There is the possibility that when historians look at the time we are currently, they will describe this, the moment at the inauguration of Donald Trump, as the moment when the global has changed.
I would possibly say (yes, of course, everything depends on what happens below) at the time when the era of 35 -year globalization that began with the fall of the Berlin wall gave way to a new era. This is the time when the prevailing assumptions between the ruling elite, which the loose industry and the loose movement of other people were critical politics principles, were replaced through new ones.
These principles, which barriers for migration flows and price lists in industry flows are a valid component of the policy toolbox, are not exactly new. Pendulum has been balanced and since then an adhesion to lose the industry. It is not true to say that Donald Trump has replaced each one. China, Biden has reinforced it with new price lists and protectionist measures.
Even so, historians tend to be drawn towards symbolic moments and this is certainly one of them. Americans have given their popular support to a president who not only espouses a very different rendition of American international engagement to most of his post-war predecessors but glorifies it.
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From Franklin Roosevelt, one of the general objectives of American policy has been to use its strength to verify to seek foreign stability and consecrate democracy and safe social and economic values (the “Washington consensus” as we know). These objectives have been reinforced through multilateral organizations such as the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund. Unlike its predecessors such as Hegemon Global, the United States would avoid outdated imperialism in favor of this most illustrated multilateralism style, or at least said.
But the Trump 2.0 era seems to suggest that model is now over. From his obsession with tariffs to his claims over Greenland and Panama, to his transactional attitude to NATO, the new president’s demeanour harks back to a different era and a different America. The global superpower is changing and ushering in a different world. The consequences are likely to be profound.