MICHAEL WALSH. AMERICAN FREE PRESS: English Physicist and astronomer Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) made a remark that should well be heeded by the political pygmies of the European Union.

“If I have seen further, it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants.”

Most heads of state tend to pursue short-term Chauvinist self-interests. True statesmen with the ability to see the world as it could and should be are few.

In terms of far-reaching world-changing vision, one could offer former US Presidents Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy. Britain’s greatest statesman was surely David Lloyd George (1863-1945).

Which giants might our generation be talking of? In my book, there are only three that fit the bill: Russia’s longest-serving head of state is the five-time elected president, Vladimir Putin, 72.

The influence of China’s President Xi Jinping, 71, undoubtedly qualifies him for statesmanship. 

The only head of state emerging as an equal to the Russian and Chinese leaders is US President Donald Trump, 78 years of age.

This elevation is underscored by his epoch-changing address delivered during his May speech to luminaries assembled in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

From a European perspective, the result was enlightening to say the least. President Trump’s address catapulted him onto the podium of a world wake-up call.

His presentation simultaneously reduced the British and European Commission politicians to mediocrities wholly lacking in influence or respect even in their own countries.

Changing the foreign policy status of the United States in world affairs, President Trump’s address focused on the big picture; that of weltanschauung (world perception) or, in layman’s terms, a dose of reality.

Focusing on a positive vision of the emerging Middle East, Trump predicted a far more politically stable and prosperous region with spinoffs destined for a global reach.

Who could Trump possibly be referring to when he spoke? “Before our eyes, a new generation of leaders is transcending the ancient conflicts and tired divisions of the past.

“Forging a future where the Middle East is defined by commerce, not chaos, where it exports technology, not terrorism. Where people of different nations, religions, and creeds are building cities together, not bombing each other out of existence.”

But with whose bombs have these nations been devastating each other? Trump’s wish list can only be achieved by Washington adopting a far more conciliatory foreign policy than it has in the past.

Trump spoke eloquently and at length, noticeably without referring to notes, which in itself – excuse the expression – ​is noteworthy. This again sets apart true statemen from political imposters.

The president’s address could only be described as the most resounding policy volte-face in American history.

In terms of world-changing vision, Trump’s address was equaled only by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan’s Winds of Change speech delivered in Cape Town in February 1960, an address that ended White rule throughout Africa.   

In Riyadh, POTUS was calling the shots and ears were pinned back in Brussels and Westminster. Nothing galvanizes Europe’s world vision like seeing your foreign policy dictated by another nation’s president.

Trump has changed 249 years of American foreign policy. With a fervor once reserved for anti-colonialist revolutionaries, the second-term US president reminded his spellbound audience that the futuristic cities like Riyadh and Abu Dhabi were not created by neo-cons or liberals who erroneously describe themselves as nation builders as they trundle through the wrecked landscapes of Tripoli in Libya, Kabul and Baghdad.

“In the end, the self-styled ‘nation-builders’ wrecked far more nations than they built. The interventionists were intervening in complex societies that they did not even understand themselves.”

As in the Winds of Change in Africa epoch, Trump went on to describe a future of non-intervention, independence, and simply getting on with the real world.   

“As I have shown repeatedly, I am willing to end past conflicts and forge new partnerships for a better and more stable world, even if our differences may be very profound.”

Denouncing the history of past US presidents “afflicted with the notion that it’s our job to look into the souls of foreign leaders and use U.S. policy to dispense justice for their sins, I believe it is God’s job to sit in judgement. My job is to defend America and to promote the fundamental interests of stability, prosperity, and peace.”

Confoundedly, Trump shook the hands of Syria’s blood-soaked President Ahmed al-Sharaa. Walking softly while carrying a big stick, Trump chastened the Houthis of Yemen.

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For Lebanon, described between the world wars as ‘the Jewel of the Mediterranean, due to its Monaco-like splendors, Trump promised a future of economic development and peace with its neighbors.”

What can one say after such a ground-breaking epoch-changing speech that, whilst earning the respect of the emerging world order, put the European Union and Westminster firmly on the B side of the disc being played?

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