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Sunday, President Donald Trump Colombian President Gustavo Petro to comply by threatening tariffs by 25 % on Colombian goods and other economic measures for refusing to accept an American military plane carrying illegal immigrants that Trump wanted to deport to Colombia.
The Colombia case provides a glimpse of Trump's mentality and how he will conduct his foreign policy from now on.
The economic war and the “abuse of others from seduction” will be the main principles of Trump's acquisition of his foreign policy during his second term. This is a blatant difference from the foreign policy approach used by the Biden-Harris team and other previous administrations.
President Donald Trump and Colombia President Gustavo Petro (Getty Images)
Traditionally, before Trump, Washington relied on ideology, recovery, external aid and long use of military energy when it comes to international relations. This misleading approach, although the two parties that led the United States of America for more than a quarter of a century made America poorer, less safe and disrespect on the world stage. Moreover, it shakes the stability of some parts of the world, such as the Middle East.
The days when American soldiers and women will be deployed as an offer to give a democratic character to every corner and corner in the world and give their lives for the freedom of another person. Ultimate Realate Realpolitik, Trump is committed to the philosophy of “respect equals fear” supported by the pure transaction approach. Donald is not afraid to look at him as bullying. It seems preferred.
Beware Vladimir Putin, Shi Jinping, RockmanAnd Ait Allah.
To understand Trump's doctrine “offending others from temptation”, let's take a look at the Russian Caesar Boutros the Great, who tortured in 1718 to death his son claiming to conspire against him. In an effort to modernize Russia to a European country, Peter presented in 1698 a beard tax, to make Russian men look more like Westerners.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin in Moscow, May 23, 2024. (Yuri Kushtekov/Swimming Pigeon via Reuters/File Photo)
The Russian tyranny, which ruled Russia from 1696 until his death in 1725, issued a series of imperial decrees, which imposed the death penalty publicly conducted for certain crimes, to deter criminal acts. The imposition of the decree on trade is that “one merchant is hanging every year to abuse others from seduction.” “Trade (in fish, sugar and gold) is a relationship between thieves”, the justification used in the decree, which means that everyone who participated in the trade was a thief, so to reduce theft, others must be deterred by punishing someone publicly.
Under Executive Order, Trump has already suspended all external aid, all over the world, including Ukraine. Israel and Egypt were exempted only. He threatened the customs tariff for China, insisted on buying Greenland, and suggested making Canada State 51, and asked Putin to end his “ridiculous” war in Ukraine or face more sanctions. The leader of the leader in Hamas, implicitly supporting Iran, warned that “all hell will explode” if the hostages in Gaza are not released.
All this speech aims to balance our enemies and clarify that America is serious in its security and prosperity first. Putin will not lecture how the Russians are treated or Xi Jinping How China rules. But it will unleash the full power of the economic war, if it does not fall into compliance.
Trump also refers to American partners, like some NATO members who have not fully paid their membership dues, and that America will not be used. His request is likely to be implemented by raising NATO dues to 5 % of GDP instead of 2 %.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping is waving at an event at the Great People's Hall in Beijing on October 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
Trump is thinking greatly. He wants to transform the way America runs its external affairs and even the military strategy. Thinking is Trump's doctrine for life. “I love big thinking, I always have. For me, it's very simple. If you are going to think anyway, you may think a lot,” announced in 1987, before entering politics, when promoting his book “The Art of the Deal.”
The type of deal that Trump will be able to conclude is dependent on the extent of Trump and his team's understanding of how Putin, brutal Shiites, and Ait Allah think and what he pays. For most of them, their national interests, goals and aspirations exceed economic concerns. Let's hope that the team will understand how these foreign leaders and their people think. They do not think like Americans.
