The FT is reporting that Howard Lutnick was heckled in Davos last night by Al Gore among others

[BeyondGeography]

Hooray for Al

Howard Lutnick heckled at World Economic Forum dinner

US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick was heckled at a World Economic Forum dinner in Davos hosted by BlackRock’s Larry Fink, according to people at the event. The gathering on Tuesday night descended into uproar after combative remarks from Lutnick, the people said, with widespread jeering, some guests walking out and appeals for calm from Fink, head of the world’s largest asset manager and interim co-chair of WEF.

…Lutnick told his audience that the world should focus on coal as an energy source rather than renewables, according to one person present, and made dismissive comments about Europe. He had earlier on Tuesday written an op-ed for the FT in which he said: “We’re not going to Davos to uphold the status quo. We’re going to confront it head on.” He also wrote: “We are here at Davos to make one thing crystal clear: With President Trump, capitalism has a new sheriff in town.”

One chief executive present described the atmosphere as “tense”, while another said it was “noisy and spicy”. One of the hecklers was Al Gore, the former US vice-president, according to two executives present.

…The commerce department and WEF did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/7f59e564-f5da-475b-b86a-06fbc773015f

[lostincalifornia]

1. Mr. Green Party Nader helped lead the path to where we are today.

[rubbersole]

7. Gore won Florida.

By quite a lot. Don't worry about brother Jeb! and his election ratfuckery. Don't worry about the corrupt Supreme Court. The Brooks Brothers riot had 2 future SC justices involved. Gore won. Just sayin'.

[Clouds Passing]

14. Gore won just like Hillary won and Kamala won

[karynnj]

25. Neither Hillary or Kamala won.

You can argue that Russia used Facebook and other social media to target misinformation to voters in swing states, but in terms of votes cast, Trump won swing states with Democrats in charge.

For Kamala, she lost Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Arizona all with Democrats controlling the state government.

We should NOT be like Republicans claiming we won when we didn't. Not to mention, we still need to understand why he won in spite of a very nasty campaign and 34 felony convictions! It seems that in all elections since 2016, there has been enough unhappiness that being the party in power is a negative.

[Chemical Bill]

34. Show us where hand counted recounts proved that Hillary and Kamala lost...

Please....

[karynnj]

35. Are you saying the Democratic officials in those states cheated for Trump?

Hand counting of all votes is rarely done unless their is a recount. That happens if the difference is below a threshold or if one side pays for it. NONE of the states were that close.

[Chemical Bill]

36. No.

Trump said Musk cheated. Why don't people believe him?

In 2016 the hand counted recounts in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania were paid for, but not done.

Republicans have proved their willingness to cheat.

[DemocracyForever]

42. Except in 2000...

when the Bush brothers got 5 GOP Supreme Court judges to stop the Florida vote count.

[JI7]

16. And Nader helped the thug Republicans

[ananda]

24. And this was all engineered by Tom Delay.

The only Dem reaction:

a tepid march down the streets of Miami,
led by Jesse Jackson a few days later.

[DemocracyForever]

43. The fix was in

thanks to the don't count the votes Bush brothers, the corrupt Katherine Harris and the corrupt GOP controlled Supreme Court.

[DemocracyForever]

40. It's the ugly truth the media won't tell even 25 years later!

[DemocracyForever]

41. Exactly, well said!

[Renew Deal]

2. This is why they try to keep Lutnick off of TV

They prefer to rollout out Bessent for more palatable sounding madness.

[niyad]

3. If this is a gift article, why do I have to subscribe?

[BeyondGeography]

5. I think it expires after a few uses

It’s a short article; you’re not missing anything.

[niyad]

6. Okay, thank you.

[BeyondGeography]

13. They've added a couple of updates

European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde walked out during his speech.

The US commerce department said: “Only one person booed, and it was Al Gore.”

(Which is kind of negated by the first update.)

[IbogaProject]

19. For educational use

https://archive.ph/quqvA

I did have to edit what that FT link turned into to get a hit on archive dot ph.

[littlemissmartypants]

20. The gift is what you give FT, apparently. 😆😉

[Hugin]

4. COAL!?!??

Good lord!

[Bluetus]

17. Brilliant strategy. China is kicking our ass economically

and able to REDUCE their coal usage while vastly expanding their use of renewables. Even if there were no climate and health consequences of using the dirtiest possible fuels, economics alone dictate the renewable path. Renewables now are the lowest cost of electricity. After the initial investment, you get 30-50 years of energy that is almost free, but for the cost of maintenance and land leases. China is giving themselves a fundamental economic advantage over us for generations to come. While Trump wants to piss away $1,500,000,000,000 a year on the war industry, China is beating us without ever having to fire a single bullet.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/13/coal-power-generation-falls-china-india-since-1970s

[calimary]

27. But it does make some sense if you think about it.

Coal is a dirty, toxic, dreadfully polluting business better left in yesteryear. A lot like its new patron, the donald.

[Bluetus]

28. With very few exceptions, everyone in this administration has a simple philosophy

Government is bad. Privatize everything. No regulations. Anything any Democrat ever did is bad. Do the opposite, no matter what that means. You will probably die before any of the consequences affect you personally.

[calimary]

30. Your last sentence sums it all up, Bluetus.

Perfectly, selfishly, and outrageously (with a side of piping hot shit).

[DemocracyForever]

44. Coal is more expensive and than renewables

This is why coal companies are going out of business. Lutnick and his boss are too ignorant to know this.

[bronxiteforever]

8. Coal, tariffs and ballrooms

[Hugin]

9. I've been considering affecting a walking stick.

Its usefulness for beating back the uncouth filthy MAGAtry can’t be denied.

[ChicagoTeamster]

10. The entire World outside of MAGA and Russia hates Trump. And more will switch over.

[PatSeg]

11. What an idiot!

He's not preaching to the braindead choir on Fox News; he is in the real world in Davos where people are sane and reasonable.

[SergeStorms]

21. Well....

some of them are "sane and reasonable." The U.S. contingent are crazier than shithouse rats.

I smell what you're cooking, though, PatSeg.

[PatSeg]

33. That is true

Though it doesn't take much to look "sane and reasonable" when Trump is in the room!

[twodogsbarking]

12. I know more about coal than most people. The county I grew up in once had more active coal companies than

any other county in the US. The sides of the road were coal covered from truck blow off. It's not the best thing.

[Clouds Passing]

15. What did Al Gore say?

[DemocracyForever]

45. He booed Lutnick's remarks

[pfitz59]

18. Lutnick was a total ass at the panel discussion

Trump surely scraped the bottom choosing him. Trashed talked everybody and everything except Trumpism.

[littlemissmartypants]

23. He may have just thrown darts at a list on the wall.

[Midnight Writer]

31. Wasn't Lutnick a next-door neighbor of Jeffery Epstein? Small world, isn't it?

[littlemissmartypants]

32. Properties

In 1998, Lutnick purchased a Manhattan property at 11 East 71st Street, behind the Henry Clay Frick House, from the Comet Trust. The townhouse was previously owned by an entity associated with businessman Les Wexner and Jeffrey Epstein, a financier and child sex offender.[100] Lutnick had extensively renovated its interior renovations by May 2001.[101] Epstein also lived next door at 9 East 71st Street, as he and Lutnick were neighbors, with Epstein likewise purchasing his home in 1998, too. Lutnick still owns his mansion, as of 2025.[102][103][104]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Lutnick

[littlemissmartypants]

22. Go Al!!!

[Ocelot II]

26. Howard Nutlick needs all the heckling he can get.

[Initech]

39. Sadly, I don't think people as crazy as Nutlick will ever get how crazy they sound.

[Blues Heron]

29. Nutlick has mining interests in Greenland

[vapor2]

37. still a paywall

[vapor2]

38. Lutnick is an ass

recall saying his mom or his grandmother wouldn't miss her social security check . These goons are so ignorant