The saddest thing to see about the world is the dismantling of global alliances which have shaped the modern world and ushered in an unprecedented era of cooperation and prosperity. Under the leadership of the United States, the western powers carved out an era on extraordinary stability. Backed by the combined arms of their vast militaries and the deep coffers of their financial houses, they bent and shaped the world into their image.

Now, the orange Cheetos seems hell bent on destroying everything his predecessors have built up. The very stability of the ‘rules based system’ is crumbling with American leadership becoming actively hostile. America is now starting trade wars with its closest allies, insulting its friends and making deals with its enemies. Russia and China are just waiting in the wings, looking at this debacle eagerly. They want this disintegration to continue because America’s strength was not only in its powerful armies but the also the vast alliances it could call upon.

An increasingly hostile and isolationist America ruled by oligarchs, irreverent to the traditions of American jurisprudence, is a danger only to the world but also to its people. Any country which has the voices of a fringe, rich minority amplified and controlling all the levers of power is incredibly vulnerable to crumbling from within.