President Trump is more similar Goethe He is more “a magician's apprentice” than the US president.
I've had Trump for almost a month operation What is the political speed of light, sign Dozens The government is changed and administrative orders are held to hold almost daily press conferences. Trump took an unprecedented airtime to relate to the public.
He ran the deck with him. Candidate Cabinet and sub-cabinet locations. He set up Elon Musk and the government's Department of Efficiency in the first place US International Development Organization and, Education Department. There's no doubt that the pentagon will come next.
Doge's aim is to change government efficiency and close $36 trillion in debt, reducing spending significantly while reducing this year's $2 trillion deficit. Expenses $7 trillion and $2 trillion in revenue.
From a foreign policy perspective, Trump has turned traditional thinking overhead several times. He proposed it Gaza can be converted to Paris or Miami of the Eastern Mediterranean. All we need to do is move around the 2 million Palestinians to undecided locations where glorious homes and other facilities magically appear. It is unknown who will pay for all the demolition and destruction of weapons, as well as the cost and time it takes to turn a clever tile into a rose.
Clearly, Egypt, Jordan, and other parts of the Arab world are not convinced of the effectiveness of this vision. And how many Palestinians will try to leave Gaza and resist forced emissions?
Playing correctly I want to end the war Stop the murder in Ukraine. These are noble efforts. The question is how to do this because the problems that create truces and peace treaties are formidable. Russia began a war and now occupying all of Crimea, Approximately 20% Donbas and Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.
The costs of repairing and rebuilding a war-torn country could be closer to hundreds of millions of dollars. Who will pay for it? And what guarantees do Ukraine need to prevent future Russian attacks? Because Trump has it Refused to join NATO in Ukraine And Europe suggested that it ensures that security, but is it viable remotely?
Internationally, Trump is proud Mutual Tariffs to balance trade and reduce the huge US deficit With your current account to measure the outflow and inflow of goods and services. This ignores Capital account It measures foreign investment. Here, the US has a huge surplus funding its debt.
However, tariffs increase inflation in the short and perhaps long term. It flies in the face of Trump's promise to dramatically lower prices. And does anyone remember the infamous 1930? Smoot-Hawley Act Will it raise tariffs, lead to a trade war, and contribute significantly to the economic collapse and Great Repression?
The magician is clearly at work. But where are the strategies and plans to integrate and coordinate these efforts? Has the White House at least thought about the panoramic outcomes of this action, and the unintended consequences?
Past recordsTry itThere are common consequences for reforming governments. At best, a change in margin was achieved. why?
The fundamental causes of inefficiency and debt building are the combination of congressional, government disruption, and the heavy burden of federal and defense regulations.
Thirty years later, Congress passed the budget only once and provided funding to the government through regular orders. This means that spending and spending and spending budget permissions are never balanced, leading to deficits and debt. Will Doge go there?
Furthermore, the government does not have a chief operating officer. It is necessary. And it's clear what that means unless the acquisition regulations are codified and streamlined.
Doge may be revealing millions of dollars or millions of dollars in spending. But remember that, at first glance, there is a trillion millions.
I hope and hope that the magician will succeed. But without strategy, planning and attack, there is too much inefficiency and spending, so Doge will go down the path of past committees and reform.
Donald, have you heard it?
Harlan UrmanHe is Arnaud Deborchgrave Distinguished Columiont of PhD United Press International, Senior Advisor at Atlantic Council in Washington, DC, Chairman of two private companies, and Chief Author of the Shock and Away Military Doctrine. His next book, scheduled for 2025, is “The Great Paradox: Strategic Thinking in a Strategic World.”
