two hundred and fifty years of American independence.
Apparently Charles's mother went fifty years ago when it was
two hundred years and Trump is a fan. Trump gets
on well with Charles, we're told. So a big year
(05:23):
ahead for the royal family wooing Trump and hopefully getting
some investment in the UK because it absolutely needs it.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Absolutely. Of course everybody's going to woo when you're talking
about Bezos and Zuckerberg and American businesses, the pools, you know,
and Joe Rogan and now even Prince Ave and King
Charles himself got to woo Donald Trump. What an amazing
turn of events.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
When you read the list of things that he's dodged,
from bullets to jail, its got to be the most
extraordinary political comeback ever. I just I don't know. I
spent one hour yesterday waiting on a TV line to
go live listening to him talk. And I've never heard
a more rambling speech in my life. It was and
it was minus three celsius uper Mountain in Switzerland. So
(06:10):
it it's an hour of my life. I won't get back. Andrew. Sorry,
it's all right, and thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Stay warm, learn German and we'll talk again
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Later For more from Hither duplessy Alan Drive, listen live
to news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
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