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Sunday, President Donald Trump The Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, complied with the compliance of 25% of tariffs on Colombian goods and other economic measures to refuse to accept an American military plane that transports illegal migrants to which Trump wanted to deport himself to Colombia.
Colombia’s case provides an idea of Trump’s mentality and how will carry out its foreign policy from now on.
The economic war and “deactivate others to be tempted” will be the key principles of Trump’s play book for his foreign policy during his second term. And that is a big difference with respect to the foreign policy approach used by the Biden-Harris team and other previous administrations.
President Donald Trump and the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, (Getty images)
Traditionally, before Trump, Washington has trusted ideology, appeasement, foreign aid and the thoughtless use of military power when it came to international relations. This wrong approach, although bipartisan, which guided us to the United States crafts for more than a quarter of a century has made the United States poorer, less safe and not respected in the world scenario. In addition, he destabilized some parts of the world, such as the Middle East.
Gone are the days when the American military and women will be casually deployed to democratize every corner and crack of the world and give their lives for the freedom of another person. Trump, the last statesman of Realpolitikk, Trump, adheres to the philosophy of “respect is equal to the fear” backed by a purely transactional approach. Donald is not afraid of being perceived as a thug. It seems to prefer it.
Be careful with Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, The “Rocketman“And the Ayatolás.
To understand that Trump’s deactivated ones are tied to others “, let’s take a look at the Russian Tsar Peter the Great, who in 1718 tortured his own son to death for allegedly conspiring against him. Seeking to modernize Russia in a European country, Peter in 1698 introduced a beard tax, so that Russian men look and act more as Westerners.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, on May 23, 2024. (Yuri Kochetkov/pool through Reuters/File Photo)
The Russian authoritarian, who ruled Russia from 1696 to his death in 1725, also issued a series of imperial edicts, which demanded the capital punishment made publicly for certain crimes, to deter criminal acts. The edict on trade demanded that “a merchant hang every year to deactivate others to be tempted.” “Commerce (in fish, sugar and gold) is a matter of thieves,” was the justification used in the decree, which implies that all those involved in trade were a thief, so to reduce the robbery, others They must be dissuaded by punishing someone publicly.
In executive order, Trump has already put all foreign aid on hold, even Ukraine. Only Israel and Egypt were exempt. He threatened with tariffs on China, insisted on buying Greenland, suggested to turn Canada in state 51, and told Putin to end his “ridiculous” war in Ukraine or face more sanctions. The Borgastic Commander in Chief warned Hamas and implicitly to his sponsor Iran that “All Hell will unleashed” if the hostages are not released in Gaza.
All this rhetoric is destined to unbalance our enemies and make it clear that the United States takes its own safety and prosperity first. He will no longer announce how to treat the Russians or Xi Jinping How to govern China. But it will unleash all the force of the economic war, if they do not fall in compliance.
Trump is also pointing to US partners, such as some NATO members who have not completely paid their membership fees, which the United States will no longer take advantage. Probably enforce your request that NATO fees rise to 5% of GDP instead of 2%.
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The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, greets in an event in the Great Hall of the people of Beijing on October 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Archive)
Trump is thinking big. It wants to transform the way that the United States carries out its foreign affairs and even military strategy. Thinking is Trump’s lifelong creed. “I like to think big, I have always done it. For me, it’s very simple. If you’re going to think anyway, you could also think big,” he said in 1987, long before entering politics, promoting his book “The art of treatment”.
What kind of treatment can Trump do depend on how well Trump and his team understand how Putin, XI and Ayatolás and what drives them. For most of them, their national interest, objectives and ambitions exceed economic concerns. Hopefully Trump’s team understands how these foreign leaders and their people think. They do not think like Americans.
