2025-01-20
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he has shown how much those words fall short of what his second term is likely to bring.
As the inauguration approaches, he has helped secure a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza.
Busting taboos,
he has bid for control over Greenland with its minerals and strategic position in the Arctic.
Mr Trump's second term will not only be more disruptive than his first,
It will also supplant a vision of foreign policy that has dominated America
since the Second World War.
For decades,
American leaders have argued that their power comes with the responsibility to be the indispensable defender of a world made more stable and benign by democracy,
settled borders and universal values.
Mr Trump will ditch the values and focus on amassing and exploiting power.
His approach will be tested and defined in three conflicts,
the Middle East, Ukraine, and America's Cold War with China.
Each shows how Mr Trump is impelled to break with recent decades.
In his unorthodox methods, his accumulation and opportunistic use of influence,
and his belief that power alone creates peace.