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Donald Trump may just make Europe great again
The US President may have delivered exactly the jolt that Europe needed.
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If US President Donald Trump’s provocations end up producing a more capable, confident and contributive Europe, the irony will be unmistakable.
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To a first-time Davos attendee, the public squabble between the US and the rest of the West last week was not a good look.
While participants from Asia, the Gulf and Africa were preoccupied with economic competitiveness, business opportunities and artificial intelligence, the world’s foremost superpower and its former partners were wagging fingers at one another.
