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Thousands
of anti
Trump
demonstrators
have
marched
in Swiss
cities
including
Zurich,
Bern and
Davos
itself,
torching
American
flags,
smashing
shop
windows
and
clashing
with
riot
police.
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Davos in
Turmoil:
Trump's
Tariff
Threats
Spark
Unrest
Patricia
Romero -
International
-
Politics
Tell Us
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Network
DAVOS -
President
Donald
Trump’s
visit to
the
World
Economic
Forum in
Davos
has
plunged
the
normally
orderly
Alpine
gathering
into a
rolling
security,
diplomatic
and
political
storm,
with
clashes
in the
streets,
emergency
policing
measures
and open
condemnation
from key
U.S.
allies.
Protesters,
rattled
NATO
officials
and
defiant
European
leaders
say the
trip has
crystallized
wider
fears
that
Trump’s
push to
acquire
Greenland
and his
tariff
threats
are
destabilizing
both
Europe
and the
global
economic
order.
Street
unrest
and
security
strain
•
Thousands
of anti
Trump
demonstrators
have
marched
in Swiss
cities
including
Zurich,
Bern and
Davos
itself,
torching
American
flags,
smashing
shop
windows
and
clashing
with
riot
police.
• Police
in full
riot
gear
have
deployed
water
cannons,
chemical
irritants
and
rubber
bullets,
reporting
stone
throwing,
paint
attacks
on
storefronts
and
injuries
to
officers
as they
struggled
to keep
routes
to Davos
open.
Davos
venue
turned
flashpoint
•
Longtime
participants
say they
have
never
seen the
kind of
queues,
security
cordons
and
protest
disruptions
now
surrounding
Trump’s
main
address,
even
compared
with his
previous
visits
to the
forum.
• Inside
the
congress
center,
overflowing
rooms
and
tight
screening
underscore
fears
that
Trump
may use
his
stage
time to
escalate
his
Greenland
campaign
and
tariff
threats,
overshadowing
the
summit’s
stated
agenda
of
cooperation
and
growth.
Greenland
dispute
drives
the
chaos
• Trump
has
again
demanded
“immediate”
negotiations
to
acquire
Greenland,
insisting
the
island
is
“imperative
for
National
and
World
Security”
and
warning
there
can be
“no
going
back,”
language
that has
rattled
European
and
Arctic
allies.
• He has
threatened
a 10
percent
import
tax on
goods
from
several
European
nations
that
oppose
U.S.
control
of
Greenland,
stoking
business
anxiety
and
fueling
the
anger of
protesters
who
accuse
him of
economic
bullying.
Diplomatic
rupture
with
allies
•
Canadian
Prime
Minister
Mark
Carney
used his
Davos
speech
to warn
of a
“rupture”
in the
world
order,
denouncing
great
powers
that
weaponize
tariffs,
supply
chains
and
financial
infrastructure—remarks
widely
read as
a direct
rebuke
of
Trump.
• The
forum
has
become a
venue
for some
of the
most
open
criticism
of
Trump’s
second
term
foreign
policy
by
Western
leaders,
even as
they
continue
behind
the
scenes
talks on
NATO
cohesion,
Arctic
security
and
Gaza.
Forum
under
pressure
• Top
Davos
organizers
and
corporate
leaders
now
concede
the
event
has
“lost
trust”
and are
debating
reforms,
even as
this
year’s
meeting
is
dominated
by fears
that
Trump’s
unilateralism
could
fracture
trade
and
security
alliances.
•
Critics
say the
chaos
around
Trump’s
visit—street
violence,
diplomatic
rifts
and
financial
jitters—has
turned a
summit
built on
consensus
into a
live
test of
whether
multilateral
institutions
can
withstand
sustained
attack
from
within
the
Western
camp.
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