Opinion | Trumpianism: How The West Morally Hollowed Out The Order It Built

Donald Trump has eviscerated idealism with the wrecking ball of neo-imperialism The West has always positioned itself as a beacon of progressivism. An enlightened hemisphere standing for a rules-based global order underpinned by democracy, respect for human rights, and open borders. These ideological proclamations were given definite shape amid the convulsions of World War II. A plethora of global institutions were conceived, primarily at the behest of the United States, to structure the post-war global order. The most ambitious of these, the United Nations (UN), was created in 1945. It was hoped that the UN would live up to its…