Davos 2020: Donald Trump hails US recovery and UK trade deal hopes – day one live
Rolling coverage of the first day of the World Economic Forum, including Donald Trump’s special address and Greta Thunberg’s panel session
- Latest: Young activists demand action at Davos
- Thunberg: Listen to the science
- Coming up: Donald Trump’s special address
- The agenda
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Trump gets what I think is his first applause line announcing the US will join the 1 trillion trees initiative
Does he have a message for Greta Thunberg?
Trump reiterates that he is a “big believer in the environment” and that the US will join in a global initiative to plant a trillion trees. (A Swiss study published in the journal Science last year suggested fighting global heating by planting a trillion trees.) He adds:
What I want is the cleanest water and the cleanest air.