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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe US President was laughed at in Asia. By extension, so were we, the US Citizens.
Further, the US President was played by Russian Strongman Putin and by Philippine Strongman Duterte.
He looked like a fool. A weak, clueless fool.
malaise
(269,158 posts)He is a fool - a fucking Dotard
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)I've read that the TPP nations went forward under a slightly different name, keeping the door open for the U.S. to join them in future to keep China's hegemonic ambitions in check.
Leaders of over 150 nations know that Rump is not the U.S. and will be gone before long, hopefully before doing severe damage. The fact is, the planet needs us to be what we were. They're reconfiguring like crazy to be less interdependent, but in most cases it just is not possible to fill and shore up the many holes in the international structures that our failures are creating. We have a unique role.
Gothmog
(145,563 posts)Trump is an idiot and a fool. The world is laughing at how stupid and poorly prepared Trump is and Trump's stupidity is not good for our nation.
oasis
(49,408 posts)up in Trump's dumbfounded face just to watch his reaction.
Progressive dog
(6,918 posts)and he is the albatross around the neck of all U.S. citizens.
TeamPooka
(24,255 posts)barbtries
(28,811 posts)but he loves the authoritarian murderous leaders, just loves them. i honestly think he would like to be one of them.
lame54
(35,324 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,402 posts)Russia could not be happier.
Nitram
(22,888 posts)They know. They've seen elections stolen before. But no one believed it would happen here.