At the World Economic Forum in Davos, U.S. President Donald Trump bluntly told the world that he was a dictator, nothing more and nothing less than a dictator of common sense. A confession by the parties...
"They call me a dictator. That's fine. Sometimes you need a dictator. I am a dictator of common sense," he said.
This was not one of his usual bad jokes. For decades, the U.S. presented itself to humanity as the guarantor of liberal democracy, but the president's statement in Davos marked a break with that discourse, the end of the pretense.
In his speech at the World Economic Forum, with a tone of a bully, Trump left no country without threatening or empowering, he went through all the embers of his usual diatribes, in a display of gestures typical of a bad silent film actor.
When referring to Greenland as "a piece of ice," he seemed to confuse it with Iceland, a Nordic island nation. How can we be surprised by people who believe there are penguins in Greenland?
Using a style reminiscent of Darth Vader from Star Wars, he pledged not to use force to take over Greenland, which brought some relief; but the mocking tone of his speech, when he referred to European leaders' concern for NATO's health, left them with a poorly concealed unease.
In Davos, Trump repeated false claims that have been verified by several Western newspapers, including Deutsche Welle. He said, for example, that China "has no wind farms," when in fact the Asian giant generates 40% of the world's wind energy, with 521 gigawatts in 2024. It seems that the "master of the world" intends to break his own record for lies set during his first term.
These statements reflect a foreign policy based on myths, resentment, and contempt for the rest of humanity. Not even Switzerland was spared: "They are only good because of us," Trump said.
THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE DAYS WITH TRUMP
Since his return to the White House, Donald J. Trump's presidency has been marked by extreme and racist immigration policies, the expansion of the fiscal deficit, uneven economic growth, and a unilateralist approach to foreign policy, confirmed by his controversial speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Like the famous character in The Great Dictator, played by Charles Chaplin, Trump plays with the globe as if it were his own property, kidnaps presidents, bombs nations, threatens, sanctions, and places humanity on the brink of nuclear apocalypse, while claiming the role of peacemaker.
With dozens of fronts open, he says he wants to take over the Panama Canal, make Canada the 51st state, take over Greenland, destroy Cuba, bomb Iran, while playing the great peacemaker in Europe, trying to save his allies from defeat in Ukraine.
His administration has revived and expanded the "zero tolerance" immigration policies of his first term. According to reports by Human Rights Watch, the ACLU, and UN agencies, more than 1,200 children were separated from their families in 2025.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), now led by figures close to Trump, such as Tom Homan and Kash Patel, has conducted unrestricted raids on schools, churches, and hospitals following the repeal of so-called "sensitive areas."
Allegations of medical negligence, overcrowding, and preventable deaths in detention centers have led to three federal class action lawsuits. The UN has warned that these practices could constitute "crimes against humanity."
A survey conducted between January 16 and 20 assessed public perception of 17 key issues on Trump's agenda. The issue that generates the most discontent is the cost of living. Seventy percent of those surveyed disapprove of the president's performance.
This is followed, in order of rejection, by the controversy surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein case documents, the cost of healthcare, and statements about a possible annexation of Greenland.
On the other hand, 93% of MAGA supporters approve of the administration, while that figure drops to 63% among Republicans not aligned with MAGA. Among independent voters, approval drops to 18%, and among Democrats, it barely reaches 6%.
On the other hand, GDP grew by 3.1% in 2025, driven by military spending (+22%) and the expansion of the fossil fuel industry, while unemployment remains at 3.4%, real wages are stagnant, and labor participation is not recovering.
Undoubtedly, the cost of slowing the decline is high: federal debt exceeded $39.2 trillion (128% of GDP), with a record budget deficit. Debt service already consumes $1.3 trillion annually, more than defense spending. When he took office on January 20, 2025, the debt stood at $36,376,200,000,000.
The tax cuts approved in March 2025 benefited the richest 1%, while inflation remained at 4.7%, fueled by massive tariffs and labor shortages in key sectors.
So far in his current term, the "pacifist" president has bombed Iran, attacked Venezuela and kidnapped its president, and supported the murderers of the Zionist entity of Israel with weapons and advisers.
Within his own country, thousands of migrants suffer the violation of their most basic human rights. Torture, disappearances, and deaths are reported by agencies. In Minneapolis alone, engulfed in protests against the White House's immigration policy, two people were recently killed by ICE.
Throughout the year, thousands demonstrated in different cities across the United States against Donald Trump's authoritarian and anti-immigrant policies.
The tycoon's second term shows a clear pattern: priority to executive power, personal loyalty over institutions, and rejection of all international norms; peace through brute force, coercion, and global chaos, with growing social tensions. As things stand, the sustainability of the U.S. imperialist model is in question.
