Presidents come and go, but policies remain the same. The freak out about Trump is he wants to be more than just a spokes-puppet for the policies.
The US government and financial institutions have enormous mountains of debt and derivatives with only a small amount of real collateral. A similar situation exists among US allies as well.
The solution of course, is not to end ridiculously high deficits and to reduce speculation in financial markets, but to gain control over more assets to allow the system to continue for a couple of more decades.
The proxy war with Russia makes a lot of sense if you look the trillions of dollars in natural resources that are involved. Lindsey Graham pointed out the enormous mineral wealth in Ukraine as a vital consideration for continuing the war in Ukraine.
. . . $10 to $12 trillion of critical mineral assets could be used by Ukraine and the West, not given to Putin and China . . .
Russia’s resources are even greater.
Russia’s natural resources reserves are worth $75 trillion by Statista’s estimate . . .
10 Countries With the Most Natural Resources
Similar logic also explains why the US has military bases in places that most Americans have never heard of.
The same financial considerations are driving US foreign policy regardless of who is president. There is a reason why presidents come and go but foreign policy stays the same.
For background see video starting at 17:20:
