The United States faces a growing existential challenge: a looming energy crisis in the coming decade. This crisis is the result of a volatile combination—President Trump’s domestic policies, accelerating advancements in artificial intelligence, and the shifting dynamics of global power competition.
At the heart of the crisis lies the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”, signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 19, 2025. This sweeping legislation introduces massive tax cuts that threaten to undermine clean energy investments, just as the AI sector’s energy demand surges to unprecedented levels.
Ironically, while the U.S. pushes to maintain technological dominance in AI, it risks falling into an infrastructure trap, where outdated and underpowered energy systems stifle cutting-edge innovation.
Meanwhile, China is pursuing a radically different path, prioritising renewable energy and large-scale infrastructure investments. This raises a critical question: Is the U.S. opening the door for China to overtake it in global leadership? And is Trump’s flagship legislation accelerating the end of American hegemony?
I. AI as a Global Strategic Battlefield
Artificial intelligence has become a new theatre of global power struggle. On May 21, 2025, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance described AI as a “new arms race” with China, emphasising that supremacy in this field will define the global balance of power—economically, militarily, and politically.
Vance warned that China is closing the gap, with just 6–24 months separating it from the U.S. in key technologies. The message was clear: any delay in innovation risks irreversible strategic decline.
That urgency should have triggered massive federal investments in AI infrastructure, particularly the data centers that power AI models. These massive complexes, housing thousands of servers, rely heavily on electricity—especially from clean sources—to operate efficiently.
But instead, the U.S. finds itself at risk of powering a future it may not be able to sustain.
II. AI’s Insatiable Hunger for Electricity
Each hyperscale data center consumes as much electricity as 100,000 homes annually. With over 250 new AI data centers planned across the U.S., the AI race is now also an energy race.
These projects are being layered atop an already strained electrical grid. The expected 15% annual increase in power demand threatens to overwhelm infrastructure that was never designed for such spikes. If unchecked, this could lead to:
- Frequent blackouts,
- Spiralling energy prices,
- And a future where the so-called “leader of the free world” faces Third World–style power crises.
III. Clean Energy Was the Solution—Until It Wasn’t
Under the Biden administration, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) marked the largest federal investment in clean energy in U.S. history. It funded massive expansions in solar, wind, and green hydrogen, recognising renewable energy as essential for technological security and climate resilience.
Initial results were promising: solar and wind capacity began to grow rapidly. But the One Big Beautiful Bill Act reversed this trajectory by slashing the very tax incentives that had fueled renewable energy’s rise.
This regression threatens to undo years of progress and places the U.S. at a structural disadvantage in the coming global energy transition.
IV. Trump’s Law: Tax Cuts, Debt, and Disaster
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”, hailed by Trump as a revival of economic patriotism, included $4.5 trillion in tax cuts. But without any matching funding, these cuts are set to inflate the federal deficit to $3.3 trillion by 2034, raising the national debt to record highs.
To accommodate this, the law also:
- Raised the debt ceiling by $5 trillion,
- Cut strategic spending—including clean energy investments.
The result? A budgetary crisis that chokes long-term investment, weakens energy infrastructure, and undermines America’s readiness for future demand.
V. The Coming Collapse in Power Generation
According to a detailed analysis by the Energy Innovation Policy Center, this new law will erase an estimated 344 gigawatts of future energy capacity—enough to power half of all American homes.
By eliminating clean energy incentives, the U.S. is set to fall short in meeting:
- AI’s skyrocketing power demands,
- Industrial energy needs,
- And basic consumer electricity usage.
This will lead to rising prices, weakened grid reliability, and environmental backsliding—just as the global climate crisis accelerates.
Even traditional solutions like nuclear plants require 10–15 years to become operational. America may run out of time.
VI. China Moves Into the Gap
While the U.S. self-sabotages, China is surging ahead.
In just the first five months of 2025, China added four times the clean energy capacity that the U.S. did in the entire previous year—equal to 50% of the world’s new renewable energy.
China’s strategy is clear:
- Reduce reliance on foreign fossil fuels,
- Power rapid industrial growth, including AI and manufacturing,
- And dominate the global export market for renewable technologies.
This gives Beijing both economic leverage and geopolitical influence, making it not just an energy leader—but a potential global superpower.
VII. China’s Strategic Silence
Despite the global implications of Trump’s legislation, Beijing has remained silent—a move that speaks volumes.
As Western media noted, China appears to be following an old principle:
“Never interrupt your enemy while he’s making a mistake.”
The silence suggests confidence—not arrogance. Beijing knows that American missteps only widen the gap. China’s long-term strategy is unfolding steadily, without noise or provocation.
VIII. Internal U.S. Backlash
Domestically, Trump’s energy policy has drawn fierce criticism. Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk called the bill “economically suicidal.”
Analysts, environmentalists, and business leaders warn that it:
- Prioritises short-term tax relief,
- Undermines innovation,
- Weakens the foundation for future competitiveness.
As America’s infrastructure buckles and its energy supply falters, the administration faces rising calls to rethink its direction.
IX. Conclusion: America’s Decline, China’s Rise—and the Muslim World’s Dilemma
The looming U.S. energy crisis is not simply about electricity—it is about global leadership.
With America:
- Choking its clean energy pipeline,
- Alienating global allies,
- Wasting resources propping up Zionist apartheid in Palestine,
- And tightening restrictions on skilled immigration…
It risks becoming a regional power rather than a global hegemon—perhaps even before 2050, as French historian Emmanuel Todd predicted in After the Empire: The Breakdown of the American Order (2001).
Meanwhile, China is attracting global talent, increasing its renewable dominance, and reconfiguring the balance of power.
As for the Muslim world, its place in this shifting landscape depends on:
- Owning its energy future, beyond oil,
- Developing technological sovereignty,
- And liberating itself from Western dependency.
The global leader of the coming era will be the one who controls clean energy, artificial intelligence, and strategic infrastructure. And at present, that trajectory favours China.
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