President Donald Trump promised a golden age. Instead, he has ushered in a period of pervasive strategic peril. Just 19 months into his presidency, America’s military is overtaxed, its alliances are strained, and its adversaries are emboldened. Threats of instability, even violent conflict, are surging simultaneously in several regions. The combination of Trumpian blunders with the entropy that of
Geopolitics Bloomberg Aug 20, 2026