Donald Trump has completed 100 days in the White House in his second term as President. He is the US President who launched an unprecedented tariff war, cut US foreign aid, denounced NATO allies, Agreed with Russia’s position on the invasion of Ukraine and expressed intention to annex Greenland to the US, take back the Panama Canal and make Canada the 51st state.
In these ‘chaotic’ hundred days he has overturned parts of the rules-based world order that the US helped build after World War II. “Trump is more radical now than he was eight years ago. I’m shocked,” said Elliott Abrams, who served under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush before being appointed special U.S. envoy on Iran and Venezuela during Trump’s first term.
Trump’s second-term “America First” agenda has alienated friends and emboldened foes, raising questions about how far he is willing to go. His actions and uncertainty have so unnerved some governments that they are taking steps that may be difficult to reverse, even if a more traditional president is elected in the US in 2028.
“What we’re seeing is a huge disruption in world affairs. At this point, no one is quite sure what to make of what’s happening or what will happen next,” said Dennis Ross, a former Middle East negotiator for Democratic and Republican administrations.