(from the series “Trump’s America and the New World Order”, part 11)

In Paris, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio conveyed to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak Washington’s demand for an end to hostilities and a ceasefire in Ukraine, as well as the signing of the Rare Earth Metals Agreement. “Rubio’s ultimatum” can be put in the list of Trump’s actions that had the strongest impact on the development of the situation in the world. Such actions include:

– Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the proxy war with Russia in Ukraine, that launched the process of normalizing relations between Washington and Moscow that put most of the European countries in opposition to Trump, but made the end of the war in Ukraine in 2025 almost inevitable;

– Trump’s assumption of the role of leader in the formation of a new world order, that increased Washington’s influence on international relations;

– Trump’s appointment of American companies in the high-tech manufacturing sector, primarily transnational corporations, as fundamental and system-forming subjects in the global economy, that made the US political and state structures and organizations, scientific and military complexes, financial and banking sectors subordinate to the interests of the high-tech manufacturing Corporations, and promoted business representatives to leading roles in international diplomacy; that initiated changes in the global financial system and reduced the role of political and government bureaucracy;

– Trump’s decision to appoint Russia as the main partner in the formation of a new system of world relations, and that led, on the one hand, to the strengthening of Russia’s and BRICS’ position, and on the other hand, to the weakening of the position of the EU and other strategic allies of the United States on the world stage;

– the creation by Washington of the American civilizational macro-region, in which Trump and his team intend to include Panama, Mexico, Greenland and Canada, as well as territories rich in oil and gas, disputed by Venezuela, Colombia and Guyana; this decision further distanced Europe from Washington, strengthened the trend in European political elites for self-reliance and independence from the US, raised the question of creating a European civilizational macro-region, but at the same time increased the contradictions and divisions among European countries and elite groups;

– Trump’s attempt to reduce the national debt and solve the US financial problems by introducing tariffs and strengthening the influence and role in the world economy of transnational corporations that have the ability to bypass the tariffs introduced by Trump, using their internal structures and financial interaction systems; Trump’s tariffs put the high-tech and energy sectors in a privileged position, but force them to create new production primarily on the territory of the US.
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