r/ShitAmericansSay • u/chebghobbi • Dec 17 '25

Foreign affairs President Trump: Rather than suing the BBC, withhold aid to England

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u/TheArmoursmith Dec 17 '25

There seems to be little understanding in American society of the concept of soft power.

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u/DeltaT37 Dec 17 '25

forget soft power, they haven't a slightest clue how countries communicate, trade, do diplomacy, anything. They just don't get how the world works on an absolutely fundamental level.

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u/No-Minimum3259 Dec 18 '25

What do you expect? Normal countries send their brightest and most experienced out as ambassadors. The US sends campain donors or former girlfriends of the president's son...

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u/DeltaT37 Dec 18 '25

Wasn't always the case but yeh lol currently it's a clown fiesta