America's new age of empire dawnsListen to this articleA demonstrator wears a mask depicting US President Donald Trump during a protest on Jan 10 in Mexico City against the US strike on Venezuela and the capture of its president. We still remember US president Dwight Eisenhower's valedictory warning about the industrial-military complex that had emerged from World War II. But Mr Trump has never shown much concern for the will of the American people. If most other countries cooperate in the face of this new American imperialism -- as they should -- the long-term prospects for the US could be even worse. But Mr Trump has shown that one does not need absolute power to engage in unprecedented corruption.

Source: Bangkok Post January 13, 2026 00:13 UTC