Trump's taandav shakes global trust. Not just in him but in US that elects him twice

From mocking Macron's marriage to punishing India with tariffs, Trump has flipped the postwar order inside out. He is rewarding rivals, humiliating allies, and leaving the world to draw its own conclusions.

Doston se pyaar kiya, dushmanon se badla liya, jo bhi kiya humne kiya, Shaan se.(Loved our friends, took revenge on our enemies, whatever we did, we did with pride.)

An entire generation of Indians grew up with this lyric lodged somewhere between the heart and the spine. It was more than a film song. It was a creed: love your friends, confront your enemies, and whatever you do, do it with dignity, with Shaan.

Donald Trump has learnt every single word, and inverted every single one.

In the spring of 2026, the most powerful nation on earth has turned the song inside out. Friends receive humiliation. Enemies receive embrace. And dignity—Shaan—has been replaced by fake French accents and dhobi-ghat jibes.

There is a scene that captures this moment in Western alliance history with uncomfortable clarity. At an Easter lunch at the White House attended by government officials and faith leaders, Trump put on a fake French accent, mocked French President Emmanuel Macron’s marriage, and declared that his guest was “still recovering from the right to the jaw”, a reference to a viral video of Brigitte Macron apparently nudging her husband's face.

The room laughed. France did not. Even Macron’s fiercest political opponents rallied to his side, with hard-left lawmaker Manuel Bompard calling the remarks “absolutely unacceptable.” The centrist president of France’s National Assembly added, “We are discussing the future of the world. People are dying on the battlefield, and we have a president who is laughing, who is mocking others.”