From Make America Great Again to Make America Alone: Understanding Trump 2.0 World's Mathematics

Abstract

Since Donald Trump was re-elected to the White House, his 'Make America Great Again' political slogan seems to isolate the United States further from the world stage. This article answers the question of what will Donald Trump's second presidency do to America's relations with those countries that participated in the constituting of the United States of America after World War II. Trump's "America First" policy seeks nationalist foreign policy goals and gives them preference over multilateral agreements. Consequently, Trump's self-serving US foreign policy of Trumped-up American exceptionalism sans partnerships, NATO, and EU, will ultimately reduce US global power and influence. In this case, the statement that America played a substantial role in shifting from global talk to national do constitutes a central idea in the shift of global leadership to a national focus. This could result in weakening the US influence in international affairs. As the region readjusts its geopolitical allies in response to the US, China and Russia will expand their stakes in the region. Furthermore, Western countries in general, and EU countries in particular, will answer to Trump's impetuous foreign policy by making separate economic partnerships, and new security alliances and cutting their dependence on trade with the United States. The isolation of America under Trump presents critical challenges to global security and risks setting back the international order the United States pursued throughout his entire tenure, since the end of World War II.