And he isn't the only one.

President Donald Trump participates in the Board of Peace Charter Announcement and Signing ceremony during the World Economic Forum, Thursday, January 22, 2026, at the Davos Congress Center in Davos, Switzerland. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

Political analysts, journalists, and politicos of every description are still buzzing about U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Davos this year.

President Trump's speech was worth the hour-long wait in line Davos attendees had to endure. Trump, as usual, did not mince words. And he did a great job selling his agenda--including Greenland.

Trump's lieutenants did an incredible job as well.

Members of the Trump administration weren't the only ones touting the successes of Trump's first year. Billionaire CEO Ken Griffin was candid about what the Oval Office changing of the guard has meant for the global business community.

Asked about the subject during an economic panel discussion in Davos, Mr. Griffin had the following to say:

"You cannot imagine how painful it was each and every day, under the Biden administration, to look at what new crazy proposal is being put into place to solve a problem that didn't even exist," said Mr. Griffin. "I mean, our constant friction at Citadel with the government across umpteen different aspects of our business was exhausting. And to have that literally end on one day, election day, just gives you so much energy as an executive in order to go back and build your damn business."

"So the biggest sea change I've seen across American executives has been just like the giant sigh of relief," added Mr. Griffin. "I can now go and focus on building my business. That prior administration -- we happen to be a creditor of Spirit. Their merger with JetBlue was stopped. Spirit's in bankruptcy today. There were so many decisions that were so poorly thought out in terms of economic consequences. It cost the US economy dearly. I cannot emphasize it enough."

"And so the Trump administration is making slow progress on deregulation thus far," lamented Griffin. "But the end of the regulatory onslaught has been just an extraordinary boom for American business."

Mr. Griffin wasn't the only one to credit Trump this week.

CNN political analyst Michael Smerconish actually praised Trump during a news segment on Tuesday.

"For this first year, he's gotten a hell of a lot done," Smerconish admitted of President Trump. "You may not agree with how he's gotten it done or what he's gotten done, but on a productivity level, you would have to say that he's been a very consequential president already in this one year. He's also had the benefit of both houses of Congress."

And while it is certainly not guaranteed that Republicans will keep the House in November, it is also not a foregone conclusion that they will lose it. November is also 11 months away. In today's modern political era of the 24-hour news cycle, that's about a million miles.

Anything could happen between now and then.

As Smerconish was forced to point out, Trump has three more years as president, whatever happens in November of 2026.

(Contributing writer, Brooke Bell)