April 4, 2026
As we are now entering the sixth week of President Trump’s unilateral, preemptive, regime change war, the ruling powers of the West are arguably facing their most severe crisis since World War II. While this brings with it inherent dangers, it also provides the world with an opportunity to free itself from the rules based order, which has dominated the world for more than four generations.
President Trump has now adopted the neoconservative policy of using America’s military might to unjustifiably enforce its rules of behavior on the rest of the world. For over a decade, President Trump had campaigned vigorously against this neocon policy of military intervention against other nations. This was one of the key features of his so-called MAGA movement. As a result of his reversal, we are seeing splits inside the MAGA movement, and now even in the Republican Party, which has otherwise followed his every command.
There is no question that curtailing China’s growing influence in the world, is a key factor in President Trump’s conduct in the Western Hemisphere, in Africa and in the Middle East. In this regard, President Trump is following in the footsteps of his predecessors, Presidents Obama, and Biden, whom he despises, in rejecting China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
The United States, the strongest military and economic power, is suffering greatly. When President Trump spoke to the American people on Tuesday night, March 31st, he grotesquely threatened “to bomb Iran back to the stone ages.” This is utterly un-American!
The United States, going back to the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, has had a policy of working with other nations, including China, and those in the developing sector, to improve the living conditions of all nations. President Roosevelt’s intention in creating the International Reconstruction and Development Bank in July 1944, was to provide long-term, low-cost credit to help poorer nations industrialize.
Therefore, with this history as part of the United States, we must work to bring about a new leadership in America, whose policies will be coherent with those of the Global South, the majority of the world’s population. China is not our enemy. China is our potential ally in securing a shared common future for mankind, which will be based on peace, security, and prosperity. This paradigm for development has to become the vision of the United States, replacing the diseased “zero-sum” mentality that always leads to war.
Read below, my earlier posts on this topic.
- Trump Adopts Neocon Regime Change: Was His MAGA A Hoax?
- Franklin Roosevelt Intended to Industrialize the ‘Global South’: The Case of Ethiopia
- Trump Failing in Regime Change War Against Iranian Nation State
Lawrence Freeman is a Political-Economic Analyst for Africa, who has been involved in economic development policies for Africa for over 35 years. He is a teacher, writer, public speaker, consultant on Africa, and an analyst of global strategic relations. Mr. Freeman strongly believes that economic development is an essential human right. He is the creator of the blog: lawrencefreemanafricaandtheworld.com, also publishes on: lawrencefreeman.substack.com, “Freeman’s Africa and the World, and on X @lkfreemansafrica