Trumpism dominates international politics
The photo taken after the signing of the peace declaration in Egypt – which followed the signing, just a few days earlier, of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas – in which Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th President of the United States of America, stands out from every angle, confirms his global leadership.
The impact of the context of hope generated by the outcome of the intense and stressful negotiations over the Gaza conflict, which left Israelis and Gazans dead, has led the President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, to invoke, almost in a tone of supplication, that he also hopes for the magic of the New York leader so that peace can be achieved in the war that still persists between his country and Russia.
Trump, after being branded as irreverent, impertinent, or even indifferent, especially when assessed on his immigration policy, is achieving the goal he set out upon assuming his second term on 20 January this year, namely, for the United States to regain the global leadership it achieved during much of the 20th century, based on the doctrine of Manifest Destiny that underpins the thesis of the so-called ‘great American nation’ with which Americans built their future until they became the world's hegemonic power after the Victorian era that dominated much of the 19th century.
But Trump's leadership is only just beginning to assert itself, which is to say that it is not yet consolidated. He needs it as soon as possible to face the big leagues of international politics, where China also appears wherever you look.
In this rush, it will be up to Trump to achieve peace in Eastern Europe, and that is another set of negotiations, as difficult as those in the Middle East, but full of complexities given that one of the parties, Russia, is a central and relevant player in international relations, with much more power than any of the important states in the Middle East.
In addition, it is no secret that China and Russia, the powers of the Asian continent, currently maintain strategic alliances.
But Trump has shown that he is a president who takes full advantage of his country's historical status in the international system, which explains why he has been able to impose tariffs on China, perhaps the richest country in the world, and impose economic sanctions on Russia, an unquestionable regional power with global nuclear capabilities.
I believe that Trump will know how to take advantage of his country's status as a powerful nation, a category superior to that of a rich country – as is the case with the Asian giant – and will increasingly gain ground that will allow him to restore the United States to its status as a superpower, dominating a uniquely unipolar world. We will see the next moves that will consolidate Trumpism in international politics.
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Mackay, former Foreign Minister of Peru and internationalist