Donald Trump is to join the globe-trotting elite in the Swiss resort of Davos this month, in a move that sits awkwardly with his reputation as a scourge of globalisation and populist champion for ordinary Americans.
Mr Trump would become the first sitting US president to attend the World Economic Forum gathering in late January since Bill Clinton 18 years ago. This year’s discussions are entitled “creating a shared future in a fractured world”.
The Trump camp had only a minimal presence in Switzerland in the lead-up to the president’s inauguration last year, a decision reportedly driven in part by a perception that Davos was inimical to Mr Trump’s populist roots.