Even Chinese scholars are now asking: Is Trump the Gorbachev of the American Empire?

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America’s “Great Again” Mirage Cracks Under Trump’s Own Hammer Even Chinese scholars are now asking: Is Trump the Gorbachev of the American Empire? In a sharp analysis published in the Greater Bay Area Review, picked up by the SCMP (https://scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3328978/trumps-america-start-soviet-style-downfall) Prof. Zheng Yongnian draws a chilling parallel: Trump’s assault on the U.S. Constitution—dismantling checks and balances, fueling polarization, and turning governance into performance art—mirrors the fatal reforms that preceded the Soviet collapse But here’s the twist: While Gorbachev tried to save the USSR, Trump seems hellbent on accelerating America’s implosion—bankrupting its institutions, fracturing its social fabric, and alienating allies faster than you can say “MAGA meltdown” Key Points: The U.S. isn’t just in decline—it’s in revolutionary convulsion, torn between reform and chaos The US is so obsessed with a Cold War replay against China that it's failing to see it's playing the role of the USSR this time: overstretched, falling behind its economic base and productive capacity, politically fractured, and hemorrhaging trust. Its military encirclement of China is a multi-billion dollar exercise in strategic blindness, ignoring the fact that real power in the 21st century is economic and diplomatic When a superpower implodes, it doesn’t just vanish—it drags down regional orders, global stability, and yes, even its own Indo-Pacific containment fantasies Potential Implications: - Accelerated Multipolarity: Trump 2.0 could be the final push needed for the Global South to fully diversify away from the Dollar and US influence, cementing a multipolar world - Self-Sabotage: The more Washington tries to contain China, the more it exposes its own fragility and accelerates the decline of the very system it built - A Legacy of Chaos: Trump may indeed be the "very good president" he claims to be; He possesses the unique talent to bankrupt the United States, not just financially, but politically and morally, cutting its global leadership into tiny, irrelevant pieces “Make America Great Again”? More like: Make America Fragment Again While the U.S. tears itself apart, China advances with quiet confidence—tech, trade, and diplomacy. No drama. Just development, while safeguarding peace

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