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Miles Archer

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Thu Jan 25, 2018, 01:33 PM Jan 2018

"Others longed to pelt him with fruit as the US president strode enthusiastically into Davos..." [View all]



A fawning female admirer grabbed Donald Trump’s autograph while others longed to pelt him with fruit as the US president Thursday strode enthusiastically into the Davos economic forum.

Trump smiled and waved as hundreds of onlookers at the elite gathering lined the lobby and a high staircase of the conference venue in the Swiss resort to get a glimpse of him.

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“Can we throw things?” asked one bystander, a middle-aged American woman in a purple jacket, peering from the staircase at the crowds awaiting Trump’s arrival.

“I’ve an apple in my bag,” said another woman.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/can-throw-things-spectators-torn-fascination-revulsion-trump-strides-davos/
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