{"id":7134,"date":"2017-03-24T17:55:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T23:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lavozlit.com\/?p=7134"},"modified":"2017-03-24T17:55:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T23:55:13","slug":"trump-and-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/2017\/03\/24\/trump-and-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump and the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMARCH 23RD, 2017
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\n<\/span>Fissures within the bourgeoisie caused by Trump with his policy reflect on the international arena as well, by attacking two of the central policies driven by imperialist powers over the past decades. The first one is what we have called the democratic reaction \u2013 which means to confront tough situations regarding the relationship of forces with the masses through pacts, negotiations and elections (because of impossibility or limits to use military action). And the second, as we have said in previous articles, is the policy of international Free Trade agreements.<\/span><\/i><\/i>
\n 
\nThird article of the series \u201cTrump\u2019s First Steps\u201d. By Alejandro Iturbe.<\/span><\/em>
\nOn both matters, Trump has broken or deteriorated the ties with governments that are natural allies of the U.S. imperialism (or important for policies encouraged by imperialism). We could say that, until now, Trump has done nothing but \u201cmake enemies\u201d.<\/span>
\nThe most notorious case is that of Mexican president Pe\u00f1a Nieto, one of the most servile semi-colonial agents of the U.S. imperialism, who rules one of the most important commercial partners of the United States. With the wall proposal and the demand for Mexico to pay for it, Trump has forced Pe\u00f1a Nieto to face him opposing its construction and financing. It is certain that Pe\u00f1a Nieto has been deeply weakened. First, because Trump threatened to close or debilitate the main subordinated-development path to which important sectors of the Mexican bourgeoisie were integrated: the industry of <\/span>maquilas<\/span><\/i> in the north of the country and its semi-slave workforce. Second, because Trump wants to close the escape vault that it represents for many Mexicans who emigrate to the U.S. fleeing from poverty and misery in their country. And, essentially, it debilitates Pe\u00f1a Nieto in front of the current process of mobilization that Pe\u00f1a Nieto i facing in his country.<\/span>
\nIn a lesser way, he has also weakened his ties with pro-imperialist agents, like Temer in Brazil and Macri in Argentina, by restricting the visa entrances for citizens of these countries. In the case of Argentina, he also suspended the import of Argentinian lemons that was authorized by Obama. Despite the income of such exportation being \u00a0rather small (twenty million dollars), it was a symbolic fact that in the middle of a crisis of Argentine economy, Trump weakened Macri \u00a0and caused him strong internal criticism.<\/span>
\nAs important as (or even more than) the Mexican case is the deterioration in the relationship with the Chinese regime. This country, as an economy subordinated to imperialism, is one of the main providers and trade partners of the U.S.. On the one hand, he left the TPP project and threatened to add taxes to industrial importations from that country. Through this, Trump not only confronted multinational companies that own factories, in a direct or associated way, in China. He also threatened the dynamic of the whole \u201cChinese model\u201d as well, in a moment when the model is showing signs of a serious crisis. It is also worth to mention that leaving the TPP project caused fissured with Japan, which also had economic expectations on the agreement.<\/span>
\nOn the other hand, for no specific reason, Trump began to flirt with Taiwan\u2019s regime; the island where the Chinese bourgeoisie sheltered itself when it was expelled from the continent, and whose territory is currently being claimed by the Chinese central government. With these policies he is becoming an enemy of the Chinese regime, which is objectively a natural ally of the U.S. Imperialism (dependent of it but of certain importance on its own).<\/span>
\nAnother meaningful case is Iran and the Ayatollahs regime. When the defeat of Iraq\u2019s military occupation was evident, Bush \u2013at first, and then Obama\u2013 looked to integrate the Iranian regime (an \u201cenemy\u201d since the 1979 revolution) to the imperialist policy to stabilize the troubled Middle East region. The Iranian regime plays a key role in Iraq (it is the main support of the central government of Baghdad, backed by the U.S.) and in Syria, where it supports the bloodthirsty regime of Bashar Al Assad. With his \u201cMuslim ban\u201d and his veto to Iranian citizens, Trump began to wreck a relationship that was arduously constructed over the years. The Iranian government already announced it will block the entrance of U.S. citizens to Iran and rushed the test of new missiles.<\/span>
\nFinally, Trump has opened breaches with imperialist European powers and other countries in the world. The recent summit of the E.U. heads of state criticized U.S. president\u2019s policies on immigration and refugees, as well as on international trade agreements. Even Angela Merkel (which can hardly be considered as \u201cprogressive\u201d) stated Trump\u2019s policies were leaving Europe in an \u201cuncomfortable position\u201d. Trump even hanged up the phone on the Australian prime minister because he criticized his stance on immigration and refugees.<\/span>
\nAnother bizarre fact, in Great Britain, after a request with 1 million signatures for Trump not to travel to England to meet with Queen Elizabeth, even Prince Charles stated it was better not to make such visit because \u201cit would affect the Queen\u2019s image\u201d.<\/span>
\nTo understand the context more, it is important to point out that, despite some aspects that seem similar, Trump\u2019s policy is very different to the one driven by George Bush\u2019s son since 2001. Bush came from the heart of the Republican Party and represented a sector of the leadership gathered around the so called \u201cNew American Century\u201d project. This sector considered that the beginning of the 21st century was defined by the dispute on the control over natural resources around the world (essentially, oil) and if the United States did not guarantee its hegemony, they would step back as a world power.<\/span>
\nFor that, it was valid and necessary to use aggressive and warlike methods against other countries. The foreign policy implemented by Clinton and the democrats was characterized as \u201cinsufficient\u201d and \u201ctender\u201d because it led to the weakening of the U.S., and it was necessary to change it. This meant Bush and his team were proposing to turn the wheel: end the \u201cVietnam syndrome\u201d and the defensive policy of the \u201cDemocratic reaction\u201d in order to pass on to the offensive, going back to \u201cthe stick\u201d as the central element to confront and defeat the mass movement around the world.<\/span>
\nFor the first moments (invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq), he counted with the support of several European imperialist powers (Great Britain, Italy, Spain), which later backed down after seeing the unfavorable result on both wars.<\/span>
\nTrump also wants to change the \u201cDemocratic reaction\u201d policy but not for a general offensive around the world, like Bush, but rather through an aggressive isolationist policy. This includes to re-debate international free-trade agreements. He comes from the view that \u201c<\/span>the world has been taking advantage of the United States<\/span><\/i>\u201d and now it is time to give priority to the defense of the United States (\u201cAmerica First\u201d), and \u201cthe rest should take care of themselves\u201d.<\/span>
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\nFor all other rising imperialist powers, this policy has all the disadvantages of the Bush era (the risk of worsening the situations he wants to solve) and none of the possible advantages for success. This is why, unlike it happened with Bush, those powers criticized Trump since the beginning of his government.<\/span>
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\nTranslation: Guillermo Zu\u00f1iga.<\/span>
\n**<\/span>
\nRead the first 2 articles of the Series <\/span>Trump\u2019s First Steps:<\/span><\/i>
\nTrump\u2019s First Weeks: <\/span>http:\/\/litci.org\/en\/trumps-first-weeks\/<\/span><\/a>
\nTrump and the U.S. Bourgeoisie: <\/span>http:\/\/litci.org\/en\/trump-and-the-u-s-bourgeoisie\/<\/span><\/a>
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