He Donald Trump That he returned to the White House after a four -year interval when his enemies tried to destroy him by all conceivable media, he is a character quite different from that of his first season as the “most powerful man in the world.” It is much more vindictive. At home, he has launched a ruthless purge of the institutions of what he calls the “Deep state”, throwing tens of thousands of suspects of Wokismsubjects that in his opinion are “leftist lunatics”, and intends to do the same abroad.
For alarm of the relatively friendly style of previous American governments, Trump II is acting and speaking as a very spiteful nationalist. Since he believes that, for many decades, Canadians, Mexicans, Europeans and Chinese have behaved as parasites to take advantage of the candorous goodness that is in his opinion intrinsic to the United States, wants to force them to change their attitude. His vision of the world is soaked for self -pity, of the conviction that his country – as himself – has been the victim of terrible injustices by others and that it is up to him to punish them for how bad they have done. He wants to humiliate them so that they do not doubt that the United States is the strongest and that, therefore, they will have to comply with their orders.
Will the tariff attacks with which Trump is pressing those countries in the sight? It would seem like yes. To satisfy their adherents and disappointment of their many adversaries, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petrohis counterpart MexicanTo Claudia Sheinbaum And the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau They soon gave in to the offensive that, to the amazement of the attacked, undertook against him. After thinking about it, the Colombian resigned himself to accepting the compatriots that Trump deported in military planes, while the Mexican and the Canadian decided that it would be of interest to collaborate with him by sending contingents of troops to their respective borders to prevent or, for what Less, to reduce entry to the United States of drugs and undocumented immigrants.
In Europe, where almost all governments had become accustomed since the second half of the forties of the last century to let the United States take care of the defense, the different countries are preparing to increase military spending greatly, although responsible politicians know What to do it will cause endless difficulties. For their part, the Chinese, who had planned that Trump would adopt an even harder position towards them than that of Joe Biden And they have been diversifying their commercial ties with the rest of the world, they have reacted calmly. They estimate that in the long run Trump’s frantic offensive will be counterproductive to the United States, especially in the “global south”, where many take it for a reissue of European imperialism of other times.
Trump’s will to use the power of US consumption as a weapon has baffled all the governments of the world, especially those of vulnerable countries. As much as Mexicans and Canadians insist that standing Americans would pay a very high price if, after suspending the application of 25 percent tariffs, Trump opts to take the punitive measure with which they continue threatening them, they them would suffer much more.
Of the two immediate residents of the superpower, the worst located is what Trump would like to annex. Despite its imposing geographical dimensions and their status as a member of the G7, Canada is not in a position to get out of a commercial war with the United States that would surely be almost as calamite as a conventional one. The economies of Texas, California and New York are greater than the Canadian, which is why Trump was able to affirm that, if the incorporation of the barely populated northern neighborhood was completed, it would suffice to add a single star to the national flag.
It goes without saying that it is still scarce the possibility that the Canadians accept the little friendly invitation of the American president to abandon his independence and undergo Washington’s dictates. Although they can only worry the growing difference between the dynamism of the United States economy and the exasperating lethargy that has become characteristic of yours, it is a problem that they would prefer to try to solve their own way. However, the awareness that the consequences of an economic break with the hungry ogre would be devastating that, if Trump was taken seriously, I would like to devour it, virtually ensures that from now on Canada is a obedient vassal state. It was very well understood by the outgoing Premier Trudeau, hence his barely conditional surrender to the Trumpist demands.
North American leader supporters can point out that tariff barriers that are erecting and going down at a crazy rate have already turned out to be cheaper and incomparably more effective than traditional military pressures. It did not cost a penny to force Sheinbaum and Trudeau to promise to help him stop the entry of fentanyl and other drugs that are causing horrendous ravages among Americans. Although addiction to toxic substances of so many people can be attributed to the cultural deficiencies of the United States and the hopeless That other countries are involved in their distribution is a reality that Trump does not intend to overlook.
While until now the global impact of the “tariff wars” unleashed by the impulsive president of the superpower has been very limited, the fear that an era marked by the freedom of trade in which Benefted billions of people who, unfortunately, did not include many Argentines because the country’s voluntary economic isolation prevented him from participating in the great world boom that was enabled by globalization. If until again, commercial links will notice more than before the alignment of the various countries, governments will have to take into account the possible costs of deviating too much from the American strategy. For Javier Milei, Feeling forced to sympathize with Trump will not raise difficulties even when the economic ideas of his “friend” are radically different from his own, but for many the supposed relationship would be very ungrateful.
When choosing the economic supremacy of the United States, to achieve its geopolitical objectives, Trump has raised a challenge to the leaders of all other countries who, or not, will have to choose between subordinating the American strategy or trying to link with A rival block like the one that is building China. Although most would prefer to stay equidistant of the two giants, neutrality would cease to be an attractive option if, as at this point it seems inevitable, both decide to harden their positions.
Until relatively recently, the leaders of the countries of the European Union imagined themselves capable of offering an alternative to the United States, but, the same as Canada, lately the group has lost so much economic and technological land that the discouragement, so as not to say defeatism , which they feel is on their reason for concern. Usually as they are to give priority, for electoral reasons, social, European politicians do not know how to deal with the challenges raised to rich but aging societies that would be unable to defend against the enemies of their lifestyle without American help.
The fierce war that, in Eastern Europe, is fighting Ukraine against Russia warned them that it would be a serious mistake , but governments like German have taken to adopt a more realistic attitude. They recognize that, in principle, Trump is right when he criticizes NATO members who refuse to invest two percent of their gross product in defense, but resist spending more. Although in theory Europeans should have been able to supply the Ukrainians with an enormous amount of ultramodern weapons that would have allowed them to expel Russian invaders, they soon realized that their industries could not produce them. For more signs, although the existing European armed forces stand out for their efficiency, they are so small that it would be difficult for them to play the role of “blue helmets” that would ensure peace in the event that, as Trump would like, in the months Next, an armistice will be signed; According to Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky, It would be necessary for there to be at least 200,000 well -trained soldiers to adequately fulfill this task, but it would seem that for most European leaders it is an absurdly exaggerated proposal.
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