- Undoubtedly, the president of the USA, Donald Trump, is a megalomaniac blatantly indulging in attention-grabbing episodes that have become a painful spectacle for the global community ever since he assumed office for the second time. Trump’s pet measures like tariffs, peace brokering, threats, aggressive intent to take over sovereign shores, and repeatedly proclaiming falsities on geopolitical/geostrategic issues have become the talk of the whole world. His pet peeves are well established by now. Trump’s claims of safeguarding the local interest at the cost of greatly disturbing the global world order might sound like a great misnomer, but the narcissistic trait in him will simply obfuscate the tribulations being unleashed everywhere and all around.
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PC: Firstpost
- Trump goes about further assuaging his massive ego, mostly pandering to the broad base of the US social pyramid, and loves the raw assertion of power. Look at some of the statements emanating from Trump of late. ‘It was important to make me happy,’ says the man with such nonchalance. Don’t express shock, guys. Modesty never was his strong suit – recall how he described himself as a very stable genius eight Januarys ago. Among Macron, Starmer, Merz, and other polite leaders, his bombast may amount to diplomatic nose picking, but what does he care? Psychiatrists who have tracked Trump for years suggest he’s solipsistic – completely self-centred. But there’s more to his tariffs, immigration crackdown, Maduro extraction, and other actions.
PC: ColombiaOne.com
- Although Trump’s actions seem arbitrary, they are consistent with his own long-held views. Tariffs? “A lot of people are tired of watching the other countries ripping off the US,” he said in a 1987 interview. Venezuela isn’t a surprise either. In the very first year of his first term – Aug 2017 – he hinted at a possible military action to deal with Maduro. A year later, he said he was considering military action, and US officials hobnobbed with Venezuelan rebels regarding their plan to oust Maduro. So, last Saturday’s action was just part of his unfinished agenda. Trump has dumped diplomatic etiquette because his supporters, the base of the American social pyramid, don’t care for it. They prefer raw assertion of power to pussyfooting. Why?
PC: The National Interest
- Because it is more transparent than committees. For long this MAGA base felt cheated and disenfranchised. Economically, it has borne the brunt of inflation and unemployment. So, by abandoning niceties, whether economic, military, or diplomatic, Trump has earned its trust. The problem with this Trump-First, America-First worldview, however, is that, while it may do the US some good, it is harming the global community and institutions. And the bigger danger after Venezuela is that other world leaders – depending on their capacity – might start approaching geopolitics the same way. Look not far from Russia and China, itching to go berserk. That would turn the clock back on 80 years of a largely peaceful world order. Brace up for more madness!
