America First; America Alone

September 1, 2025

America First; America Alone

By Ron Munden 

In 2022 I wrote an article that suggested that the United States of America was on a downward glide path and was destined to become a second tier country like France and the UK.  I saw China as the next world’s superpower.  I saw this happening in the next 50 to 100 years.

Today I still think the US will become a second tier nation but since Trump 2.0 took the stage, I now believe China will be the next superpower in less than 20 years.

Recently I have said that Trump’s “America First” policy should more correctly be called an “America First; America Alone” policy.  I say this because Trump 2.0 has effectively worked to turn our long time friends into enemies and make our long time enemies stronger.

In the last two weeks I have seen that this transition is well underway.  Last week Canada announced that it had signed long term agreements with the European Union and the UK on trade and defense.

This week China has taken a significant step in becoming the next superpower.  It is hosting a summit with Russia, India, and 20 other world leaders.  Here is some of the information about the summit that every American should know.

This information from the first article I read.  The same information is featured in a dozen other publications.  I doubt it made the top 10 on Fox News.  The text in italics is from the article. 

Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a veiled swipe at the United States on Monday as he criticized “bullying practices” and cast his country as a new leader of world governance, at a time when President Donald Trump’s America First foreign policy is upending the globe.

“The house rules of a few countries should not be imposed on others,” Xi told more than 20 world leaders gathering at a two-day summit orchestrated to play-up China’s global leadership and its close and enduring partnership with Russia, as the two neighbors seek to rebalance global power in their favor at the expense of the US and its allies.

“We should leverage the strength of our mega-sized markets and economic complementarity between member states and improve trade and investment facilitation,” the Chinese leader told his guests during opening remarks.

Without naming the United States directly, Xi vowed to oppose “hegemonism,” “Cold War mentality” and “bullying practices” – phrases often deployed by Beijing to criticize Washington.

As Trump alarms nations with his global trade war, withdrawals from international organizations, slashing of foreign aid and threats on social media, Beijing views the US as undermining the international order it worked to build – and sees an opportunity to ramp its own vision as an alternative.

The new system “would replace the outdated Eurocentric and Euro-Atlantic models, take into account the interests of the broadest possible range of countries, be truly balanced, and would not allow attempts by some states to ensure their security at the expense of others,” Putin said.

Many of my Republican friends often say if we had not won WWII, we would all be speaking German.

If this country continues to implement the Trump 2.0 policies, I would say “If you want your children to get ahead in the future world order, tell them to learn Chinese. 

“We have met the enemy and it is us.”