Lutnick in the FT: "We’re not going to Davos to uphold the status quo. We’re going to confront it head-on."

[Another delusional and unhinged op-ed in the FT from the Trump admin, this time from Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick](https://www.ft.com/content/a675b8af-46b7-4f93-a616-41f0a002c22e)

>Every year in January, leaders gather in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum to discuss the global economy. This year, some people have asked a great question: Why is the Trump administration going to Davos at all? Why show up and participate when we’ve been so clear that the old globalist line of thinking has been a disaster for America?

>The answer is simple: we’re not going to Davos to uphold the status quo. We’re going to confront it head-on.

>For far too long, the fate of the global economy has been decided by an international establishment who took America’s economic power and gave it to the rest of the world. Some of our past leaders believed the lies that offshoring was necessary, borders were not, and our national interest needed to submit to global lower cost of labour for the common good. That approach failed the US, crushed American workers and ripped apart most of the rest of the world as well. It destroyed industries, weakened supply chains and left working people in most western countries behind.

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>We are here at Davos to make one thing crystal clear: With President Trump, capitalism has a new sheriff in town. For decades, countries were told there was only one acceptable model. They were forced to depend on global supply chains and foolishly trust that global institutions would have their backs. That model put America dead last, and left countless others weaker as well.

There's other crazy stuff in there like taking credit for the uptick in overseas stock markets. No mention of the Greenland/NATO stuff.