How to Pick Up the Pieces of the World Order Trump Is Breaking; A Plan to Survive Trump’s Trade War; Musk’s Influence Is Unprecedented, but Trump Remains in Charge
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At a European Union meeting in Berlin, November 2023 

America’s Allies Must Save Themselves

How to Pick Up the Pieces of the World Order Trump Is Breaking

By Malcolm Turnbull

 

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At a container terminal in Tokyo, Japan, February 2025

How Japan—and Other U.S. Allies—Can Work Around America

A Plan to Survive Trump’s Trade War

By Tatsuya Terazawa

 
Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, Washington, D.C., February 2025

Musk Is Still a Courtier

The Mogul’s Influence Is Unprecedented, but Trump Remains in Charge

By Zachary Karabell

 

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