![]() A good measure of his efficacy is the outrage he generates. In one week President Trump confirmed that his first concern is the United States, that he has what may be a workable vision for its place in the world, and he loathes globalism and the globalists. The implicit agreement among the three is apparently that each power will, in their, “sphere of influence…enforce peace.” He is tacitly recognizing Russia and China’s dominance in their own spheres of influence, and holding them to account in their territories. Like Don Corleone, Trump is dividing up the larger territory into smaller, great-power controlled sub-territories. None of these powers can militarily defeat either of the other two, and even an alliance among two of them would have trouble defeating the third. There are three global powers: the US, Russia, and China. Trump’s new world order comes straight from The Godfather. Does Trump recognize the limits of US power? ![]()
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