New Delhi: US President Donald Trump has in his second term made it clear that the US strategy of ‘regime change’ and ‘nation building’ for imposing the American system of governance on others, was being given up- his main reservation was that astronomical amounts were being spent when ‘one size fits all’ did not seem necessary.

On a visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in May 2025, Trump made a profound-sounding statement that peace, prosperity and progress came not from a rejection of heritage but from embracing your national traditions. He announced a break from the ‘interventionism’ of the prior Administration in favour of economic cooperation, regional partnerships and selective use of force. He wanted a Saudi modern rule to be achieved ‘the Arabian way’.

Trump remarked that the Middle

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