Preliminary
On October 10, North Korea held a grand celebration ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the party, and China and Russia both sent a senior delegation to the congratulatory ceremony.
Seeing that the top leaders of China, Russia and the DPRK are in the same frame again, Trump's heart can be said to be very unpleasant. After all, the voice of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region will gradually weaken.
Knowing that the U.S. government has just undergone a week-long shutdown due to financial reasons, in which case Trump also intends to let go.
He made several decisions in a very short time, and the intention behind it is also somewhat unpredictable. So what is Trump's intention in doing this?
Beat NATO and kick Spain away
Seeing that China, Russia and the DPRK began to hold a group, Trump was a little anxious. You must know that these three countries are not easy to provoke. Once close cooperation is carried out, their layout in Asia will be destroyed.
For Trump, the only card he can play at present is NATO, and NATO is not a monolithic organization at all.
In order to strengthen his control over NATO, Trump’s attitude towards NATO has become more and more tough.
On October 9, Trump received the visiting Finnish President at the White House. In front of Finnish President Stubb, Trump even directly stated that Spain should kick them out of NATO because it refused to increase military spending.
Although Trump's remarks were only aimed at Spain, the leaders of all European countries frowned. After all, no one knows whether the United States will be the next target to be named.
While the United States has a huge voice in NATO, NATO is still a platform for multilateral security cooperation.
All nations in NATO should be equal, and Trump’s approach is too hegemonic.
As an important country in NATO, Spain is like a small goon in Trump's mouth.
If this really happens, then the nature of NATO will radically change the countries that were formerly equal will become Trump’s subjects.
At the NATO summit in June, Trump called on all member states to increase their military spending this year to make up at least 5% of their total GDP.
Spain, although it appears to have signed the contract, still intends to keep military spending at its current levels.
In fact, not only Spain, but other NATO countries are virtually impossible to do this, knowing that in those years Europe’s economy would have been in recession, and really doubling its own military spending, the leaders of these countries would immediately be thrown down.
However, Trump doesn't think so. He thinks that the United States pays money and efforts to protect NATO, and other countries are protected without paying any price, which is very unfair to the United States.
According to NATO data, U.S. military spending currently accounts for only 3.4 percent of their GDP, far from reaching what Trump said.
But I didn't expect Trump to claim that the United States didn't have to abide by this regulation, but other countries must. His "double standard" is really eye-opening.
Deployment of high-speed supersonic missiles.
While in the diplomatic sphere, Trump is also not lazy in the military.
After demonstrating the latest sixth-generation aircraft concept of the United States, Trump turned his attention to hypersonic missiles.
According to the plans of the U.S. Army, they intend to deploy the first U.S. supersonic missile by the end of this year.
But the Pentagon’s test office gave them a bowl of cold water, saying the weapons system had not been tested in combat and lacked enough data to prove its actual performance.
To know that even a rifle, in order to officially serve the assembly must pass long tests, let alone to improve the high-tech weapons of ultrasonic missiles.
This weapon involves targeting and flying, and when problems arise in any area, it can have very serious consequences.
However, Trump did not listen to these reasons at all, but personally issued a dead order. He required that no matter whether the technology was mature or not, it must be officially deployed by the end of this year.
In fact, Trump's urgency, we can also understand that China has already tested high-speed hypersonic missiles last year, Russian weapons are also on the battlefield, even North Korea has been demonstrating their new missile systems in the past.
As one of the military powers of the United States, their hypersonic missiles have been delayed, which puts Trump feel tremendous pressure.
However, military equipment is not other commodities, and deployment is likely to have an impact on itself.
Trump's order is a typical "outside guidance inward", in his request for hastily deployed high-speed missiles can ultimately play a role in the fight, no one dares to go to the package.
Maybe only by letting Trump stumble himself will he know the pain.
Trump's sense of crisis
Whether it’s shouting Spain or deploying high-speed hypersonic missiles, some of Trump’s recent practices have been slightly distracted, and his approach is naturally inseparable from some of the recent things.
With the rise of China and the start of North Korea, Trump was also increasingly concerned, and he was able to gradually feel a change in the previously thought American-led international pattern.
And his recent approach is to make other countries see that the U.S. is still dominant in the international community, and that they have not fallen.
Sometimes, however, the more he wants to prove something, the more out of control the situation is. His actions will only make the United States fall faster.
Per in Trump’s view, it is possible to discourage allies and opponents with unusual temperament, but ignoring this way will only expose his weaknesses.
It can be said that Trump's one-off action did not get the results he wanted, after all, with a hasty mindset to do things, how can things be done?
Under a series of operations by Trump, not only has the confidence of many NATO countries in the United States declined, but it has also been a small word for him inside the United States.
Over time, the situation will get worse, waiting for Trump to react, and it may be too late.
conclusion
This time Trump's approach was somewhat exaggerated, although the courage to let go, but made the situation worse.
It can be said that a large part of the reason for the current situation in the United States is caused by him. In the long run, the United States will gradually be pushed into the abyss by him.