Man , this was inevitable . The TPP was supposed to contain China , but how long was that going to last ? If not them , then Europe . If not them , then Japan . If not them , then Russia . If not them , then India . If not them , then some union of African nations . It was a matter of time . We ' re moving into a dipolar world AmeroSino , and I imagine we ' ll likely see AmericaChinaEUIndia as the powers later on in time . Russia might ascend but who knows . Chasing after total American hegemony is as pitiful and pointless as coal . It ' s just not going to happen . That said , Trump and a lot of his supporters really is speeding this up . It ' s dizzying how quickly they want to just throw away so much of America ' s influence . Abandoning the Eastern European nations , NATO , the EU as a whole . for no purpose other than , muh isolationism . It really is a testament to the saying of how it takes 10 years to build a thing and ten seconds to tear it down .