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January 22, 2020

Trump talks up US economy, brushes off impeachment at Davos

  • The president's two-day stay in Davos is a test of his ability to balance anger over being impeached with a desire to project leadership on the world stage.
    • By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
    Associated Press

    DAVOS, Switzerland — President Donald Trump looked past the impeachment drama unfolding in Washington on Tuesday, turning his speech at an economic forum in the Swiss Alps into an unabashed sales pitch for the “blue-collar boom” in the U.S. economy that he says took place on his watch.

    Trump kept his focus on the economy in his address, never mentioning impeachment during half an hour on stage at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.


     
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