How Trumpian disorder is all about a new world order

The article argues that Donald Trump’s foreign policy is not chaotic or isolationist but a deliberate attempt to replace the liberal, multilateral world order with a civilisational, power-based system predicted by Samuel Huntington. Trump rejects universal norms, institutions, and moral language, instead asserting American dominance openly through leverage, coercion, and bilateral pressure. By weakening global institutions, disciplining allies, and using trade and diplomacy as tools of enforcement, Trump seeks to position the United States as the core state of Western civilisation. His approach marks the end of liberal universalism and the return of naked power politics.