Donald Trump will bring “fireworks” to the World Economic Forum as world leaders wait in Davos with “bated breath”, a US Commentator has claimed.
Speaking to GB News, Hadley Gamble predicted the US President will make an explosive appearance on Wednesday, amid ongoing transatlantic tensions over Greenland and the Chagos Islands.
Mr Trump has hit out at Sir Keir Starmer’s Chagos agreement with Mauritius, declaring the move an act of “great stupidity”.
The outburst follows growing tensions with the US over Sir Keir’s stance on Greenland, where the Prime Minister threatened to use the “full strength” of Government to “protect the British people”.
Looking ahead to Mr Trump’s arrival in Davos, Ms Gamble told GB News: “Well, no doubt about it, there are going to be fireworks in the next several hours. He’s arriving overnight, and he’ll be speaking tomorrow here at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday.
“Already, leaders who have been gathered here are waiting with bated breath to hear what he has to say.”
Revealing some suggestions as to what Mr Trump will speak out at Davos, she added: “I’ve heard some interesting suggestions – the possibility that the President will come and offer a price, offer some money, cash on the table for Greenland.
“There’s another question on whether or not the President is going to actually still think about very seriously military intervention. Remember, as he was getting on the plane, as he was headed right here to Davos, he said he ‘had to have’ Greenland. So lots of anticipation surrounding what Donald Trump is going to say.”
Hadley Gamble has predicted that Donald Trump will ’cause fireworks’ at Wednesday’s Davos appearance
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Recalling French President Emmanuel Macron’s speech at the World Economic Forum, Ms Gamble told GB News: “I also want to mention that we’ve already heard from many world leaders, pushing back on what they say is the illiberal world order, and throwing the rules out that Donald Trump has now brought to the table here in his second administration.
“Emmanuel Macron did not hold back to earlier today, it was essentially launching a blistering attack on the President. No doubt that has a lot to do with the fact that President Trump overnight was releasing private text messages from the French President and from the Nato Secretary General. No doubt that didn’t sit very well with Mr Macron.”
Predicting a “change in relationship” between Mr Trump and his European allies, she said: “This is the President who said from day one that Greenland is an area of interest. He’s made no secret of the fact that he believes that the Western Hemisphere should be controlled by the United States and that, unfortunately for people sitting in Greenland, does include Greenland.
“So this is a President that usually delivers on what he says, and I think that what we’re going to see over the next 24 hours could really change the relationship that the United States has with European allies and with Nato itself.”
Donald Trump will speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday
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GETTYHost Martin Daubney agreed, telling GB News viewers: “I think it’s going to be absolutely fascinating. I think we’re going to see Donald Trump just going toe to toe on the cobbles, and people like Emmanuel Macron have got no chance against Donald Trump.”
Asked by Martin if Mr Trump’s remarks about the Chagos deal will put a “strain” on the UK’s relationship with the US, Ms Gamble said: “Well, there’s no doubt about it. If you talk to President Trump, he probably would tell you this doesn’t strain the UK-US relationship any more than the fact that the United Kingdom does not value freedom of speech in the way that the United States does.
“This is a President who has been very, very clear about spheres of influence. Again, he’s said many times that the United States, his job as commander in chief is to secure that country. That’s what all the Ice and immigration rates are about.
“That’s also behind all these tariffs that we’ve seen over the last year and a half.”
Ms Gamble told GB News that Keir Starmer’s absence from Davos is ‘telling’
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She added: “One of the big questions, of course, going forward is whether or not Keir Starmer is going to offer up any kind of alternative to what the President has been suggesting, whether it be on Chagos, whether it be on Greenland.
“And unfortunately for those sitting in the United Kingdom, this is a Prime Minister has failed completely to come out strongly with a viewpoint.”
Noting Sir Keir’s absence from the World Economic Forum despite escalating tensions with Mr Trump, Ms Gamble concluded: “He said again and again yesterday morning, we’ve got to be careful, we’ve got to be conciliatory, we don’t want to bait the bear in its den.
“And I think it’s incredibly telling that he’s failed to show up here in Davos.”