The world is tired of Trump's changeable leadership style
The world is tired of Trump's changeable leadership style
The chaos in the government is back. President Donald Trump recently imposed a hard customs regime against Canada and Mexico. The next day He replied the autozölle for a month after he had suddenly viewed-like many before Could endanger important American industry.
political turbulence in US foreign policy
Last week the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj came to the White House to sign a contract for rare earths that Trump sold as a success for the USA. But Selenskyj was provoked by Vice President JD Vance and thrown out of the White House. European heads of state have spent days to fix this debacle.
job losses and government uncertainty
In the meantime, Elon Musk is doing his chainsaw against the bureaucracy, dismissing employees and puts authorities into distress - this creates uncertainty for citizens and companies that rely on state payments, exactly the moment the economy is weakening and becoming more susceptible to such shocks.The "America First" approach has a lot in the unclear
Trump's uncoordinated efforts to create peace in Ukraine, to revitalize the industry in the Rust Belt region with customs measures from the 19th century and to shorten the government, equalize improvised "Weaves"-its term for his thought-out campaign speeches.
"There is too much unpredictability and chaos that currently comes out of the White House," said Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly on Wednesday and described US trade policy as a "psychodrama" that cannot live through her country every 30 days
The results of Trump's threatening foreign policy
America's friends often puzzle what Trump actually wants to aim. The president expressed on Wednesday that Canada had not done enough to stop the flow of fentanyl across the border - but only affected tiny amounts of the fabric. Sometimes the white house complains about the flow of undocumented migrants to the south - but these numbers are also low. Trump also wants the production to leave Canada and pulls south. No wonder that some officials in Ottawa have come to the conclusion that he is trying to weaken their country to facilitate annexation.
Nevertheless, the President has some successes of his threats based on threats. Its anger that a company based in Hong Kong has two ports on both ends of the Panama Canal leads to US investment giant Blackrock . Trump had incorrectly claimed that these ports meant that China controlled the important waterway built by the United States, but the change of ownership could still improve the strategic position of the USA.
an insecure political game
Although Trump may devalue the transatlantic alliance that has been securing world peace for 80 years, he has launched an unprecedented upgrade program for NATO allies that other presidents have asked for years. But often it seems that Trump is more interested in brutal personal power than in a long -term strategy.
Michael Froman, a former US trade officer and chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, Jim Sciutto said on Wednesday at CNN International that the costs for the imposition of tariffs often outweigh the advantages. However, tariffs can be a tool to bring other nations to the negotiating table. This applies in particular in the case of Mexico, with which the USA have far larger border problems than with Canada. Froman added: "However, you have to know what you want so that this means of pressure is useful."
The nature of Trumpism
In a way, the chaos is part of the plan. The theatrical of a president who has fallen into a stunt policy plays a crucial role in his political attraction. But allies also have their own political concerns, which the Trump administration often seems to ignore.
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum, who, like Trump, is new, and wants to leave a lasting impression, said on Wednesday that her country could “consider” other trading partners. On Tuesday, British Prime Minister Keir Strandmer honored the British soldiers in the lower house who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan alongside the USA. This was followed by a comment by Vance at Fox News that Ukraine needs better security guarantees than the commitments of "any random country that has not waged war for 30 or 40 years". The Vice President's remark aroused great resentment in Great Britain. He explained to X that the claim that he had spoken about Great Britain and France, "absurdly dishonest", but these are the only allies who have so far promised to be part of a security agency in Ukraine.
The risk of geopolitical upheaval
French President Emmanuel Macron warned the French on Wednesday evening that the world has changed fundamentally since Trump's return to the White House. He added that he was considering expanding the protection of French atomic arsenal to European allies. For some Maga supporters, Trump's talent, democrats, media and foreign governments are an end in itself. And for ideologues in the populist nationalist rights, the fueling of chaos in Washington and the smash of government agencies represents a way to deconstruct the administrative state.
Trump's method was sanded in Manhattan in his office high in the skyscraper that bears his name. In his real estate career, the future president learned how to get opponents out of balance with exaggerated demands, verbal confrontations and sudden changes of position. In the government, he does the same to orientate adversary and tries to enforce power in chaos.
The consequences of Trump's unpredictable action
While unpredictability can be a superpower in the real estate business, it becomes a burden when it comes to leading a country, economy and planet - where continuity and predictability are preferred.
"It is constant and it is tiring," said Julian Vikan Karaguesian, a former employee of the Canadian Ministry of Finance, and referred to Trump's aggressive customs offensive. "It's almost surreal. Is it real? Will it be real this time?" Karaguesian, who is now teaching at McGill University in Montreal, added: "Perhaps the Modus Operandi is uncertainty here. It is not the tariffs, it is nothing else, but deliberately a feeling of chaos and uncertainty."
Trump's back in the auto tariffs
The Autozölle, which the President for a month, after he was a day earlier. Had imposed on Canada and Mexico show that he sometimes rethinks his own aggression. Perhaps his favorite barometer forced to rethink. His train returned to two days Strong losses at the Dow Jones Industrial Average with a delightful On Wednesday, CNN reported that Trump had given in to the CEOs of the big three automobile manufacturers after discussions. His press spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said that he was open to "hearing additional exceptions". The thought that well -placed CEOs can use their access to the powerful to receive exceptions and special discounts that are not available to normal Americans, reflects the opposite of a fair economy. However, Trump has shown little respect for rule -based systems that eliminate the type of patronage and potential corruption that thrives in autocratic societies.
The uncertainties for companies and consumers
Trump's approach could also mean that he likes impending tariffs more than actually imposing them. But by constantly threatening tariffs and then raising doubts about whether or when they are maintained, the President causes enormous uncertainty for companies that have to stabilize price and delivery costs, and for consumers who, if they throttle their expenses href = "https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/economy/taiff-choas-hreatens-risky-economy/index.html"> could already endanger weakening economy
"There is so much uncertainty about what the government does that the prospect of tariffs alone is a great burden for the economy," said Bharat Ramurti, the former deputy director of Bidens National Economic Council, on Monday in a conference call with journalists. "The prospects for significant tariffs on our allies have led to investing and anticipated price increases that have been borne by the small companies and ultimately to consumers."
Trump's unpredictable action could prove to be a disadvantage
Trump's constant urging for America's friends - while he seems to do everything to advance his traditional opponent of Russia in Ukraine - could also weaken the power of the USA in the long term.
"What we saw this week is that the dollar has suffered a very dramatic decline," Ruchir Sharma, founder and Chief Investment Officer from Breakout Capital, told Richard Quest at CNN International. "It is revealing that the rest of the world will finally get its affairs under control ... I think the investors start to notice that there are other countries in which it is worth investing in the face of all this political volatility that arises in the USA," he added.
The risk for the United States is therefore that four years from Trump's escapades could change the world-in a way that does not match its vision of US dominance, but leaves the Americans outside. Mexico and Canada, for example, cannot change geography, which makes a trade with the mighty USA. But both countries could also see advantages to expand the trade and investments with the emerging rival China. And the European Union, the soon with its own Customs barrage from Trump , could have similar horizons in mind.
America's western allies have invested too much in generations that are connected to Washington to want it to fail. But they also have their own national interests. Canada cannot win a trade war against its more powerful neighbors. But the patience is low in terms of Trump's game with fire and bullying.
Doug Ford, the Prime Minister of Ontario, the home country of the largest provincial administration of Canada, said that the only way is that Trump removes all tariffs instead of making a reduction in the taxes of industry to industry, as with cars.
"All of this only gives us uncertainty again," Ford said on Wednesday to CNNS Phil Matting gly. "There is only one person who causes this problem today: President Trump."
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