India, Jan. 28 -- Restoring American supremacy is the declared agenda of the second Trump presidency. How exactly this will be done and what exactly it will take is not very clear. What is clear, though, is that the US's dealings will go from being merely less cordial to more hostile and towards more flip-flops from being stable in the days to come. The latest drama between the US and Colombia is another example. The former threatened 25% tariffs on one of its closest junior allies in Latin America after it refused to allow US military planes carrying deportees to land. The "dispute" has since been resolved, with Colombia accepting the US's demands. The drama is in keeping with Trump's philosophy of using tariffs as the silver bullet in his dealings with other countries. While prevailing over a relatively weaker military and economic power like Colombia will placate Trump and his fellow travellers in the short run, these skirmishes are not going to do much to achieve his long-term goals of American economic rejuvenation. Here is why....