Trump Boots EU Off Road to Next American Century
Written by Chriss W. Street
Ukrainian President Zelensky strolled into the White House with a $500 billion U.S. investment deal in his pocket, assured by his EU sponsors that he could extract more. President Trumpresponded to the shake-down by booting Zelensky and informing the EU that it will now be a junior partner in the Road to the Next American Century.
Zelensky triumphantly flew to the European Union Security Meeting in London, where it was all smiles and hugs with the 27 EU member nation leaders. With the former head of Kazakhstan’s intelligence service, Alnur Mussayev, claiming that Donald Trump was recruited by the Moscow KGB in 1987; the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas stated: “the free world needs a new leader and Europeans should “take this challenge.”
But EU reaction behind closed doors must have bordered on panic, after President Trump announced the U.S. will move on Tuesday to eliminate a $300 billion trade imbalance by imposing a sweeping 25-percent tariffs “on cars and all other things”.
Trump understands that the North American Treaty Organization (NATO was formed and funded by the U.S. 80 years ago to stop the spread of communism through the use of hard military power, and USAID soft power. That mission was achieved in 1989 when the Soviet Union collapsed economically, and half its territory was stripped.
But like any massive bureaucracy that loses its need for existence, the mission was reconfigured. Instead of U.S. military boots on the ground providing training and Peace Corps tennis shoes distributing emergency food, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) used non-government-organizations (NGO) to spread propaganda. The emerging Internet fomented color-revolutions and covert operations applied economic pressure to install puppet regimes in Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia. Several examples are listed below:
1. Nicaragua (1980s–1992) – Opposition to Sandinistas: USAID funded opposition groups and anti-Sandinista media during the U.S. campaign against the leftist Sandinista government. It provided financial assistance to groups aligned with the Contras, a U.S.-backed rebel group fighting the Nicaraguan government. The USAID’s aid was channeled through programs promoting “democratic governance,” though much of it went to opposition figures.
2. Venezuela (2000s–Present) – Opposition to Hugo Chavez& Nicolás Maduro: USAID, through its Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI), has funded opposition parties, student movements, and media organizations. It has worked through NGOs such as Súmate, an opposition electoral group linked to efforts to remove Chavez through a recall referendum. Under Maduro, the USAID has continued funding opposition groups and provided direct financial and logistical support to figures seeking to overthrow his government.
3. Bolivia (2000s–2013) – Attempts to Undermine Evo Morales: USAID supported opposition groups, particularly in separatist movements in Santa Crus, where there were efforts to break away from Morales’ socialist government. In 2013, Morales expelled the USAID from Bolivia, accusing it of funding groups that sought to destabilize his government.
4. Iraq (2003) – Reconstruction & U.S. Control Post-Saddam: After the U.S. invasion, USAID was tasked tomanage extensive reconstruction projects but also played a role in political engineering. It helped shape Iraq’s new governance structure, funding U.S.-friendly political factions and civil society groups aligned with American interests.
5. Libya (2011–Present) – Support for Anti-Gaddafi Forces: After the NATO-backed intervention in Libya, the USAID provided financial support to civil society groups opposing Muammar Gaddafi. Following his overthrow, the USAID played a role in shaping Libya’s political transition, supporting factions favorable to Western interests.
6. Syria (2011–Present) – Funding Opposition & Rebel Groups: USAID provided extensive funding for Syrian opposition groups under the banner of humanitarian assistance and governance support. Some of this funding allegedly ended up supporting groups linked to anti-Assad militias, including organizations affiliated with the Free Syrian Army (FSA).
7. Egypt (2011–2013) – Role in Arab Spring & Muslim Brotherhood Ouster: USAID
supported democracy promotion programs during the Arab Spring, helping opposition activists use digital tools and organizing strategies. Under Mohamed Morsi’s presidency, the USAID was accused of backing groups working to remove him, aligning with the 2013 military coup led by General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
8. Ukraine (2014) – Maidan Uprising & Regime Change: USAID funded opposition media, civil society organizations, and activists involved in the 2014 Euromaidan protests, which led to the overthrow of President Viktor Yanukovych. It worked alongside the NED to train and support anti-government groups. Leaked phone calls (notably the Victoria Nuland recording) revealed U.S. officials discussing how to shape Ukraine’s post-Maidan government.
9. Georgia (2003) – Rose Revolution: USAID provided funding and logistical support to opposition groups that overthrew President Eduard Shevardnadze. It backed NGOs like the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association, which played a significant role in mobilizing the public. In recent months, efforts were again launched by anti-government forces in an effort to delegitimize the government and destabilize the political situation in Georgia. To date, these efforts have failed.
10. Belarus (2000s–Present) – Opposition Support: USAID has consistently funded opposition media and NGOs in Belarus, aiming to weaken President Alexander Lukashenko’s rule. The agency’s funding has supported dissident groups and protest movements.
11. Sudan (2000s–2019) – Ouster of Omar al-Bashir: USAID-backed civil society organizations and opposition groups in Sudan long before al-Bashir’s removal in 2019. It played a role in promoting opposition-aligned governance reforms.
12. Zimbabwe (2000s–Present) – Opposition to Mugabe & ZANU-PF: USAID funded opposition parties and civil society groups opposed to Robert Mugabe’s rule. The Zimbabwean government repeatedly accused the USAID and NED of attempting to engineer regime change.
Trump believes this pattern of U.S. interventionism did not contribute to ‘Make America Great Again.’ More importantly, USAID regime change cash to NGOs ballooned over the last decade, and federal funding increasingly bank-rolled U.S. main-stream-media manipulation of U.S. domestic politics, including targeting Trump and his family.
Trump understands that the biggest threat to Next American Century is China. President Nixon opened-up U.S. relations with China in 1968 to create an ideological wedge across the communist world. The Soviet Union quickly retaliated in 1969 by launching a border war against China on the Ussuri River.
Twenty years later, President Reagan leveraged China’salignment with the USA to accelerate the economic collapse of the Soviet Union. China was rewarded by being allowed to run$5 trillion in trade surpluses with the U.S. over the next 35 years.
Trump 45 started imposing tariffs on China in 2018 to reduce the trade imbalance and punish China for expanding its offensive military capabilities and threatening to invade Taiwan. President Biden was unsuccessful in trying to remove the tariffs.
Trump 47 believes the Chinese economy is already in shambles, and it is time to s manufacturers to re-shore back. In his first week in office, Trump began steaming U.S. warships and flying fighters through what China calls its 200-mile offshore exclusion zone. In his second week, Trump levied an additional 10% tariff on Chinese goods.
Trump’s Make America Great Again requires adopting a realist foreign policy that is based on the concept that for nations “there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, only permanent interests.”
President Trump believes his policies will launch the Next American Century. His team is willing to work with Russia, if that relationship will put pressure on China to bend the knee on military and trade cooperation.