The contrast between two speeches this week at the world economic summit in Davos was remarkable.
The speech by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney might very well be the best political speech that anyone has given in the 21st century. And it wasn’t written by staff — he wrote the whole thing himself, which is quite unusual for a major political speech.
But don’t take my word for it. Check it out for yourself.
Then there was that other speech, by the weird little child. It was idiotic, it was rambling, it was deeply embarrassing all around.
I will spare you the agony of watching it. To the extent that any of it was comprehensible, here’s the main take-away: He really, really wants the U.S. to take over Iceland.