The New World Order of President Trump

I really don’t know what to make of Trump’s latest grotesque tweet.
However, this marks the beginning of a larger shift—the decline of American superpower status. The American establishment appears insecure, turning inward and adopting an isolationist stance. It seems almost rambling, likely to resort to more undemocratic and autocratic measures as it faces its global decline, especially with China rising.

In the near future, we may witness increased surveillance of Chinese heritage citizens in the West, with fewer opportunities for them in IT or high-tech sectors, including access to elite universities. A few years ago, when the Western establishment (led by the U.S.) had the Huawei chairman’s daughter arrested on trumped-up charges in Canada, it shattered the illusion of fairness, revealing that global leaders were no longer playing by the same rules. That was the beginning of weakness—a crack in the invincible armor.

For the first time in 500 years, the West is feeling the pressure of losing its grip on the global stage. This represents a significant psychological rupture, one marked by persistent denial. In the Middle East, Turkey has emerged as a regional power, while Germany, Britain, and France no longer hold the same sway they once did. Brazil, one of the staunchest founding members of BRICS, is tipping the balance in Latin America, and South Africa is emerging as a growing influence in Africa. In Southeast Asia, India is rising as a regional hegemon, calling the shots, while China has firmly established itself as a peer world superpower.

Despite the vast resources of 38 NATO countries, they have failed to defeat Russia in the ongoing war in Ukraine, which continues to endure under heavy economic sanctions.

I believe the recent high-tech massacre of Palestinian civilians, facilitated by advanced weaponry with tacit American support, was partially aimed at scaring other Middle Eastern client states from making overtures to China or Russia. The message seemed to be: “Disobey and this might be your fate.” I think this stance came from a place of weakness, yet it failed miserably. Despite this, regional powers like Turkey are still hosting Hamas leaders openly. Similarly, India has flatly rejected Western (American) pleas not to fund Russia’s war by purchasing its oil.

In the manufactured South China Sea crisis designed to chokehold China, regional middle powers like Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam have emerged as key players, displaying more assertiveness and not simply towing the American line, unlike traditional American allies such as Australia, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. Indonesia and Vietnam, less vulnerable to external economic coercion from the West due to rising economic parity, are becoming increasingly influential on the global stage. This shift signals that the old world order is gradually unraveling, with the sands of Western hegemony slowly melting away.

Fifteen years ago, such a scenario would have been unthinkable.

This transgenerational journey, spanning over the last 500 years, began with seafaring explorers and “the turning of the seas,” eventually culminating in colonial exploitation, centuries of humiliation, and neo-colonial puppet control by economic power centers like Wall Street. As the American empire took the baton of Western hegemony from Great Britain after World War II, the Global South—long marginalized—has found newfound confidence in the past two decades. This momentum reached its peak with the high-tech feudal war between two titans, the “Deepseek” moment, signaling a readiness to challenge and rewrite the rules of the global game.

At this stage, the best course for the U.S. might be to adopt a more humble, less arrogant approach and allow the world to transition into a more multipolar order—one where all nations have fair playing rights. Ideally, this shift could unfold in a more harmonious and peaceful way, which would be the best outcome for humanity as a whole. China is not Afghanistan or Iraq. If America persists in its current course of folly, it risks a real bloody nose in a head-to-head confrontation. However, this would drag the entire world into an untold economic crisis and instability.