The world is changing and will never again be the same, Trump has so decidedly decided!

The first visit of US President Donald Trump Europe has shown that the world is entering a new phase of world order

Trump is not overly surprised no one when he accused Germany of "unfair" trade relations, which caused the reaction of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who said that the Europeans can no longer completely rely on the United States. However, Merkel is not the only thought on trade relations. The problem is much deeper nature. New US President during his campaign announced cooling of relations with Germany, whose Chancellor accused that "destroy Germany."

Trump victory in elections in the United States, turning the UK from the European Union, the rapid growth of power of Russia and China, as well as a migration crisis and the emergence of the Islamic state, marked a new polarization of the world, old alliances are breaking down, and on the horizon appear new. Statement by Angela Merkel that "the EU can not fully count on the United Kingdom and the United States" shows that the widening gap between continental Europe and the USA but to some extent the UK.

It is clear that the pro-European forces gather about Merkel and her most powerful ally, the new president Emmanuel Macron, while the other side is more than clear that Trump and the new US administration not to the EU, but, on the contrary, openly advocate its dissolution. Worth certainly recall that Trump among the first to congratulate the UK out of the EU after Brexit.

The new Franco-German alliance makes the driving shaft shaken but still very powerful European Union, which are very close and some US allies, such as Canada, whose Prime Minister Justin Trudeau without any hesitation put on the side of the EU and against the policy of the White House. On the other hand, Trump has apparently decided to make a new world order , including the USA, slowly but surely, remain without support in a good part of Europe, especially Germany and France, but also gain new allies in the guise of populist right-wing currents across the Old Continent.

Trump is very made it clear to the American allies still considered the country such as Saudi Arabia (which was during a recent visit to sell weapons worth more than $ 100 billion, so it is no wonder he has a good relationship) and probably the biggest US ally , Israel. Of course, all this is closely monitoring the powerful Vladimir Putin and his Russia The grand return as a world power.

Russia has good relations and alliances with Central Asian countries, former members of the USSR, Iran and Syria, and certainly seek new allies in Europe, and Trump rhetoric and diplomatic activity as it is directed by Putin himself. Certainly worth mentioning and better relations between Russia and Turkey, which, although a NATO member, is increasingly looking towards Moscow. Russian annexation of Crimea and the war in the Ukraine, turned on the alarms across Europe, especially in the Baltic states and Poland, where there is fear of Russian invasion. However, the team does not agree Donald Trump.

Namely, in the recently completed NATO summit in Brussels, Trump declined to confirm the Article 5 of the Statute of NATO, which states the following: "If one NATO member is attacked, it is an attack on the whole alliance and all States are required to help a country that is attacked" . Trump's refusal to ratify this member has raised doubts in it to America jumped to help, for example, Estonia, if Russia decides to attack. Europeans have every right to be angry at the Trump because of this. In fact, Article 5 of NATO activated only once in history and this September 11, 2001 , when she was attacked - America!

Then the full NATO sided with the United States, and helped in the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, which was the plan of then-President George Bush for "the elimination of terrorism." However, US strategists were badly wrong in the assessment, but the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan only facilitated the rise of the Islamic state, al-Qaida, the Taliban and other extremist organizations.

However, today the situation is quite different. President of the main member and founder NATO claims that this alliance "obsolete" and that states should invest more in weapons, with what disagrees rest of the Union, but it and its future is questionable, at least in its current format and composition . On the other hand, are getting louder allegations of mysterious connections Trump with the Kremlin, but his son in law Jared Kushner under investigation for alleged links with Russian officials, that the Americans accused of influencing the presidential election and helped Trump to win.

Trump looks for new allies, but found them in Saudi Arabia and Israel , and right-wing forces across Europe and the world. However, the ruling elite do not see it benevolently. The crisis with North Korea is somewhat closer to South Korea and Japan on the one hand and the US on the other hand, but Trump still claims that Koreans and Japanese for their alliance with America should pay for it and that in Seoul and Tokyo and not even think to do.

Nothing better is not the situation is not the only two countries with which the US borders. As we said, Trudeau and Canada do not look even slightly sympathetic to the policy of the White House towards immigration, climate change, compared to Syria and Iraq ... while the situation in the south of the United States is even worse. Trump has long repeated that at the border with Mexico to raise the wall and South American neighbor loses patience with Trump's rhetoric, however, relations between Mexico and the United States at the lowest level in history.

However, although the situation on the global political scene changed, yet is a lot of unknowns.

It is unclear what the future of NATO and the EU , what kind of relationship have the United Kingdom to the rest of Europe, if Turkey and officially turn his back on the West and NATO, and to enter into an open alliance with Russia, whether Putin decide to Russia annexing more some part of the former USSR and order in this case responded to NATO and the United States, whether some traditional US allies to turn back to Washington, such as Germany, France, Italy, Turkey, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Mexico ...

The questions is, indeed, a lot, or is at least one clear. Welcome to the new world order.

• 4 Jun, 2017
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