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Rhiannon12866

(252,513 posts)
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 06:40 AM 9 hrs ago

Why Is America NO LONGER Trusted by the World? - Thom Hartmann



From France to Germany to Canada, governments are recalibrating their security, technology, and defense policies around one unspoken reality: America can’t be counted on

Donald Trump is doing something to America that no foreign adversary has ever managed, something Putin’s been dreaming about for decades: he’s convincing our oldest and closest allies — countries we fought wars to defend and liberate, and with whom we share a democratic system of government — that the United States can’t be trusted. - Aired on 02/12/2026.



Read the full article here: https://hartmannreport.com/p/what-happens-when-the-world-decides-830
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Why Is America NO LONGER Trusted by the World? - Thom Hartmann (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 9 hrs ago OP
because now they know that every four years... samnsara 9 hrs ago #1
thom's question answers itself rampartd 9 hrs ago #2
Why trust a human wrecking ball? democrank 9 hrs ago #3
I was listening to the Chancellor of Germany on NPR last week and he said they're going to have a sidebar this week Cheezoholic 6 hrs ago #4

rampartd

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2. thom's question answers itself
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 07:01 AM
9 hrs ago

why trust a failed state subject to hostile takeover by any billionaire with a twitter account .?

Cheezoholic

(3,589 posts)
4. I was listening to the Chancellor of Germany on NPR last week and he said they're going to have a sidebar this week
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 10:07 AM
6 hrs ago

during the security meetings with the G7 (minus the USA) and a few other EU democracies to open up discussions on a new security agreement that would have them work together to counter the ever increasing pressure from the US's current geopolitical and economic hostile expansionism. He sounded very very serious.

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