Eight wars settled and Chinese windfarms: factchecking Trump’s Davos claims

21/01/2026 19:12 The Guardian

The president’s address in Switzerland featured a range of dubious assertions, from exaggerated to falseDonald Trump’s address at the World Economic Forum in Davos featured a parade of dubious claims about everything from peace deals to windfarms. Several assertions ranged from exaggerated to provably false.Here’s what Trump got wrong. Continue reading...

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