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DAVOS, January 19, 2026 –
Nigel Farage, a prominent critic of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, will attend the event this week, despite years of denouncing it as a gathering of “globalists.”
- Nigel Farage, long a vocal opponent of the WEF, will attend this year’s meeting in Davos.
- His Reform UK deputy, Richard Tice, hopes Farage will discuss U.S. tariff threats with Donald Trump, who is also attending.
- Farage has previously criticized the WEF as representing an “elite capture of politics” and a threat to nation states.
For years, Nigel Farage has sharply criticized the annual gathering in Davos as a meeting of those hostile to the nation state. However, this week, Farage will be present at the event, according to reports from the Guardian.
farage’s Potential Meeting with Trump
Farage’s itinerary at the Swiss ski resort remains unclear, but his Reform UK deputy, Richard Tice, said on Sunday he hoped Farage would have an opportunity to speak with Donald Trump, who is also attending the event run by the World Economic Forum (WEF), The Guardian reported.
Tice told the BBC that the intention was for Farage, who describes Trump as a friend, to use the event to express his concerns to the president regarding potential U.S. tariffs against the UK and othre European nations, as well as U.S. efforts regarding greenland. “Let’s hope they have an opportunity to have some words; both will have very busy schedules for sure, but in a sense that’s where real friendship can come in, to say: ‘Look, we understand what you’re trying to achieve; this is the wrong way to go about it,'” Tice said.
A Shift in Stance?
It is indeed an unexpected development for Farage,who has consistently singled out the WEF and its annual gala as embodying what he views as the elite’s control over politics,aiming to dismantle nation states in the name of “globalism.”
Farage’s rhetoric on these subjects has drawn criticism, including from the Board of Deputies of British Jews, which stated his discussion of alleged plots by bankers to establish a global government at times echoed antisemitic conspiracy theories, according to the guardian.
Farage has rejected any such intent. However, he has recently been critical of Davos attendees, calling Keir Starmer a “full-on globalist” for attending the WEF in 2023. In 2023, he described davos as a place where decisions are made that “bow down to the European Union,” and where attendees are “people deciding our futures in Swiss ski resorts.”
He has, however, praised Trump’s participation in Davos. In 2018, he wrote on X (formerly Twitter), “Trump superb at Davos. If only we had a leader that could inspire confidence,” after Trump addressed the WEF. He also praised Prince Andrew in a 2012 tweet, congratulating him on his comments at a Davos reception.
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