As the first Republican Party candidate to win the United States popular vote in 20 years, Donald J. Trump will be inaugurated as president at noon on 20 January 2025. This special session -- the first of the 2025 Annual Meeting in Davos -- will gather media leaders to explore how the new administration will operate. This session was recorded ahead of the US inauguration January 20, 2025 at the Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Watch the video session here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2025/sessions/first-impressions-inauguration-day/

Speakers include:

Patrick Foulis Foreign Editor, The Economist

Samir Saran President, Observer Research Foundation (ORF)

Mina Al-Oraibi Editor-in-Chief, The National

Sam Jacobs Editor-in-Chief, TIME