Trump 2.0 Goes Global

Playbook: “We’re only one week into 2026, and already these are seismic moments for America’s relations with the world. A U.S. government publicly threatening a Western ally with military action to seize part of its territory. An American president gleefully taking tens of millions of barrels of oil from a neighbor whose leader he just forcibly deposed.”

“It seems 2026 will be the year that the head-spinning rejection of rules and norms we’ve all grown accustomed to under Trump 2.0 goes global. The only question — now being asked by worried allies and foes alike — is just how far the president will go.”