Trump Victory Threatens a New World Disorder as Putin Looks On
- Upending alliances, praising Putin mark his policy pledges
- Mexico, Ukraine seen standing most to lose in election upset
Putin Seeks to Restore Russian Relations With the U.S.
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Brexit was the warm-up. With the election of Donald Trump, the populist tide sweeping developed economies has now overtaken the world’s most powerful democracy.
What exactly that means for the rest of the world depends upon just how serious the real estate developer and reality TV star was about his campaign pledges. Those ranged from triggering trade wars, to undermining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, to stoking a new nuclear arms race.