A New World Order in the making?
Watching President Trump speaking from Saudi Arabia, I almost felt sorry for a moment for our enemies. They must ponder how to stay relevant as the world seemingly metamorphizes before them, powerless to stop the transformation. In his speech, President Trump said something so powerful yet unconventional that I had to stop and consider why he was the first leader of our country to say it:
Before our eyes, a new generation of leaders is transcending the ancient conflicts and tired divisions of the past and forging a future where the MiddleEast is defined commerce , not chaos; where it exports technology, not terrorism; and where people of different nations, religions, and creeds are building cities together, not bombing each other.
Commerce is a recurring theme for Trump. His detractors miss the significance of exactly why commerce is so central to Trump’s vision of world peace and why he does not believe in “forever” enemies. I admit that Trump’s beliefs are unconventional for many, including myself.
Trump sees Russia, NorthKorea, China, and a great many nations and people as future participants in a world of commerce. At the same time, Trump views some nations, traditionally considered friends, as potential adversaries and impediments to such a change in posture. It’s a lot to take in.
In essence, Trump’s vision can be seen as a balance between stakeholder interests and dogma. I admit millions of us are heavily invested in dogma, including myself.
Trump sees dogma as static thinking that sees us imprisoned in a cage of a single acceptable outcome, based not on logic but on past decision matrices that have worked at one time or another, but are not readily transferable to the current challenges. The world economy is on a path to bankruptcy, with almost no country putting debt management first. We reflexively return to the old solutions rather than look for an entirely new Rosetta Stone.
That Rosetta Stone is about collective wealth creation versus inevitable death through debt. In other words, nations that depend on each other to be wealthy and prosperous rarely fight each other. The old Reagan dictum was “Peace through strength.” Trump would turn that around to “Peace through interdependent trade.”
We have a choice before us. Keep doing the things that are comfortable and familiar, or do something radically different, even if it may seem risky or untried.
We haven't seen an entirely new approach that promises to change the trajectory of the world economy since the MarshallPlan was implemented immediately after WWII. Trump hasn’t named his plan, but the means and objectives are now clearly in sight.
We should all wish him success because he is the captain of our Ship of State.
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