Hopefully the world understands it’s not the US, it’s Trump and his people.
I’m saying this as an American who stands firmly opposed to every horrific thing Trump and his fascist goons are doing. However, I can only imagine if I was a politician or business in another country, I’d feel like I’d no longer be able to trust anything the US does or says.
The population elected Trump. TWICE. The second time with more votes and winning the popular vote.
Like it or not, Trump represents the USA in the minds of people around the world for at least a generation.
We understood that the first time. And then you went and you elected him again, post jan6th, post criminal convictions, post covid and post project 2025. (collective you, not you in particular).
Not this time, this time is on y’all.
Living in Germany at the moment, but the sentiment is shared by most Europeans.
I understand that (and am American myself) and still don’t think the US as a country should have any credibility. We simply can’t be trusted. The good people among us are not in control.
The US political system is simply poorly designed and political brinkmanship appears to always be a winning move. Before Trump McConnell was thoroughly destroying America’s reliability.
The founding fathers just could never anticipate a populace or a political party with nearly the degree of cynicism as we see. (Also the founding fathers likely did not intend for us to get stuck in a 250 year old rut, but rather to evolve the system, which has not happened as intended.)
It isn’t. It was done by all the Americans who voted for him as well as all the Americans who chose not to vote at all.