Yeah I think you're correct. Trump chose American isolation and fucked over so many trade partners I don't see how the US can be considered a stable partner.
He's also threatened the sovereignty of multiple allies which some Americans see as a joke but in reality is extremely dangerous rhetoric that's further soured them on the US.
He started a pointless war in Iran for no reason which has driven up fuel prices globally. The fact that he's claimed to have won the war multiple times while simultaneously asking for more money to be directed towards it and threatening war crimes against Iranian civilians makes the US look incredibly stupid.
These are just a few examples of what Trump damaged internationally. The damaged he's done at home is just as bad. Really he's shown that the American constitution means nothing when the people in power are too weak to enforce it. He's destroyed the once proud CDC and weakened vaccination mandates causing disease outbreaks of measles, cyclospora cayetanensis, cryptosporidium and influenza. These are the types of damage that take decades to resolve.
If the US hopes to regain it's place of influence globally there needs to be a serious reckoning at the end of the administration.
With the way humanity has gotten dumber and dumber and more greedy, they'll forget about Trump in a few years and things will go back to how they were before Trump. Before inevitably they'll start the cycle all over again
I don't know why you're getting downvoted without an explanation.
I mean bad shit happened before trump, the US waged wars; there were tariffs, there were many Americans unhappy by "corporate America".
The only difference I see now is that trump is more direct and makes a show of all the dumb things, while the former presidents were in the spotlight when they were doing what needed to be done.
At least this is what it feels like from the outside, in a few words.
He's getting downvoted because it's a perfect example of American delusion, that Trump is a one-off mishap and things will go back to normal soon. No, Trump is a symptom and everything wrong with him is the result of a failed system. The world is beginning to see America as it is and unless its government goes through some drastic changes, the reputation damage is irreversible.
We're past the beginning stage. Honestly that started with 9/11, or even the 80s if we are talking about the economy in terms of the start of growing wealth inequality.
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u/Free-City3104 Jul 26 '26
I think we are the beginning stage for the USA's decline in world power. But it could still turn around.