The behavior of President Donald Trump is absurd and against the American values, he is taking people of United States towards isolation, discrimination, and dissociation, it will degrade American hegemony around the world, and it will cause irreversible losses for it in trade and relations. The trade relations with Allies and non-allies will be profoundly affected as he is using confrontation instead of dialogue, and he has been indicating several times that he is preparing for a widespread dangerous trade war, the war which could take the world towards protectionism, discord, differentiation, and degradation. The discontent among the US, allies, and non-allies have been threatening the globalization which was proceeding with the excellent pace, it could revoke nationalism all around the world, and it could result into dangerous military conflict. The world is now experiencing leadership vacuum, it might give the opportunity to the Chinese and Russian, and they are looking for it for years, if they succeed, it will severely damage democracy and liberalization for which the world has been putting immense effort. No one in the allies wants confrontation, they want proportionate negotiation for trade deal which is in the interest of the United States and allies, and unstable America is neither in the interest of allies nor for the world.
The hegemony of United States has been established using decades-long constructive dialogue and diplomacy around the world, the leadership of America was always giving respectful space for its allies, they were succeeding in the mutually accepted deal, the deal which has been bringing prosperity for the United States and allies. American multinationals exist in every corner of the world and earn billions of billion dollars, and they were being accepted because of great and cohesive American values, not because of American military might. People of America must understand the military of United States were defeated in a country like Vietnam and it has been fighting a never-ending war in Afghanistan against a terrorist group Taliban which has strength in just thousands, so war and conflict to put forward your narratives are not going to work at all. It looks like abrupt diplomacy and destructive dialogue are the strength of the current white house representatives, Donald Trump has been doing public humiliation instead of closed-door diplomacy, and the way is not going to work for sure. The deal he ought to renegotiate can be renegotiated in all capacity among the allies and non-allies but the discontent he is spreading in the process could not be negotiated later on, and would severely damage American repo. Dislikes and disagreement for the United States are growing exponential in Trump administration among the allies, European Union is hitting back appropriately, countries are doing deals without America, one such example is multilateral trade deal in Pacific. The discontent in the American society results into the rise of Donald Trump, however, we must not question the US democracy, the reason behind discontent is the improper wages and employment distribution, not the trade deal, which can be visualized by looking into the report of growing gap between elites and proletariats.
The leadership vacuum in global forum can be experienced, EU is now more vulnerable, Brexit was a great setback, the Middle East has been facing indefinite uncertainty, instability is again revisiting Africa, Chinese aggression is growing in the South China Sea and India Ocean, and serious disagreement in United Nations among the members, are degenerating its importance. It has given an edge to the Russian and Chinese to some extent, Russia is growing its meddling in the internal affairs of European countries, assertive China is invading Asian and African nations with unfair trade deal and improper financial assistance and investment. China is growing its influence aggressively in the region assisted by the aggressive investment, the negotiation is being done by the head of a communist party of China, and purely controlled by them, and as a result, the democracy in the region is at great risk. The untapped money flow in the concerned countries creates mismanagement, lack of transparency, corruption and disruption, Pakistan is one such example where it is investing the US $ 60 billion dollars in the infrastructure projects. The debt trap is other concerns for the region, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia are such victims. China could undermine democracies in the region in case of US withdrawal, and it will leave India alone as the rival to it which India can’t afford right now.
Trump administration has been signaling for trade war to taught lessons to the nations which have been involved in the unfair trade with the United States, he has threatened, European Union, China, North America and India in particular, the recent imposition of import tariff for Steel and Aluminum are such examples, the nations whose export will be impacted by the decision has vowed to retaliate. If it goes on then it will promote protectionism worldwide, the national interest will come first at any mean, which would result into an end to the globalization for which the world has been investing a huge lot of time and resources.
Strong America is in the interest of the world because of its positive narrative which supports international security, prosperity, freedom, democracy, and faiths. The years-old deals must be renegotiated if it is unfair and harming American economy, US should initiate a constructive dialogue to address it instead of imposing a unilateral extra tariff, and for sure the allies and non-allies will never disagree with them. But the way Donald Trump is provoking them with threatening tweets and in public meet up, he is least interested in the dialogue, the white house was never been so straightforward and undiplomatic before, and as a result, the United States may lose its grip over the world. The uncertainty created by Donald Trump could take the world on uncertain path politically and in the economy, the chaotic environment can be seen in Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq, uncertainty is looming in the Korean peninsula and in the South China Sea.
