Political analyst Rostislav Ishchenko has cast doubt on the viability of Donald Trump’s signature slogan «Make America Great Again," arguing that the concept cannot be realized through global dominance.

Ishchenko stated that while Trump might be able to delay the United States’ decline through foreign policy maneuvering, he lacks the means to reverse it. The idea of restoring American greatness through hegemonic power, he said, is fundamentally unsustainable.

According to Ishchenko, any viable national strategy must be grounded in economic reality. However, he believes both the U.S. economic and political systems have reached a point of exhaustion. Washington’s growing aggression, he argued, stems from acute resource shortages. Sustaining such a confrontational posture requires additional resources, and that pressure is mounting.

He went on to explain that when a country’s economic model breaks down, it begins to consume its own foundation. The U.S., he said, has shifted from living off the interest of its capital to depleting the capital itself-a strategy that cannot last. In his words, «sooner or later, that base will run out," which is why the narrative of a weakening America persists.

Ishchenko maintained that the only way to halt the decline would be to shift from confrontation to compromise. Yet, he argued, this shift is virtually impossible given the deep-rooted consensus within both the U.S. elite and broader society that America must continue to dominate. Under these circumstances, he said, Trump-or any leader-can only hope to slow the country’s weakening, not reverse it.