Stifel CEO Praises Trump’s Style as Effective, ‘Art of the Deal’

Jan. 22, 2026, 1:42 PM UTC

US President Donald Trump’s approach to Greenland at the World Economic Forum in Davos has been “effective” and led to a speedy resolution, according to Stifel Financial Corp. Chief Executive Officer Ron Kruszewski.

Trump’s “style is, frankly, effective in many ways,” Kruszewski said in an interview on Bloomberg TV at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday. The veteran chairman and CEO of St. Louis, Missouri-based Stifel attended the president’s speech the previous day during which he repeated his demand that the US take over Greenland.

“I sat there and said, ‘you know what he’s going to ...

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