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Trump’s Davos Performance Turned Into a Live-Action Impeachment Ad

At the World Economic Forum, Trump leaned into the same old impeachment-deep-dish: call it a hoax, insist he did nothing wrong, and pretend the Senate trial was a partisan mirage. It was meant to project control. Instead, it gave critics a neat package of defiance, denial, and political self-protection on an international stage.

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First recorded Jan 19, 2020·Meaningfully updated Jan 19, 2020

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Trump’s Davos Performance Turned Into a Live-Action Impeachment Ad

At the World Economic Forum, Trump leaned into the same old impeachment-deep-dish: call it a hoax, insist he did nothing wrong, and pretend the Senate trial was a partisan mirage. It was meant to project control. Instead, it gave critics a neat package of defiance, denial, and political self-protection on an international stage.

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Trump’s Davos Performance Turned Into a Live-Action Impeachment Ad

At the World Economic Forum, Trump leaned into the same old impeachment-deep-dish: call it a hoax, insist he did nothing wrong, and pretend the Senate trial was a partisan mirage. It was meant to project control. Instead, it gave critics a neat package of defiance, denial, and political self-protection on an international stage.

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