How Trump’s Rule Accelerated China’s Global Ascendancy

The image of a U.S. president acting less like a statesman and more like a mob boss once belonged to fiction. Yet under Donald Trump, it became America’s political reality. His tenure blurred the line between governance and gangsterism: loyalty was demanded, dissent punished, and institutions treated like personal assets. The “Art of the Deal” morphed into the art of intimidation. While Trump may have promised to make America great again, the irony is that his chaotic leadership accelerated the very decline he sought to reverse — paving the way for China’s transformation from regional powerhouse to global hegemon.