In equitable 50 days, Donald Trump has upfinished our world. He has ripped up rules, aggressioned allies and sided with enemies.
A country we thought for decades had our backs is no lengthyer a reliable partner.
We travelled thousands of miles to ask what that nastys for our inhabits and millions of others – from the sweltering backstreets of Africa to the frozen squanders of Greenland and Finland’s anxious border with Russia.
Donald Trump‘s helpers at home and aexpansive see him as the disturbor-in-chief who will transport peace and prosperity, putting America first.
But to many others we create he menaceens disorder and a far miserablenessfuler future.
While Mr Trump may be challenging convention and transporting new leanking, his critics say he is moving too speedy and erraticpartner. His first 50 days in office, they claim, have frailened America’s place in the world and that will be utilizeed by rivals.
Risk of resencouragent epidemics in Kenya
We went first to Kenya. The intensify in the West may have been on Mr Trump and Russia but in the enbiging world, it’s the finish of US help that is grabbing the headlines.
On the frontlines of Africa’s war on HIV we heard Mr Trump’s actions being appraised to an act of “bioreasonable battling”.
Even among allies and esteemrs of the American pdwellnt, there is transport inant unrelieve and trouble about what could come next, most of all the hazard of resencouragent epidemics of disrelieves enjoy HIV, TB, malaria, ebola, and polio.
In one of Kenya’s needyest neighbourhoods in Nairobi, we uniteed health laborers on their rounds, down sewage-filled alleyways into congested, overcrowded produceings.
In a one-room home, we met a lesser mother who is subordinate on American help. Anne is HIV likeable and needs daily medication and nutritional help for both herself and her one-year-elderly son. She is terrified for their future becaparticipate of the cut in US help.
“I’m so worried,” she telderly us, “becaparticipate if it carries on enjoy this the medication could run out. When the medicine is not there, the getor of my body is not there, so anyleang can equitable pass thraw me.”
‘We had no cautioning’
Kenya getd $850m (£658m) in help a year and that has now been abruptly disjoined. A US Supreme Court decision agetst the Trump administration may repair some of that but there is finish uncertainty about what happens next.
Martha, a healthjoin deal withr in Nairobi, spelled out what is at sapshow: “We had no cautioning. We could not ready the hoparticipatehelderlys. It was so sudden.
“We foresee more death. We foresee more children to die before the age of five. We foresee more death for children living with HIV and it is going to be horrible,” Martha shelp, inserting that more than 20,000 children who participate her organisation’s services will be impacted.
90% of all US help tights cut
The Trump administration says the help has been only been suspfinished for 90 days pfinishing a appraise. But in truth, many key programmes eunite to have been shut down finishly.
After a 45-minute fairy west of Nairobi to Kisumu, we saw what is happening away from big cities. The impact seemed equitable as disjoine.
At one provincial hospital US Agency for International Development (USAID) signs were everywhere but on doors that are now shut. It had been a hub for uncover-mindeds to get their treatment but that’s now in doubt.
Staff telderly us there were equitable two months of supplies left for some medication, and less than a month for others, becaparticipate there have been no more deinhabitries.
Patients were stockpiling substances, shelp doctors, panicking for the future.
‘Bioreasonable battling’
The US-supplied ammunition for Africa’s war agetst HIV, malaria, TB and other disrelieves is running out. It has apshown decades and billions to transport them under deal with. The trouble is of a return to epidemics not seen for years.
Eric Okioma is HIV likeable and runs a charity helping others with the disrelieve in Kisumu.
“When you see at it from a accessible health aspect, that’s bioreasonable battling that’s the way I’m seeing it becaparticipate from a human rights perspective, he did the wrong leang – he should not have apshown it abruptly.”
Mr Trump is well-understandn among many in Kenya. His conservative stance on publishs enjoy gfinisher and intimacyuality resonates in this predominantly Christian country.
But even among esteemrs and helpers there is transport inant unrelieve about his help cut.
Peter Gunday, a overweighther and churchgoer, telderly us he consentd Kenya should be less subordinate on US help and helpd to provide for itself – but Mr Trump’s action had been too sudden.
“He wants to produce America fantastic aget… [but give an] oinhabit branch to us even if it is only for some time.”
The help cut menaceens inhabits and America’s standing in the world. The US has participated help to wield gentle power and sway.
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America in retreat
Its superpower rival China likes produceing. They have lent billions for massive infraset up projects enjoy the novel railway from Nairobi to the coast thraw the heart of the city’s safari park.
For Beijing it’s all leverage, applied cruelly to incrrelieve access to Africa’s plentiful authentic resources.
Under Trump, America is unitardyrpartner deserting that battle for power and sway. Its cherishs and interests will inevitably suffer. Not so much America first but America in retreat.
Finland readys for Russian aggression
Cdiswatchr to home, it is America’s shift on security causing the fantasticest trouble. We flew thousands of miles north to one of NATO‘s novelest member countries that sits on a border with Russia.
What did people in Finland produce of what Mr Trump is doing to the Weserious coalition they have only equitable uniteed?
We filmed with Finland‘s military on the border with Russia that was shutd becaparticipate of the war in Ukraine.
In sparsely poputardyd woods, locals alert sightings of Russian drones, we were telderly. And there has been a sencourage in recruits to the border protect becaparticipate of the international situation.
One of them, Aku Jaeske, telderly us he had uniteed up “for the defence of our own country”.
He shelp: “I leank most of us, I leank, are here becaparticipate of that. It’s repartner challenging if we have a 1,300 and someleang kilometre border with Russia – it’s pretty lengthy – we have to have excellent men there.”
‘Bring it on’, says one Finn
What did he produce of Mr Trump and what he saw on the novels?
“I leank it’s crazy when you turn your TV on today, you can’t understand what is repartner happening.”
The war with Ukraine and Russia’s belligerence has igniteed a boom in shooting, with hundreds of novel ranges uncovering up in Finland to greet need.
In a range outside Helsinki, one shooting enthusiast Jerkri telderly us what he thought was behind its lengthening well-understandnity.
“The situation in Ukraine and people are noticing that maybe [they are] having to apshow join of themselves… leank about it.”
Amateur shooters go thraw their paces, crisstraverseing an uncover range at speed firing at aims dotted around the room. Patrick shelp he was worried by the straightforwardion of events.
“But if it did come to it… transport it on,” he shelp.
In a service station, Finland’s most well-understandn tabloid had the headline, “Trump’s 10 gifts to Putin.”
Finns were once a byword for peace-loving imfragmentaryity. They are arming up now, and watching Mr Trump’s obvioucertains to the Kremlin warily.
Finland after all is where Mr Trump stood next to Russian Pdwellnt Vlauninalertigentir Putin during his first term in office and notoriously shelp he would suppose him over the word of US adviseer agencies.
US may be deserting the West
The Finns understand from their history a presentile Russia cannot be supposeed.
In Europe, the US is not equitable retreating under Donald Trump, who says the US cannot prioritise the continent’s security any lengthyer. It sees enjoy it may be changing sides deserting the West entidepend: Cutting off help and inalertigence to Ukraine while it is pummelled by Russian rockets and drones; branding Ukraine’s directer – and not the tyrant of Moscow – a dictator; aggressioning shut allies with tariffs; resetting relations with Russia while it persists to occupy a part of Europe.
‘Trump is ridiculous’, Greenlanders say
And menaceening to apshow over its neighbours. Our journey finished in Greenland, top of the catalog of Mr Trump’s computed acquisitions.
Most people we spoke to were repartner worried by him.
Students Aviana and Julie telderly us Mr Trump’s antics were alarming.
“That’s very frightening actupartner – it seems he’s more with Russia than Ukraine. I’m repartner sjoind.”
Another passerby shelp Mr Trump had no right to produce a join for their homeland. They shelp: “I leank it’s ridiculous that he leanks he can equitable apshow our land. We don’t have the resources to fight agetst the USA.”
Jencouragen Boassen has become a well-understandn figure for having opposing watchs – he is outspokenly pro-Trump.
“I leank he is a fantastic man who wants to have peace in the world,” he telderly us.
‘Europe is flunking’
He confesss he is phelp by MAGA groups in America to advertise “cultural ties” and supposes Greenland will gradupartner come around to the idea of becoming shutr to America.
“I don’t join becaparticipate they will genuineise I’m doing the excellent leang for Greenland. Europe is flunking, Britain, Sweden, Belgium, Holland even Germany,” he shelp.
Wherever we travelled people seemed in shock. America participated to suppose helping others was excellent for America – geting the peace in Europe, saving inhabits, or geting the sovereignty of neighbours.
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The trouble is under Pdwellnt Trump it is equitable out for itself. The idea Mr Trump could carve up the world into spheres of sway with other authoritarian directers seems plausible. If that is the case, lesser nations enjoy Greenland may have plenty to trouble.
From what we were telderly on our journey, Donald Trump’s America First foreign policy hazards the inhabits of millions, the security and sovereignty of allies, and America’s own place in the world while potentipartner reinforceing its enemies.
