The global elite meeting at Davos in Switzerland have reacted to the prospect of the Trump presidency with a mixture of calm and panic – the difference being whether one believes he will act on what he says, or rather Tweets or whether he will prove to be more pragmatic.<br /><br /> “If you have only the focus on the United States, with no support for the institutions (such as EU, NATO) that are the glue that keeps the world together – then it will be a very difficult time indeed,” Jean-Marie Guegenno, CEO of the International Crisis told our reporter in Davos.<br /><br /> “If he’s going to run America like a business, then I hope not – because in the real estate business, he was bankrupt, bankrupt, bankrupt,” Cornelis Van Zadelhoff, Founder of DTZ Zadelhoff quipped. “Having said that, perhaps he learnt a lot from that (his business failures) – and it was very clever how he got the presidency, PR-wise he did a fantastic job. So let’s give him the benefit of the doubt,” he said.<br /><br /> From the Pakistan Sustainability Network, Nimra Amjad voiced her fears over Trump’s treatment of women.<br /><br /> “When women see a man like Donald Trump, who’s admitted to sexually harrassing women, I think it triggers all those feelings in you that you may have experienced and he represents every man who has ever treated you that way. So, I think it’s very unsettling that he’s leading one of the world’s most powerful countries.<br />
