In my opinion, the US is not just the new USSR, we're living through its final years now too. Trump, in many ways, mirrors Gorbachev, a leader who tried to "save" the system through bold reforms like "glasnost" and "perestroika", but only made it worse.
Think about all the sweeping plans and promises Trump put forward. Instead of revitalizing the system, these efforts will inadvertently speed up its decline.
Why? Because, as in the USSR then, the foundation was too decayed, and the attempts to fix it only revealed the cracks for everyone to see and increased chaos and divisions. It was like shouting that the emperor had no clothes, but louder than ever before.
Also, other similarities are that Gorbachev, faced with the crumbling Soviet Union, also had to shift focus inward, prioritizing the USSR over its satellite states.
Similarly, the US under Trump began to retreat from its global commitments, also leaving allies wondering if they could even trust the Americans any more.
Gorbachev (also narcissist and demagogue) gave people a glimpse of what could’ve been better, but it just made them realize how bad things really were. Same with Trump—his promises got people hyped for change, but instead, it just revealed how deep the cracks ran.
Even the vibe feels the same. The USSR’s last years were full of confusion, infighting, and everything feeling like it was spiraling. Sound familiar? Between political chaos, culture wars, and an economy that’s all over the place, it’s like we’re watching the same story play out again, just with different faces.
Both leaders faced systems that were already teetering, where every attempt to patch things up just exposed how unsustainable and inefficient the whole structure had become. Donald Trump's nickname in the Kremlin now is the American Gorbachev.
