Trump makes '15 new friends' in Davos, three of Indian origin!
January 27, 2018 13:53
United States President Donald Trump declared before a full house at Davos that he has made '15 new friends' whom he did not know before at a dinner on Thursday night -- including three of Indian origin.
After a 'band' welcome and a nearly 20-minute speech, Trump sat down for a brief question and answers session with World Economic Forum Founder Klaus Schwab on the last day of the annual pow-wow of rich and powerful from across the 'fractured' world and began by complementing him for putting together this 'really great' economic forum.
Trump, who arrived here yesterday afternoon, told Schwab -- who on his part said the US President's strong leadership is open to misconceptions and biased interpretations -- that he has made '15 new friends' here in Davos.
"We had dinner last night with about 15 leaders of industry -- none of whom I knew, but all of whom I have read about for years -- and it was truly an incredible group," Trump said.
"And I think I have 15 new friends. So this has been really great what you have done in putting it together, the economic forum," he said.
These 15 industry leaders from Europe -- whom Trump described as 'very powerful businesspeople of the world' and asked them to introduce themselves one by one and say a few words at the dinner table, as per a White House release --- included Swiss pharma giant Novartis' incoming CEO Vas Narasimhan, Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri and Deloitte CEO Punit Renjen.
Others were heads of Bayer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Siemens, AB Volvo, SAP, Adidas, Statoil, Nestle, ABB and HSBC. At the dinner, Renjen said, "Mr President, thank you for having me. Punit Renjen from Deloitte. On behalf of 265,000 employees across the globe, 70,000 in the US, thank you again for having us".
As per the White House release, Trump replied, "Great company. Thank you very much. Great job."
After everyone's introduction, Trump said, "I want to thank everybody. Really, you have done incredible work, incredible jobs. These are some of the great companies of the world, many of the great companies of the world". -- PTI
After a 'band' welcome and a nearly 20-minute speech, Trump sat down for a brief question and answers session with World Economic Forum Founder Klaus Schwab on the last day of the annual pow-wow of rich and powerful from across the 'fractured' world and began by complementing him for putting together this 'really great' economic forum.
Trump, who arrived here yesterday afternoon, told Schwab -- who on his part said the US President's strong leadership is open to misconceptions and biased interpretations -- that he has made '15 new friends' here in Davos.
"We had dinner last night with about 15 leaders of industry -- none of whom I knew, but all of whom I have read about for years -- and it was truly an incredible group," Trump said.
"And I think I have 15 new friends. So this has been really great what you have done in putting it together, the economic forum," he said.
These 15 industry leaders from Europe -- whom Trump described as 'very powerful businesspeople of the world' and asked them to introduce themselves one by one and say a few words at the dinner table, as per a White House release --- included Swiss pharma giant Novartis' incoming CEO Vas Narasimhan, Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri and Deloitte CEO Punit Renjen.
Others were heads of Bayer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Siemens, AB Volvo, SAP, Adidas, Statoil, Nestle, ABB and HSBC. At the dinner, Renjen said, "Mr President, thank you for having me. Punit Renjen from Deloitte. On behalf of 265,000 employees across the globe, 70,000 in the US, thank you again for having us".
As per the White House release, Trump replied, "Great company. Thank you very much. Great job."
After everyone's introduction, Trump said, "I want to thank everybody. Really, you have done incredible work, incredible jobs. These are some of the great companies of the world, many of the great companies of the world". -- PTI
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