A striking image for us, the spectators of world events, three advancing in the ranks, parading in a military display, you feel as you watch their steps that the ground shakes under their feet. Three gather in one place, each with a story; two of them are the poles of the world in the opposite direction, in the East, forbidden for decades to polarization and dominance, and the third is a “thorn” in the throat for the sole rulers whose era of control has ended.

This is a powerful image of the President of China, the President of Russia, and the leader of North Korea. When you see it, you wonder what comes next after this meeting, as a mere observer of events. Meanwhile, the President of the United States, the sole superpower since the early 1990s, sensed danger and accused Xi Jinping, Putin, and Kim Jong Un of conspiring against his country, just like that, without preamble. Between you and me, anyone in Trump’s place would say nothing else; the three are sanctioned by the US, and Trump tries to take a step toward them, but his nature overcomes his desire, and he quickly reverses, retreating while waving more sanctions, taxes, and tariffs!

Trump read well the details of the scene that his adversaries skillfully staged, and they are indeed adversaries to his country. His “contradictory” statements confirm that, his “wavering” decisions affirm it, and his hesitation to acknowledge that there are greater powers than him, and his preoccupation with confronting them, all made those great powers seek another world in the eastern part of the planet, where two-thirds of the world’s population lives. Many Eastern countries have become competitors to the West, so if they meet, ally, and combine their economic and human capabilities, they will soon form a pole parallel to the unique American pole in the world!

Russia responded to Trump calmly, without emotion or muscle flexing, saying “Trump may have been making sarcastic remarks,” adding through Yuri O. Shakov, Kremlin foreign policy advisor, “I would like to confirm that there is no conspiracy, no one conspired against any party, and there are no conspiracies at all. This idea never crossed the minds of any of the three leaders.”