For the West the US was like the big brother you could look up to. He was brave, a proper leader, heroic, helpful, not perfect but we liked him anyway.
Now big brother turned into a drug addict. He constantly hits his wife, cheats on her and starts threatening his little brother for no good reason.
Little brother is rather sad about it but realizes its time to grow up himself and not be reliant on old bro anymore.
One has to wonder if big brother will ever recover, i cant imagine this government not trying to massively manipulate the next elections and turn the US into China/Russia.
Yes it’s sad how far the US has fallen. Only silver lining is that If Germany was able to recover and get back to being a functional democracy after WW2 I’d imagine there is a path back to normalcy.
Even if the US recovers, our constitutional system of 4 year terms means the rest of the world can never be sure that we aren't just 4 years away from electing another batshit crazy arsonist.
They will never trust any US military or trade deal ever again, because unlike the past when presidents largely upheld these deals made before they took office, now half of our voters have shown they will elect idiots who will shred every single one of them. Why buy military equipment from US manufacturers, if that means you are now subject to possibly a crazy asshole using that as leverage to deny you the ability to maintain and repair them unless you give him what he wants? Why make any trade deal with the US, if you are possibly just 4 years away from the next guy tearing it up and attempting to tank your own economy as leverage to get what he wants?
Even if by some miracle MAGA overplays its hand to the point it is eliminated by 2030, the world will never trust the US ever again. It's already over. It takes decades to build something as great as the massive soft and hard power the US enjoyed from post-WW2 to the 2010s. It only takes a couple months or years to destroy all of it.
Yeah nah from Australia. The US has until now been an ally. Never looked up to anybody let alone the 'Showboat' US. Tolerated is a more fitting description.
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u/bluelifesacrifice 8d ago
Sleepy Dementia Joe seemed a lot better than anyone on Trumps team.
The Trump administration can't even manage a simple negotiation with Canada. Joe seemed to handle problems rather effortlessly.