>> THE WEST WILL NEVER, EVER BE
BROKEN.
OUR VALUES WILL PREVAIL.
OUR PEOPLE WILL THRIVE.
AND OUR CIVILIZATION WILL
TRIUMPH.
>> Martha: PRESIDENT TRUMP
WHEN HE WAS IN POLAND IN JULY,
AND WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR, HE
WILL LEAVE THE WHITE HOUSE FOR
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, TO TAKE THAT
BACK TO -- IN TERMS OF THE
ECONOMY, ENTHUSIASM IS
EXTRAORDINARILY STRONG, AS
STRONG AS IT HAS BEEN IN ALMOST
TWO DECADES.
49% SAY IT IS EXCELLENT OR GOOD.
HERE NOW, NIALL FERGUSON, AUTHOR
OF THE NEW BOOK "THE SQUARE AND
THE TOWER: NETWORKS AND POWER
FROM THE FREEMASONS TO
NIALL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I WANT TO START WITH A QUOTE
FROM THE PIECE YOU WROTE.
IT SAYS "TRUMP EXEMPLIFIES THE
UGLY AMERICAN.
DAVOS WILL ACCEPT HIM AND HE
REPEATED GOES ON TO SAY, "WHAT
ARE MY FAVORITE LINES FROM DAVOS
COMES FROM JAMIE DIMON, WHO SAYS
DAVOS IS WHERE BILLIONAIRES TELL
MILLIONAIRES HOW THE MIDDLE
CLASS FEELS.
THE EVENTS OF 2016 REVEALED THAT
TRUMP KNEW A LOT MORE THAN MOST
MEMBERS OF HIS CLASS ABOUT HOW
THE AMERICAN WORKING AND
MIDDLE-CLASS FELT.
HE CAN EXPECT MORE THAN A COLD
SHOULDER."
WHICH DONALD TRUMP DO YOU THINK
WE WILL SEE?
>> WE WILL SEE DONALD TRUMP AS
HE ALWAYS IS, UNFILTERED AND
PROBABLY MAKING NO CONCESSIONS
AT ALL TO THE GLOBALISTS.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPECT
HIM TO BE GIVEN A VERY COLD
SHOULDER.
COUNTER TO THE CONVENTIONAL
EUROPEANS, WHO CERTAINLY DON'T
LIKE HIM.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IT IS THE
WORLD'S ECONOMIC FORUM, AND IT
IS PREDOMINATELY BUSINESS PEOPLE
WHO ARE THERE, AND WHATEVER THEY
MAY THINK OF TRUMP'S VIEWS ON
IMMIGRATION, THEY CERTAINLY LOVE
THE ECONOMICS HERE.
MY SENSE IS, WHATEVER THEY MAY
SAY IN PUBLIC, AND I IMAGINE
THERE WILL BE A FEW FROSTY
DISAVOWALS, IN ANY PRIVATE
MEETINGS, I THINK THEY ARE GOING
TO BE HIGH-FIVING
PRESIDENT TRUMP BECAUSE HE HAS
GIVEN THE WORLD ECONOMY,
>> Martha: ANGELA MERKEL HAS
SAYS THAT UNILATERALISM IS NOT
CRITICISM, I WOULD THINK, OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
SHE HAS ENCOUNTERED A LOT OF
PROBLEMS, TO SAY THE LEAST, IN
GERMANY, BASED ON HER OWN
OPEN-DOOR POLICY, AND IT HASN'T
WORKED OUT FOR HER POLITICALLY
VERY WELL.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
I THINK THE TENDENCY OF THE KIND
OF GLOBAL ELITE TO SEE
ANGELA MERKEL AS A HERO AND
YOU LOOK AT THE WAY GERMAN
POLITICS IS GOING AT THE MOMENT.
THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS BACKLASH
AGAINST MERKEL'S OPEN-DOOR
POLICY WHEN MORE THAN A MILLION
MIGRANTS CAME INTO GERMANY.
IT IS NOT CLEAR JUST YET THAT
SHE CAN FORM A COALITION IN
GERMANY.
MY SENSE IS THAT THE NARRATIVE
OF LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS THAT
ANGELA MERKEL IS A HERO -- LET'S
NOT FORGET IS THE -- XI J
NOT FORGET IS THE -- XI N
NOT FORGET IS THE -- XI I
NOT FORGET IS THE -- XI G
NOT FORGET IS THE -- XI .
IT IS TRUMP THAT HAS BEEN RIGHT
ON IMMIGRATION ISSUES, NOT
ANGELA MERKEL.
>> Martha: QUICKLY, AND I KNOW
IT IS HARD TO DO THIS QUICKLY,
BUT YOUR THEORY ON GOOGLE AND
FACEBOOK AND AMAZON HOW THEY
FEEL ABOUT THE ELECTION AND WHAT
YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO DO
TO TRY TO RECTIFY THAT IN 2020.
>> TALKING OF THE LIBERAL
ELITES, THEY DON'T GET MORE
LIBERAL THAN THE ELITE OF
SILICON VALLEY, THE ONES THAT
DESIGNED THE NETWORK PLATFORMS
THAT WE HAVE GROWN ADDICTED TO,
FACEBOOK, GOOGLE, THE REST.
THE ONE THINGS THEY DON'T EXPEC,
DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN, TO
PROPEL HIM TO VICTORY OVER
HILLARY CLINTON.
THE HEADS WERE EXPLODING ALL
OVER SILICON VALLEY ON
NOVEMBER 9, 2016, WHEN IT WAS
CLEAR WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
BUT IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR
EVERYBODY TO START ADMITTING HOW
CRUCIAL FACEBOOK, AS WELL AS
TWITTER, HAD BEEN TO THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN.
AND ALSO TOOK A LONG TIME FOR
FACEBOOK TO CONCEDE HOW FAR THEY
HAD ALLOWED THEIR TOOLS TO BE
POLARIZING MESSAGES.
AT FIRST, MARK ZUCKERBERG WAS
DISMISSIVE, OH -- OF ANY NEWS
>> Martha: WITH AIR FILTERING
THEIR NEWS, GOING TO TRY TO MAKE
SURE THAT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.