Why Davos is the capital of the Resistance

If you are looking for the nexus of opposition to Donald Trump's presidency and insight into the minds of his most vocal critics, look no further than the 2019 meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

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The Women's March, of blessed memory, imploded in 2019 after two years of showing the world how a shared commitment to wearing novelty headgear could be a force more powerful than, say, the Supreme Court. This was in large part due to the inability of some of its organizers to decide whether they agreed with Louis Farrakhan's conspiracy theories. Apparently the jury came back deadlocked.

That doesn't mean the #Resistance has no home this year. If you are looking for the central hub or nexus of opposition to Donald Trump's presidency and insight into the minds of his most vocal critics at home and abroad, look no further than the 2019 meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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Matthew Walther

Matthew Walther is a national correspondent at The Week. His work has also appeared in First Things, The Spectator of London, The Catholic Herald, National Review, and other publications. He is currently writing a biography of the Rev. Montague Summers. He is also a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow.