Why does the US Media discuss issues as if the US President is the emperor of the world

[malaise]

I am sick of this shit. Other countries can invite who they like particularly when they signed treaties with them and the US fucked up and destroyed the treaty.
Viva France.

[onecaliberal]

1. Hear, hear. Especially when America has ZERO leaders or leadership at present.

[Aristus]

2. He's good for ratings. Ratings equal $$$.

$$$ is all they care about.

[RKP5637]

11. Absolutely!!! From what I've read MSM often sides with TPTB so they get good ratings since

often that's more people interested. I've read reporters often do the same. As you say, and I agree 1000%, it's driven by $$$'s.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Some other country will step in to fill the vacuum

left by Fat Nixon's lack of leadership. Other countries will do what's in their best interests, which might not be in ours, but nothing Trump does helps us anyhow.

[RKP5637]

12. If somehow this ass gets 4 more years, there will be no void left for the US to fill. Other

countries are very smart and will simply go around the US. Once those routes/paths are established, the US will have a lot of catch up to do. With this jerk, we'll be back where we were in the 50's.

[triron]

4. Because they share Trump's delusions?

[KPN]

10. Yup! This

[Kid Berwyn]

5. It gets Americans used to the idea.

Wouldn’t want the People to start thinking they have a voice — or should be concerned about the rest of the world’s interests — in matters of war and peace.

[Elwood P Dowd]

6. What gets me is when the idiot US media refer to him as

"the leader of the free world". He is not the leader of anything except the republican crime family. You can't be called the leader of the free world when 62 percent of the US population disapproves of you and close to 80% of your so called foreign allies hate your guts. Trump probably has a higher approval rating in dictatorships like Russia and North Korea than with many of our NATO allies.

[malaise]

7. The fascist leader of the free world taking away freedom from the children and families

of Latin America, trying to destroy the free press and preventing non-white Americans from voting while hugging up the world's despots- that's some free world there! Good point.

[smirkymonkey]

8. +1000

Hear, hear!

Angela Merkel is the leader of the free world as far as most people are concerned. Trump is a worthless, insane figurehead who has been unlawfully installed.

[stopdiggin]

9. the world without leadership from the US is a less stable and more dangerous place

Full Stop.
sadly -- that world may be forever gone. (thanks, Donny!)
(and that is not to say it didn't have it's warts and failures even at its best. it surely did. but much of the world made huge progress with its stability.)

[RKP5637]

13. K&R!!!!!! n/t