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Why the global crisis is not just economic, but also a leadership crisis...
When talking about Donald Trump, attention usually focuses on his provocative style, his harsh language, or the political conflicts he ignites wherever he appears. But the real problem Trump represents is much deeper and much more dangerous: he is the symbol of a global leadership that is behind reality, obsessed with old ideas, while the world has fundamentally changed.
The obsession with oil, heavy industry, and the return of a “great America” through the models of the last century is not unique to Trump. It is a reflection of a broader trend, where a large proportion of world leaders continue to behave as if political and economic power is still measured by natural resources, territorial control, and rhetoric of force. In reality, today’s world works differently: power is built on technology, innovation, institutional trust, and the ability to adapt.
The problem is not that these leaders are getting concrete policies wrong; the problem is that they are misreading the times in which they live. Trump talks about oil drilling as if energy were still a matter of industrial conquest. Others talk about sovereignty as isolation, stability as control, and development as concrete and iron. Meanwhile, the global economy is shifting toward knowledge, clean energy, and advanced technology. The gap between political discourse and economic reality is widening every day.
This disconnect from reality produces dangerous policies. When leaders govern with the logic of the past, they neither solve the problems of the present nor prepare for the future. They manage fear, not development. They nurture nostalgia, not progress. And in the process, societies remain hostage to old debates, while the real challenges; climate change, automation, inequality, energy crises, are indefinitely postponed.
Trump makes a lot of noise, but he is not alone. From Washington to Moscow, to some European capitals to smaller regions, many leaders continue to believe that control and propaganda can replace vision. This is why crises recur, why institutions weaken, and why citizens’ trust falls. Not because the world is becoming more complex, but because those who lead it are becoming increasingly unfit for it.
In the end, the problem is not Trump as an individual. The problem is an entire leadership class that is trying to govern the future with the mindset of the past. And history will be merciless to those who fail to understand that times have changed./ Pamphlet
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