Recently, according to media reports, Angolan president João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço made a remarkable criticism of the colonial-style principles adopted by certain superpowers. Many interpreted it as a direct criticism of the United States specifically, that America is returning to the "law of the jungle" in international relations.

Here's what he said:

"Today, with the most different arguments, but with the same objectives controlling the planet's main energy sources, oil, gas, and critical and strategic minerals military interventions are carried out anywhere on the planet."

The Angolan leader went on to say that "the world has become a jungle, where any superpower invokes a right that does not exist under international law the right of preemptive attack, supported only by the presumption that someone is preparing to attack and destroy me."

According to President Lourenço, recent military interventions like those in Iraq and more recently in Iran are justified on fragile, even fallacious arguments, such as the so-called "preventive attack." He stressed that this principle has no support in international law. It became famous during the administrations of George Bush (Sr.), Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. Lourenço argued that right now, the law of the strongest prevails, and that endangers global security and peace. That's why he invoked the "law of the jungle."

So what did the African leader actually mean?

His comment is worth paying attention to. The United States spent many years building a relationship with Angola, and that was a real diplomatic achievement namely, to neutralize China's influence and economic expansion in that African country. But thanks to the reckless policies of Donald Trump's new administration, all those American efforts have been nullified. The same goes for part of the investments that were previously capitalized by well-known institutions like USAID.

The decline of America's international standing under Trump has already led to the collapse of several agreements made with African and Latin American countries. That creates instability in international security not just for governments, but for everyone.

Domestically, Trump is already facing opposition from former supporters. Among them is Tucker Carlson, a journalist with worldwide reach, who called the invasion of Iran "disgusting and evil."

Chaos, really, has become the hallmark of this administration. Even before Trump was elected, international relations experts and scholars warned that the danger of politicians like him lies precisely in their instability and unpredictability. You never know what they'll do next.

And it's not just coming from Lourenço's speech. Listen to the voices of NATO's European allies they're questioning the role of the U.S. as well. Some military allies have recently refused to assist the United States in its campaign against Iran.

Take French president Emmanuel Macron. During a visit to Japan  another valuable U.S. ally  he criticized the Trump administration. According to Macron, Trump has turned the United States into an unpredictable country. Macron also criticized the suddenly started war against Iran, pointing out that Trump did not even warn his European allies beforehand.

Look, anarchy has always been a guiding principle of international relations. That's nothing new. But the U.S. attempt to create an "international authority" based on force and gunpowder could affect not only America's relations with other countries, but also individuals and companies doing business with this superpower  who are increasingly conditioned to internal and external instability.

Maybe that was the central idea of Mr. Lourenço's speech. A warning, not just to the Angolan people, but to the whole world.

Here's how he put it himself:

"We are an organization composed of 79 nations on this planet, and we must therefore ensure that we have an active voice and an active role in addressing major global issues, so that our points of view are taken into account in the search for solutions to the serious problems that increasingly threaten world security and peace."

So there it is. Through aggressive and inconsistent policy, the United States has lost strategically important allies   not only in Africa, but also in Europe.