The Next Era of World Politics, Handed Over on a Silver Platter

The decline of American world hegemony has really been happening since the 1990s, but this administration has put that decline into hyperdrive. Last year, the EU and even Canada discussed whether they should disentangle themselves from America because of Trump’s tariffs. Those same tariffs pushed longtime rivals China, Japan, and South Korea to unite and trade more with each other, despite their long history of conflict and mistrust. Those tariffs sent a message to the world that the United States is unreliable.

Add in the confused support for Israel’s aggression, the illegal war in Iran, the devastation it is causing there, and the financial pain radiating throughout the world, and you are watching the U.S. hand the next era of world politics to China in real time. China is on the cusp of becoming the world’s preeminent superpower, and they barely have to do anything.

It’s important to understand the long-term damage these actions are causing. Even if Trumpism dies after Trump, the rest of the world may never fully trust the U.S. again because they now know all it takes is another extreme MAGA president to come in and flip the global order upside down again.

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