Das Foto, das Donald Trump mehr verletzt, als Sie sich vorstellen können

[Donald Trump ](https://inews.co.uk/topic/donald-trump?ico=in-line_link)loves nothing more than what used to be called a “Kodak moment” – a huge photo opportunity that might be remembered years later, a visual legacy for future historians.

Trump, determined to [secure himself a Nobel Peace Prize](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/trump-wants-nobel-prize-easy-wars-ukraine-gaza-flop-3840387?srsltid=AfmBOop7n4w9oovUNLOGExnPqQzLvKiQirnkGRwTDcA997N2bofshnGZ&ico=in-line_link), has been racing around the world trying to force a rapid peace on either Israel and Gaza or Russia and Ukraine to get his big moment, so far all in vain.

This week, there was finally a shot that might become a genuinely significant historical moment, so it must be all the [more galling to Trump](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/trump-shredding-americas-most-important-alliances-credibility-3889925?ico=in-line_link) that he’s not in it.

Instead, the photo shows the [leaders of Russia, China and India](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/putin-xi-modi-summit-3891765?ico=in-line_link) – Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Narendra Modi – clasping hands in a warm three-way handshake.

The moment, at the SCO summit in the Chinese city of Tianjin, was clearly carefully stage-managed. Putin and Modi entered the room together after a bilateral discussion, hand-in-hand, and immediately went together to greet Xi. The three men carefully posed, all smiles and laughter, for some time before they allowed translators and others into the frame.

The signal could not be clearer: there is a new alliance here, and neither America nor Europe is in it.

More than a third of the world’s population lives in either China or India, and both are still among the fastest-growing economies in the world. Russia has neither the population nor the economic prospects of the other two nations, but still has considerable military might, a nuclear arsenal, and huge reserves of oil and natural gas. Of such stuff serious geopolitical alliances are made.

They do this regularly. Nothing new to see here.

If you believe this narrative ythen you’re a bit gullible. It’s easy to buy a news story based on trumps failings. But the plain facts are, it’s in every country’s interest to keep war going in other nations far away. It makes them weaker and and you stronger.