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The Davos crowd learns to speak Trump’s language

By Timothy P. Carney
Published April 18, 2017 10:01pm ET
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The Davos crowd learns to speak Trump’s language
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A good globalist can speak many languages. French is useful in Geneva. A phrase or two in German will pay off. Even a Marathi idiom can pay dividends in Mumbai.

In Northwest D.C., earlier this month, the self-described “Davos Crowd,” got a lesson in a new language: Trump-era nationalist populism.

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