1- First, why does everything that's going on matter? Simple, the US still rules the world 🇺🇸 🌍

•25% of global GDP •US$3 trillion in imports per year •58% of international reserves in dollars •38% of global military spending

If Trump changes the rules, the whole board changes.

Over 70 executive orders in 45 days

2-📜 Energy, tariffs, immigration, NATO, WHO, climate… Most see chaos. But Arctic sees a pragmatic plan: reposition the U.S. at less cost and more return.

It's a management shock — geopolitical version.

3- To understand this, we have to go back to 1945 ⏳

Immediately after the war, the US created the order that lasts to this day: •Bretton Woods: dollar as the center of the monetary system •NATO: containment of the USSR •UN, IMF, World Bank: Western coordination

It wasn't charity. It was a way to contain communism by paying to lead.

4- But today's world is different 🇨🇳 China has taken on the role of rival — but it plays differently from the USSR:

•Uses the market, but without giving up state control •Private companies that follow the Party’s guidelines •Advances infrastructure, technology and credit on a global scale

It is a capitalism with central command: profit subordinate to power.

5- And wars have also changed shape

☢️ Nuclear weapons created Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD): no one can attack a power without self-destructing.

Direct confrontation has become taboo. But the conflicts continue, they just changed terrain: •Tariffs and supply chains •Chips, artificial intelligence and big tech •Sea routes, energy, data and cultural influence

6- The US is tired of supporting the old system 💸

•Public debt reached US$ 36 trillion (124% of GDP) •Deficit of US$ 1.8 trillion/year •Support of structures that do not provide direct returns

Trump's response is pragmatic, not ideological: cut international spending, reindustrialize, and charge allies.

7- That’s where “America First” comes from 🇺🇸 •Factories return to American territory •Incentive to oil and gas (“drill, baby, drill”) •Tariffs on who taxes the US •Tax relief and domestic deregulation

It's not isolationism. It's a new leadership model with a counterpart.

8- Naturally foreign policy changes along with 🌐

•NATO: Why does the US have to pay almost the entire bill if Europe is the one that borders Russia? •Is aid to Ukraine worth the cost? •WHO, Paris Agreement, UN… all reviewed.

And more: Greenland, Canada, Panama become focal points — not for conquest, but for zones of influence and defense.

9- It may seem absurd, but it is a historical pattern

📚 Rome, British Empire, Mongolia, USSR… Every empire tries to expand at its peak.

Post-war multilateralism was the exception. Trump wants to return to the rule of history: power charges for the protection it offers.