By Abbey Makoe
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his hordes of supporters say only God saved the former president from the bullet of a would-be assassin.
Trump is not known for his personal public declarations on religion, or his Christian faith. Thus to invoke God’s intervention in his greatest hour of need has been a markedly profound statement.
And, as the Trump presidency looms in the wake of the November 6 elections, a plethora of war-mongers in the West are shivering in their disheartening fear and trepidation. In the Oval Office, the greatest fear is that of Trump tearing off the cantankerous foreign policy of the Biden administration.
A mere five days after surviving an assassin’s bullet that managed to pierce his right ear; Trump was triumphantly delivering an acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee. Hundreds of Trump’s supporters in the RNC covered their right ears with a white plaster in solidarity with Trump, who had had his right ear plastered following his near-death experience a week ago.
They wore the white bandages like a badge of honour in an unequivocal show of support for America’s 45th president that polls forecast will also become the 47thpresident of the US come the November elections.
Under his mantra, “Make America Great Once Again”, Trump’s foreign policy position is inward-looking. But more importantly, unlike a host of Western leaders in NATO and the G7, Trump has no appetite for wars.
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This stance creates panic among the “establishment”, whose neo-liberal imperial objectives have turned them to believe the international world order is unacceptable if it is not characterized by their ideological bias.
The US is going through its pivotal moment in history. Trump has survived much onslaught from the CNN-led mainstream media and the Biden administration since 2020 when he lost the election to President Joe Biden.
He has survived impeachment and nearly one hundred criminal charges aimed at killing his political ambition once and for all.
A Trump return to the White House looks a lot more certain, enabled by the shambles that engulfs the Democratic Party of Biden.
Talking about President Biden, a section of his party wants him no more as their presidential nominee. The recent dismal showing in a television debate with Trump has left President Biden struggling to recover from the reputational damage caused by his underwhelming performance.
Never in recent memory has a party in power turned so publicly against its incumbent attempting to go for a second term of office.
Following repeated criticism from the Democrats, Biden is looking increasingly frail and incoherent, causing his detractors in the Republican Party to allege that he suffers from dementia, a claim Biden’s personal doctors have dismissed.
The chaos in the Biden camp, a few weeks to November 6, has made a more difficult campaign an impossibility to beat Trump in November. As Covid forced him to self-isolate this week, testing positive could not have happened at a most inopportune time. It added to the growing political isolation and loneliness that President Biden has begun to feel. Fate can be truly unkind.
Trump’s hand-picking of his running mate, JD Vance (39), has sent the clearest signal about the looming changes in Washington’s foreign policy towards NATO and the support for Ukraine, which has become a magnet for US-led Russophobia.
Trump says had he been in power, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin would never have attacked Ukraine. He has vowed to end the Ukraine conflict within days of his re-election, long before the inauguration in January 2025.
Such utterances have created panic among the US Democrats and war-mongers in the EU. They can see that for the possibility of a full-blown war with Russia, the end is nigh.
The US Military Industrial Complex is also shaking with fear as the return of Trump looms ever so large. The continuation of the Ukraine war in particular has kept their coffers going strong. War is good business for this influential stakeholder in US politics. The longer it continues the more they make hefty profits. Unfortunately, Trump does not believe in throwing the US into the midst of global conflict.
Neither does he believe that the US must be NATO’s piggy bank, for far too long liberals such as the Democrats in President Biden’s party have excelled in waging wars. Former Democratic President Barrack Obama was at the forefront of attacking and murdering Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi around 2011.
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America’s penchant to trigger military conflict in far-flung places is legendary. The invasion of Iraq in 2003 is another example. So, too, is the 20-year-old military occupation of Afghanistan that ended in a monumental failure. It is such tendencies of the Washington establishment that Trump loathes.
It is for this reason, therefore, that in my opinion Trump’s return to the White House should be celebrated by all the peace-loving people of the world. A Trump presidency bodes well for global stability. It is a presidency that will be good news for international peace.
As he delivered his acceptance speech this week, the first public speech since he survived an assassination, Trump appeared humble and calm. His unity message is likely to woo the undecided voters. The choice of JD Vance could prove to be a masterstroke in the swing states such as Ohio, Michigan, Nevada and Colorado, among others.
Trump had personally re-written his acceptance speech following an attempt on his life. He deleted frequent referrals to President Biden, the “Crooked Joe” as he liked to mock him.
As Trump prepares to return to office, the political changes will not only be felt in the US. His authority and aura will be felt throughout the world. Europe will be the biggest loser from a Trump presidency. They know. No more US-funded wars. I guess the EU and NATO will struggle to readjust from a war mode to peace. But then again, peace is what the international community deserves. Peace is a commodity that only Trump can deliver, much to the sigh of relief for millions whose appeals for an end to wars have fallen on the arrogant, deaf ears of powerful war-mongers of the West.
*Abbey Makoe is Founder and Editor-in-Chief: Global South Media Network
