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Trump's dismantling of the world order

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Trump's dismantling of the world order

Donald Trump's actions in 2025 were truly marked by the slogan "America first." The problem, however, is that by elevating US interests above all else, he is fundamentally changing the established world order, and not for the better.

Donald Trump is serving his last term as president. The US Constitution prohibits serving more than two terms as president, so Trump does not have much time left for grand gestures that would be appreciated by history (at least American history).

The MAGA (Make America Great Again) policy, referring to Reagan's 1980 campaign doctrine, speaks of the need to restore the former glory of the US. Trump's current senior advisor Stephen Miller summed it up very simply for the world: "We are a superpower. And under President Trump, we will act like a superpower."

Withdrawal from the WHO

Trump entered 2025 with a bang in the field of international politics when, in January 2025, he ordered the withdrawal of the US from the World Health Organization (WHO) due to "the organization's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic" and at the same time ordered the US to stop participating in negotiations on the WHO Pandemic Agreement.

The WHO thus lost an important member and its largest sponsor, and the loss of revenue from America caused a financial crisis in the health organization (also due to unpaid amounts from the Joe Biden administration). Currently, one of the WHO's largest sponsors is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which contributes up to 13.32 percent of the organization's total budget.

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