Protesters March Against Trump Ahead of Davos Visit

Source: Newsweek Magazine



'KILL TRUMP WITH HIS OWN WEAPON': PROTESTERS MARCH AGAINST PRESIDENT AHEAD OF DAVOS VISIT

BY SOFIA LOTTO PERSIO ON 1/14/18 AT 11:53 AM


Protesters with banners march during an anti-WEF and anti-U.S. President Donald Trump demonstration, ahead of Trump's visit to the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Bern, Switzerland, January 13, 2018.

A group of anti-globalization demonstrators marched through the streets of Switzerland’s capital Bern on Saturday, one of their banners reading “Kill Trump with his own weapon,” depicting the president next to a red button.

The demonstration saw about 500 participants peacefully marching through Bern’s center, Reuters reported. They lit red flared and held signs—some reading “No future for capitalism,” “Eat the rich,” and “Fight WEF, Fight Trump, Fight capitalism”—to protest not just President Donald Trump, but more generally the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual gathering of political and business leaders scheduled to take place in the Swiss mountain town of Davos from January 23-26.

Now in its 48th edition, the summit’s theme this year is “Creating a shared future in a fractured world.” Trump’s attendance at the global summit was announced earlier this week, marking the first visit of a sitting U.S. president to the forum since Bill Clinton’s in 2000. The announcement was met with a certain surprise, as the WEF in Davos is often seen as the meeting of the globalist elite promoting trade agreements Trump has opposed with his “America First” policy, as the BBC noted.

Swiss president Alain Berset welcomed Trump’s visit, but the delight was not shared across the country’s political spectrum, with a left-wing group launching a petition named "Trump not welcome! World First!" to stop the visit from taking place that has received nearly 14,000 signatures so far.

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