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Global elite gather in Washington for 'world's secret government': Leaders and billionaires discuss AI, war and crypto at shadowy Bilderberg meeting

2026-04-15

[DM] World leaders and billionaires gathered in Washington this weekend for the notoriously top-secret annual Bilderberg meeting.

With no minutes recorded, press reports published or interviews given to the media, the infamous conference is shrouded in mystery and has been the longtime subject of countless conspiracy theories.

Critics have accused it of being a basis for the creation of a secret government, or a mysterious new world order.

The high-level networking event was formed in 1954 to foster dialogue between the US and Europe in order to prevent another war, but now the aim is purportedly to allow Western leaders to share innovatory ideas.

Now in its 72nd year, the global elite congregated between April 9-12 to discuss a number of topics, from the future of AI and modern warfare to cryptocurrency.

Attendees included a number of billionaires, such as Palantir’s CEO Alex Karp, who is working on Donald Trump's $185 billion 'Golden Dome' project, Spotify founder Daniel Ek, and the former CEO of Google Eric Schmidt.

King Charles III, David Cameron, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Peter Mandelson have all taken part in previous meetings.

Ahead of this year's gathering, a security cordon was put up surrounding the luxury Salamander hotel, as 128 military leaders, tech moguls and politicians prepared for days of covert talks.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte arrived at the meeting following a 'very frank' conversation with the US President at the White House, amid a time of immense crisis and uncertainty for the trans-Atlantic alliance.

Trump has in recent weeks repeatedly attacked NATO as nothing more than a 'paper tiger', threatening to ditch the 32-country organisation over a lack of support for his war against Iran.

One item listed on the agenda was the 'Trans-Atlantic Defence-Industrial Relationship', implying that the shaky future of the alliance is an urgent problem gripping the leaders of the Western world.

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