Things are really heating up in Davos, Switzerland, as the elites gather at the upscale ski resort to talk about the global economy, geopolitics, technology (particularly AI), and climate change; they will, in turn, lecture the rest of us on these topics as they pretend to be subject matter experts, all from the comfort of their private jets and their gargantuan estates.
Fun stuff.
Well, Team Trump is now on the snowy grounds of Davos, and things are getting good.
As RedState's Rusty Weiss reported, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick kicked things off Tuesday with a strategic strike on the World Economic Forum (WEF) and its "globalist orthodoxy."
Speaking on a panel surrounded by world leaders and business titans who have long championed offshoring, cheap foreign labor, and borderless trade for the United States, Lutnick contrasted those views with a familiar, unapologetic America First ethos pushed by President Trump. It was a solid setup for when the President makes his own appearance at the WEF.
“The Trump Administration and myself, we are here to make a very clear point — globalization has failed the West and the United States of America,” Lutnick announced. "It’s a failed policy. It is what the WEF has stood for, which is export, offshore, far-shore, find the cheapest labor in the world, and the world is a better place for it.”
On Wednesday, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent took the stage to give remarks ahead of President Trump's arrival – and he took direct aim at California Governor Gavin Newsom (D), saying, among other things, that Newsom "may be the only Californian who knows less about economics than Kamala Harris." Ouch.
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Bessent was just getting started.
WATCH:
.@SecScottBessent in Davos: "I think it's very, very ironic that Newsom — who strikes me as Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ben — may be the only Californian who knows less about economics than Kamala Harris. He's here this week with his billionaire sugar daddy, Alex Soros." pic.twitter.com/9BmdpaebEd
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 21, 2026
I think it's very, very ironic that Governor Newsom, who strikes me as Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ken, may be the only Californian who knows less about economics than Kamala Harris. He's here this week with his billionaire sugar daddy, Alex Soros, and Davos is a perfect place for a man who – when everyone else is on lockdown, when he was having people arrested for going to church, he was having thousand-dollar-a-night meals at the French Laundry – and I'm sure the California people won't forget that.
And, my message to Governor Newsom is the Trump administration is coming to California. We are going to crack down on waste, fraud, and abuse.
And I was told he was asked to give a speech on his signature policies, but he's not speaking because what have his economic policies brought? Outward migration from California. A gigantic budget deficit. The largest homeless population in America. And the poor folks in the Palisades who had their homes burned down. He is here hobnobbing with the global elite while his California citizens are still homeless.
Shame on him. He is too smug, too self absorbed, and too economically illiterate to know anything.
Look how much fun Bessent is having sticking it to the 2028 hopeful, who's been described this week as "the diva of Davos" as he rubs shoulders with the deep pocketed global elite he hopes will help install him in the White House.
And in case you were wondering:
I had to look up Sparkle Beach Ken, but Bessent was dead on -- this is Gavin Newsom. pic.twitter.com/106tOCOyS5
— Teri Christoph (@TeriChristoph) January 21, 2026
Patrick Bateman is, of course, the main character in the novel (and movie!) American Psycho. Outwardly, Bateman is polished and professional, but inside is a slick, narcissistic, empty, morally hollow psychopath who is utterly unhinged.
Scott Bessent was bang on with his characterization of Gavin Newsom.
President Trump is sure to have some fireworks of his own planned in his speech at Davos. Be sure to stick with RedState for all the latest.
Editor's Note: This article was updated post-publication for clarity.
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