In his inaugural speech, Trump said America was on the verge of its "golden age," outlining a number of mayor activity areas for his administration. A lot was also said at the rally the day before and the post-inauguration press conference. But the most important thing, in our opinion, was that Trump promised to put an end to the squalid and crafty ideology of globalism — transgender madness, inclusivity, and environmental sectarianism that had infiltrateв all the pores of both American and Western politics in general.
Trump seems to have found the core fears of ordinary Americans who voted for him primarily because he promised to save their children from perverts, reverse discrimination and environmental defenders who have lost their sense of reality.
In fact, the new president has taken over the leadership of a pan-western anti-liberal revolution. He is to save America from extinction, destroy the liberal quasi-religion that formed ideological basis for the establishment and the entire socio-political and even economic life in the United States and the entire Western world.
Importantly, this approach is consonant with Russia's commitment to traditional values the Russian President has repeatedly spoken about. And this similarity is crucial amid issues that have accumulated in Russian-American relations, and it may become a starting point for reassembling them.
As for other things, the new US president’s speech was admittedly powerful and sharp. And yet, we are not ready to get into exaltation about what he said. But to be fair, Trump's speech has set the stage for what he intends to attain with his administration, including promises to review US policies on immigration, trade, taxes, and energy.
Trump did not specify much of the upcoming drastic change, particularly the scale of new tariffs he had threatened everyone with. For example, nothing was said about the likely upcoming tariff war with China. Trump will not immediately impose those on China but instructed federal agencies to study the relevant policy instead, new officials say.
During his inauguration, Trump uttered not a single specific word about the war in Ukraine, although he had promised to swiftly make it come to an end. He only pledged that US power would "stop all wars in the world." He raised the issue only when talking to reporters already in the White House’s Oval Office. Trump claims Zelensky is committed to clinching a settlement deal, and also expects that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is ready for it either. "I've gotten along with him great and I would hope that he wants to make a deal," Trump told those present.
As Putin noted at an earlier meeting of the Russian Security Council, Moscow is open to dialogue with the new US administration on the Ukrainian conflict, and the acutest thing is to eliminate root causes of the crisis. He has confirmed that Russia takes due regard of statements by Trump and his team about willingness to restore contacts, as well as the need to prevent World War III by every means available.
Also let’s highlight the most important aspect of Trump administration’s relatively path-breaking approaches in the energy sector. He has stated intent to make the United States an energy exporter, promising to "bring prices down, fill our strategic reserves up again, right to the top, and export American energy all over the world."
Trump said he would declare a state of emergency at the border with Mexico to stop the influx of undocumented illegal migrants. This was a key voter concern during presidential elections. He promised to put an end to the policy under which migrants are released while waiting for their asylum applications to get processed. Trump said he would send troops to the southern US border and brand Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. Besides, he reiterated plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.
In undisguised international audacity, Trump voiced his intention to return the Panama Canal to the United States, which was transferred to Panama in 2000 as part of the bilateral agreement. "We have been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should have never been made, and Panama’s promise to us has been broken," Trump said, once again pointing to China’s control of the waterway. "We gave it to Panama, and we're taking it back."
Everything Trump is going to do in the next four years of his reign he associates with his own divine providence, which sounds self-confident and swaggering. "From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world. We will be the envy of every nation, and we will not allow ourselves to be taken advantage of any longer," the POTUS said.
The president declared his victory destined from above, recalling the attempt on his life in the course of election campaign, when he was shot and wounded at a rally in Pennsylvania. "I felt then, and believe even more so now, that my life was saved for a reason. I was saved by God to make America great again," Trump said. Who knows? Time will tell. Let us judge by deeds, not by words.
In the meantime, the very first day of his presidency saw Trump sign a total of about 200 decrees, memoranda and proclamations, CBS claims. The new national leader has withdrawn his country from the World Health Organization and the Paris Climate Agreement. He pardoned about 1,500 people accused of attacking the Capitol on January 6, 2021, calling them "patriots" who protested against the falsified 2020 presidential election. Also, Trump signed the first decrees and orders regarding appointments to his administration.
A new era of America has begun with the new president. To Russia, he is both opportunity and danger. On the one hand, Trump opens the door for dialogue between Moscow and Washington, whom global stability and peace are heavily reliant on. On the other hand, the undisguised hubris of Trump and his entourage, aimed to serve America's interests at the expense of all the others and preserve a unipolar world with other centers of power and influence already existing, is fraught with tension and comes laden with major conflict potential.
Trump's "revolutionary" ambitions are not just about attacking the local and global liberal establishment and its "transgender agenda." He is breaking the entire system of international relations, declaring, for example, Panama Canal’s return to US jurisdiction and "purchase" of Greenland. So far, all the predictions about Trump — an impulsive, contradictory and unpredictable guy — are a mild form of what should rather be called guesswork. Therefore, we just need to closely monitor what he does, drawing deeper conclusions from this.
