Trump, the president unraveling US hegemony
The country that once largely championed multilateralism is now retreating behind its borders, renouncing its commitments and undermining its partners
For millennia, the rise and fall of empires have followed the same pattern. A center of power could collapse swiftly or gradually — whether through internal decay or external forces such as invasion or natural disaster. But never before has a leader intentionally dismantled an empire’s own dominance. And yet, that appears to be exactly what Donald Trump is doing: eroding the world order, even though it works to his country’s advantage.
