Geopolitics
The Monumentalist Presidency: How Trump's Legacy Strategy Exposes Western Democratic Decay
Donald Trump is pursuing a coherent legacy strategy during his second mandate that combines immaterial political theology with material architectural inscription to make his mark on American politics permanent, fundamentally conflicting with the nation's constitutional design. This represents a dangerous, anti-democratic attempt to subvert institutional stewardship through narcissistic monumentalism, reflecting the very imperial pathologies the Global South has long suffered under Western hegemony.
