April 28—2026 has so far been a year of war, chaos, economic crisis, and imperial overreach. The United States under President Donald Trump continues to wage an illegal and failed war against Iran that threatens economic devastation across the globe and escalation into a war far beyond the region. In Europe, many governments are caught, on one hand between the insanity of the United States, and on the other the absolute stupidity of their own policy—as seen with Germany’s new military strategy, which pledges to build the strongest army in Europe in preparation for war against Russia.

The disintegration of global institutions and norms is proceeding at a record pace. But at the same time, growing factions in the world are pushing back. At the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference at the UN Headquarters in New York on April 27, Iran was elected as one of 34 vice presidents, over the shrieks of the U.S. representative. And Thailand, a strong U.S. ally, has revealed that the war against Iran has caused them to “rethink some relationships,” including by reaching out to Russia and China.

At the same time, the continuation of the war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz are wreaking havoc on economies internationally that will take months and years to repair. These shocks come on top of pre-existing economic issues, following decades of “green” anti-technology policies that have undercut economic productivity, and a predatory financial system that has ballooned debt globally. So, while the rising costs of fuel, fertilizer, and shipping are hitting even the most advanced economies, they are deadly to poorer nations across the Global South. All while global military spending reaches new highs, and populations foot the bill.

However, even this grim outlook pales in comparison with the outrageous welcome given by President Trump to the United Kingdom’s King Charles III in Washington this week, where he was met prominently by LaRouche movement activists. Trump hosted the British King for a grandiose state visit, complete with formal ceremonies, a small military parade, and even an invitation to address a joint session of Congress. Despite his recent harsh words and aggressive tone toward UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump showed the world that these are only surface-level disagreements, and expressed his belief that, at its core, the United States is heir to Great Britain’s “majestic inheritance.” Shamelessly, Trump praised the British Empire’s “culture,” “character,” and “creed,” and even claimed that “our ancestors would surely be filled with awe and pride that the Anglo-American revolution in human freedom” has spread across the world (emphasis added). Clearly, Trump is now a wholly-controlled entity.

Anyone who knows the true history of the American Revolution knows this is a travesty against the United States—made all the worse by occurring on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Not only did Trump praise the history of the bloody British Empire—the same empire which starved to death 3 million Indians during World War II and brutalized tens of millions of others under its colonial rule—but also he falsely claimed that Britain’s intellectual and philosophical influence created the United States. The same points were made by King Charles in his address to Congress, to which he received repeated standing ovations from the amnesia-ridden officials.

In defiance of the British liberal philosophers like Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Adam Smith, who justified slavery as one’s “right to property,” as well as the positive law concept of the Magna Carta, the United States’ Founding Fathers insisted that the foundation of any government is natural law. Human beings are not solely driven by their personal wants and desires, leading them into perpetual conflict with each other and necessitating a ruler, or “commonwealth” to keep them all in check. Rather, all men and women are created in the image of the Creator, and endowed with the ability to knowably “do Good” and advance mankind’s mastery over nature. Or, as Artemis II astronaut Jeremy Hansen put it upon returning from the Moon: “Humans are just great people in general. We don’t always do great things … but our default is to be good and to be good to one another.”

Perhaps it is such a spirit, increasingly gripping the world as the vestiges of the dying British imperial system become more evident, that is driving the creation of a new global system today. Perhaps the world is finally rejecting the depraved view of humanity embodied in the arrogance displayed in Washington, and exemplified in waging destructive wars of aggression in the name of “peace.”

Either way, it is past time to bring such a world into existence, and kick out the unnatural king-like thinking for good—including in the United States.