Much Needed Hard Truths Delivered At W.E.F. Conference In Davos, Switzerland

Some much needed truth bombs delivered at the World Economic Forum conference that just wrapped up a few days ago. First remarks delivered by Trump secretary of commerce Howard Lutnick about European de-industrialization thanks to their embracing so-called renewable energy. World leader responses were priceless.

Globalization has FAILED.

Secretary Lutnick at the World Economic Forum:

“The Trump Administration and I are here to make a very clear point—globalization has failed the West and the United States of America. It’s a failed policy… and it has left America behind.”

America is… pic.twitter.com/Urxl7pZwSe

— U.S. Commerce Dept. (@CommerceGov) January 20, 2026

Lutnick’s remarks resulted in ECB president Christine Legard to leave the room.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde abruptly walked out of an invitation-only sit-down dinner in Davos after US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick started laying in to Europe, according to a person familiar with the matter. https://t.co/gI9i2bMLyq

— Bloomberg (@business) January 21, 2026

Lutnick was even heckled by Al Gore.

Honeywell Vimal Kapur weighed in too.

NOW – Honeywell CEO says solar power cannot produce cement or steel, "They are very energy-intensive… It's physics… Renewables remain in the mix, but it cannot bring the amount of joules we need to produce this infrastructure which is required in the world." pic.twitter.com/n4zz8KIfjp

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) January 22, 2026

But some people still love the albatross around their necks.

Top business leaders issue an expletive-laced message on the green backlash https://t.co/1SDT0d6mFh

— CNBC (@CNBC) January 22, 2026

Ayn Rand said it best in an opinion piece she wrote for the Los Angeles Times:

Championed and propagated by ‘liberals’ for many decades, internationalism is collectivism applied to the relationships of nations. Just as domestic collectivism holds that an individual’s freedom and interests must be sacrificed to the ‘public interest’ of society – so internationalism holds that a nation’s sovereignty and interests must be sacrificed to a global community.