DAVOS, Switzerland — To muted applause and not a few stony faces, U.S. President Donald Trump took the stage before hundreds of the world’s rich and powerful Wednesday for the most anticipated speech of this year’s Davos forum. But during the two-hour wait to get in, the excitement to hear the leader of the world’s most powerful nation in person was palpable — “It’s like a rock festival,” one attendee said. Quickly the doors to the World Economic Forum’s packed congress hall closed, forcing hundreds to scramble for spots in overflow rooms to watch him on screens. Even the president of Latvia, Edgars Rinkevics, was stuck in line at one point before an aide guided him elsewhere. “It’s interesting that people were lining up to hear President Trump, like they were not lining to hear any other speaker — none has got such kind of interest,” Rinkevics told AFP afterwards. Many were apprehensive about the escalating tensions between Trump and Europe over his bid to seize Greenland, a crisis that has overshadowed the annual schmoozefest’s agenda. “I expect the worst. From what we know from Tr
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