Can the United States Earn Back Respect?

[TheParser]

Many Americans (including me) do NOT care what our foreign "friends" and enemies think about us.

I care what Americans think about one another.

That is why we must all demand that election results be squeaky-clean.

We have two years to prepare for the 2022 Congressional elections.

All Americans should be able to have confidence in the election results.

 

[pknopp]

America needs to be an Empire. Unabashed, unashamed and unapologetic, so that the rest of the world who love their liberty, going on vacations, getting drunk, (if they choose), worshiping God, (if they choose), and continuing to make merry are free to do so.

ALL Empires fall. Period.

The US needs to abide by the rules it's elected servants take an oath, swearing in the affirmative, to protect and defend those rules. There is nothing in those rules about being an Empire- the rules were agreed on (ratified) a long time ago and not one elected person since then has proven to be wiser-

The rest of the world can do as it pleases and we have the ability to defend ourselves- invading sovereign nations, pre-emptively, is *offensive* (in more than one way) and an insult to what liberty stands for-

The founders tried to warn us against trying to be an empire.

 

[schmidlap]

total babbleshit crap---you people are IGNORANT of history--they've been saying that shit for decades!!.......the world has been FKING over the US for decades----FK them and fk you

"Yes, living in an advanced democracy that has profited enormously
by assuming global leadership since WWII, I've been nursing a sense
of resentment, grievance, and proctological annoyance at what all
them dirty foreigners have been doing to me behind my back!
The spectacle of the Cry Baby Loser breaking wind in the diverse
faces of our international community is a source of great delight!" ​

 

[shockedcanadian]

America needs to be an Empire. Unabashed, unashamed and unapologetic, so that the rest of the world who love their liberty, going on vacations, getting drunk, (if they choose), worshiping God, (if they choose), and continuing to make merry are free to do so.

ALL Empires fall. Period.

The US needs to abide by the rules it's elected servants take an oath, swearing in the affirmative, to protect and defend those rules. There is nothing in those rules about being an Empire- the rules were agreed on (ratified) a long time ago and not one elected person since then has proven to be wiser-

The rest of the world can do as it pleases and we have the ability to defend ourselves- invading sovereign nations, pre-emptively, is *offensive* (in more than one way) and an insult to what liberty stands for-

An empire isn't an invading army. There is a reason the world has avoided a world war for 80 years. America stood (along with global nuclear threat too, ironically) as the deterrent.

You don't need useless wars in nations that don't pose a threat. You must project power and wield influence so that nations like Taiwan, Japan and others in Chinas orbit aren't left to the savages who seek central power over all.

 

[Gdjjr]

It must continue. For it to continue, you must succeed.

Using force, threat of force or extortion is immoral- IF one posses someting, or illustrates a trait, that is good, then, it won't need to be forced- this is a monkey see monkey do world- the so called leaders of the free monkeys feel force is the best method- monkey see, monkey do- the leaders are emulated.
It's not rocket science.

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

Biden will look to European allies for help in dealing with some of the most important foreign policy issues that await him, from U.S. posture toward Russia to Biden’s desire to change relations with Iran after Trump pulled out of the joint nuclear agreement.

Can't wait for Corrupt Joe Biden to place his quivering lips on the asses of the Mullahs of Iran if we are so unfortunate to have him in office and validate the coup he fronted.
One of the worst nations on the planet and the left can't wait to prostrate themselves before Iran.
That's so Biden.

The same was said of Reagan, that the rest of the world looked down on the US.
I guess when you have a president like Reagan or Trump we realize that you can't
please everyone so OP-ED writers at the NY Times can fuck off and the sycophants that post
trash like this can go with them.
What is America's opinion of the German leader, by the way?

 

[Gdjjr]

An empire isn't an invading army.

I don't recall saying that. Did I?

The US Empire is a hegemony to prop up the Petro Dollar- the US has colonized the world with military installations which pay in Petro Dollar (or its equivalent value [on any given day])
The US makes ALL monetary transfers in Petro Dollars.

 

[harmonica]

total babbleshit crap---you people are IGNORANT of history--they've been saying that shit for decades!!.......the world has been FKING over the US for decades----FK them and fk you

View attachment 431494
"Yes, living in an advanced democracy that has profited enormously
by assuming global leadership since WWII, I've been nursing a sense
of resentment, grievance, and proctological annoyance at what all
them dirty foreigners have been doing to me behind my back!
The spectacle of the Cry Baby Loser breaking wind in the diverse
faces of our international community is a source of great delight!" ​

more babbleshit from you
..so they took a vote of EVERYONE in the world???????!!!!!!!!!!!?????????

 

[Indeependent]

Deft statesmanship and diplomatic finesses are not necessarily the tools that an egomaniacal, failed casino operator and faded reality-tv performer brings to the international stage.

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The global consensus that Trump reeks leaves a stench upon America.

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America’s image has tumbled during Trump’s presidency.​

Can Biden turn it around?​

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The Gallup organization conducts annual surveys assessing how others assess U.S. leadership. In 20 of 29 countries where Gallup has completed these surveys, approval ratings “are at new lows or they tie the previous low,” according to the report released last week. Among the countries where approval hit new lows are two of the nation’s staunchest allies, Germany and Britain.​

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Four years ago, before Trump became president, 43 percent of Germans had a positive impression of the United States as a leader in the world. Today just 6 percent approve. In the United Kingdom, 15 percent say they approve. More Russians — 18 percent — approve of American leadership internationally than Brits or Germans.​

Gallup’s findings square with a Pew Research Center report of a few months ago. Pew’s regular survey asks whether people elsewhere have a favorable or unfavorable view of the United States. Among the nations where favorable impressions hit record lows or roughly tied them this year were a who’s who of traditional friends: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Canada and Australia.​

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[President Biden,] the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has promised to reengage constructively with other nations, as has his designee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken. That will begin with allies in Europe, who have been treated badly by the current president.​

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“When he thinks foreign policy, he thinks allies, and when he thinks allies, he thinks Europe,” said Ivo Daalder, former ambassador to NATO ...​

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Trump has spurned or hectored allies in Europe and questioned the value of transatlantic alliances. Biden will embrace them all.​

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Showing up and saying the right words will be helpful in changing perceptions of the United States, but that might be only a first step in what could be a more challenging mission.​

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Biden will look to European allies for help in dealing with some of the most important foreign policy issues that await him, from U.S. posture toward Russia to Biden’s desire to change relations with Iran after Trump pulled out of the joint nuclear agreement.​

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/americas-image-has-tumbled-during-trumps-presidency-can-biden-turn-it-around/2020/12/19/f16654c2-420c-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html

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The Great Flatulence should cling to power! ​

Alienating the global community while.... ​

dividing America is a boffo idea!".....​

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Why should the US pay the bills of other nations?

 

[BrokeLoser]

Deft statesmanship and diplomatic finesses are not necessarily the tools that an egomaniacal, failed casino operator and faded reality-tv performer brings to the international stage.

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The global consensus that Trump reeks leaves a stench upon America.

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America’s image has tumbled during Trump’s presidency.​

Can Biden turn it around?​

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The Gallup organization conducts annual surveys assessing how others assess U.S. leadership. In 20 of 29 countries where Gallup has completed these surveys, approval ratings “are at new lows or they tie the previous low,” according to the report released last week. Among the countries where approval hit new lows are two of the nation’s staunchest allies, Germany and Britain.​

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Four years ago, before Trump became president, 43 percent of Germans had a positive impression of the United States as a leader in the world. Today just 6 percent approve. In the United Kingdom, 15 percent say they approve. More Russians — 18 percent — approve of American leadership internationally than Brits or Germans.​

Gallup’s findings square with a Pew Research Center report of a few months ago. Pew’s regular survey asks whether people elsewhere have a favorable or unfavorable view of the United States. Among the nations where favorable impressions hit record lows or roughly tied them this year were a who’s who of traditional friends: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Canada and Australia.​

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[President Biden,] the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has promised to reengage constructively with other nations, as has his designee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken. That will begin with allies in Europe, who have been treated badly by the current president.​

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“When he thinks foreign policy, he thinks allies, and when he thinks allies, he thinks Europe,” said Ivo Daalder, former ambassador to NATO ...​

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Trump has spurned or hectored allies in Europe and questioned the value of transatlantic alliances. Biden will embrace them all.​

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Showing up and saying the right words will be helpful in changing perceptions of the United States, but that might be only a first step in what could be a more challenging mission.​

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Biden will look to European allies for help in dealing with some of the most important foreign policy issues that await him, from U.S. posture toward Russia to Biden’s desire to change relations with Iran after Trump pulled out of the joint nuclear agreement.​

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/americas-image-has-tumbled-during-trumps-presidency-can-biden-turn-it-around/2020/12/19/f16654c2-420c-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html

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View attachment 431481..........​

The Great Flatulence should cling to power! ​

Alienating the global community while.... ​

dividing America is a boffo idea!".....​

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Deft statesmanship and diplomatic finesses are not necessarily the tools that an egomaniacal, failed casino operator and faded reality-tv performer brings to the international stage.

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The global consensus that Trump reeks leaves a stench upon America.

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America’s image has tumbled during Trump’s presidency.​

Can Biden turn it around?​

​

The Gallup organization conducts annual surveys assessing how others assess U.S. leadership. In 20 of 29 countries where Gallup has completed these surveys, approval ratings “are at new lows or they tie the previous low,” according to the report released last week. Among the countries where approval hit new lows are two of the nation’s staunchest allies, Germany and Britain.​

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Four years ago, before Trump became president, 43 percent of Germans had a positive impression of the United States as a leader in the world. Today just 6 percent approve. In the United Kingdom, 15 percent say they approve. More Russians — 18 percent — approve of American leadership internationally than Brits or Germans.​

Gallup’s findings square with a Pew Research Center report of a few months ago. Pew’s regular survey asks whether people elsewhere have a favorable or unfavorable view of the United States. Among the nations where favorable impressions hit record lows or roughly tied them this year were a who’s who of traditional friends: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Canada and Australia.​

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[President Biden,] the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has promised to reengage constructively with other nations, as has his designee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken. That will begin with allies in Europe, who have been treated badly by the current president.​

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“When he thinks foreign policy, he thinks allies, and when he thinks allies, he thinks Europe,” said Ivo Daalder, former ambassador to NATO ...​

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Trump has spurned or hectored allies in Europe and questioned the value of transatlantic alliances. Biden will embrace them all.​

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Showing up and saying the right words will be helpful in changing perceptions of the United States, but that might be only a first step in what could be a more challenging mission.​

​

Biden will look to European allies for help in dealing with some of the most important foreign policy issues that await him, from U.S. posture toward Russia to Biden’s desire to change relations with Iran after Trump pulled out of the joint nuclear agreement.​

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/americas-image-has-tumbled-during-trumps-presidency-can-biden-turn-it-around/2020/12/19/f16654c2-420c-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html

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The Great Flatulence should cling to power! ​

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dividing America is a boffo idea!".....​

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I think so. The key is that we realized our mistake and voted him out, resoundingly. It would have been significantly different if we had voted him back in the same way. We are not the "ugly Americans" that many were afraid we might be becoming.

Anecdotally, overseas friends and family of mine essentially just breathed a sigh of relief and look at it as a one-off.

Deft statesmanship and diplomatic finesses are not necessarily the tools that an egomaniacal, failed casino operator and faded reality-tv performer brings to the international stage.

View attachment 431474
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The global consensus that Trump reeks leaves a stench upon America.

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America’s image has tumbled during Trump’s presidency.​

Can Biden turn it around?​

​

The Gallup organization conducts annual surveys assessing how others assess U.S. leadership. In 20 of 29 countries where Gallup has completed these surveys, approval ratings “are at new lows or they tie the previous low,” according to the report released last week. Among the countries where approval hit new lows are two of the nation’s staunchest allies, Germany and Britain.​

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Four years ago, before Trump became president, 43 percent of Germans had a positive impression of the United States as a leader in the world. Today just 6 percent approve. In the United Kingdom, 15 percent say they approve. More Russians — 18 percent — approve of American leadership internationally than Brits or Germans.​

Gallup’s findings square with a Pew Research Center report of a few months ago. Pew’s regular survey asks whether people elsewhere have a favorable or unfavorable view of the United States. Among the nations where favorable impressions hit record lows or roughly tied them this year were a who’s who of traditional friends: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Canada and Australia.​

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[President Biden,] the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has promised to reengage constructively with other nations, as has his designee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken. That will begin with allies in Europe, who have been treated badly by the current president.​

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“When he thinks foreign policy, he thinks allies, and when he thinks allies, he thinks Europe,” said Ivo Daalder, former ambassador to NATO ...​

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Trump has spurned or hectored allies in Europe and questioned the value of transatlantic alliances. Biden will embrace them all.​

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Showing up and saying the right words will be helpful in changing perceptions of the United States, but that might be only a first step in what could be a more challenging mission.​

​

Biden will look to European allies for help in dealing with some of the most important foreign policy issues that await him, from U.S. posture toward Russia to Biden’s desire to change relations with Iran after Trump pulled out of the joint nuclear agreement.​

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/americas-image-has-tumbled-during-trumps-presidency-can-biden-turn-it-around/2020/12/19/f16654c2-420c-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html

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The Great Flatulence should cling to power! ​

Alienating the global community while.... ​

dividing America is a boffo idea!".....​

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I think so. The key is that we realized our mistake and voted him out, resoundingly. It would have been significantly different if we had voted him back in the same way. We are not the "ugly Americans" that many were afraid we might be becoming.

Anecdotally, overseas friends and family of mine essentially just breathed a sigh of relief and look at it as a one-off.

I'm not so sure, maybe. However with this extended election challenge brought on by Trump and his buddies and the fact that quite honestly someone like Trump could be elected again I tend to think our allies have to be questioning any sort of reliance or cooperation having to do with the United States may end up biting them in the ass one day.

I love hearing how concerned you Lefties are with foreign relations...Aren’t the majority of you America Haters longing for the day when we send a pole puffer or rug munching feminazi to keep relations solid in the Middle East?
Imagine man-gravy gargling Pete Buttigieg expecting world leaders to take him serious....Let me guess, you wouldn’t give two fucks if they didn’t respect your fudge packer just as long as you got your fudge packer...right?

 

[Indeependent]

total babbleshit crap---you people are IGNORANT of history--they've been saying that shit for decades!!.......the world has been FKING over the US for decades----FK them and fk you

View attachment 431494
"Yes, living in an advanced democracy that has profited enormously
by assuming global leadership since WWII, I've been nursing a sense
of resentment, grievance, and proctological annoyance at what all
them dirty foreigners have been doing to me behind my back!
The spectacle of the Cry Baby Loser breaking wind in the diverse
faces of our international community is a source of great delight!" ​

more babbleshit from you
..so they took a vote of EVERYONE in the world???????!!!!!!!!!!!?????????

Well...yeah!

 

[shockedcanadian]

It must continue. For it to continue, you must succeed.

Using force, threat of force or extortion is immoral- IF one posses someting, or illustrates a trait, that is good, then, it won't need to be forced- this is a monkey see monkey do world- the so called leaders of the free monkeys feel force is the best method- monkey see, monkey do- the leaders are emulated.
It's not rocket science.

The problem with your premise is that those who wish to run your life, economy and citizens will NEVER share such a philosophy. In fact, they'd find it repulsive a belief to have. The Communists would just see weakness in the view that you should cower down and be nice, because "it's moral". They have other plans.

When you know another government arbitrarily imprisons citizens for their religious beliefs or have some of their top talent "disappear", why would you believe they have some Enlightenment Period ideals?

The reality is, good men stand up to evil men so that good men and even weak men, can remain free. It's not the way I would have designed humans, but some have developed a central system to control and oppress. We tried to pretend the Communists would just see the error of their ways and embrace liberty for all. After all, it's the right way to exist. They will never see it this way. They only seek to exploit.

 

[pknopp]

Deft statesmanship and diplomatic finesses are not necessarily the tools that an egomaniacal, failed casino operator and faded reality-tv performer brings to the international stage.

View attachment 431474
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The global consensus that Trump reeks leaves a stench upon America.

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America’s image has tumbled during Trump’s presidency.​

Can Biden turn it around?​

​

The Gallup organization conducts annual surveys assessing how others assess U.S. leadership. In 20 of 29 countries where Gallup has completed these surveys, approval ratings “are at new lows or they tie the previous low,” according to the report released last week. Among the countries where approval hit new lows are two of the nation’s staunchest allies, Germany and Britain.​

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Four years ago, before Trump became president, 43 percent of Germans had a positive impression of the United States as a leader in the world. Today just 6 percent approve. In the United Kingdom, 15 percent say they approve. More Russians — 18 percent — approve of American leadership internationally than Brits or Germans.​

Gallup’s findings square with a Pew Research Center report of a few months ago. Pew’s regular survey asks whether people elsewhere have a favorable or unfavorable view of the United States. Among the nations where favorable impressions hit record lows or roughly tied them this year were a who’s who of traditional friends: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Canada and Australia.​

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[President Biden,] the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has promised to reengage constructively with other nations, as has his designee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken. That will begin with allies in Europe, who have been treated badly by the current president.​

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“When he thinks foreign policy, he thinks allies, and when he thinks allies, he thinks Europe,” said Ivo Daalder, former ambassador to NATO ...​

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Trump has spurned or hectored allies in Europe and questioned the value of transatlantic alliances. Biden will embrace them all.​

​

Showing up and saying the right words will be helpful in changing perceptions of the United States, but that might be only a first step in what could be a more challenging mission.​

​

Biden will look to European allies for help in dealing with some of the most important foreign policy issues that await him, from U.S. posture toward Russia to Biden’s desire to change relations with Iran after Trump pulled out of the joint nuclear agreement.​

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/americas-image-has-tumbled-during-trumps-presidency-can-biden-turn-it-around/2020/12/19/f16654c2-420c-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html

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The Great Flatulence should cling to power! ​

Alienating the global community while.... ​

dividing America is a boffo idea!".....​

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Why should the US pay the bills of other nations?

We do so they will do as we say.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Deft statesmanship and diplomatic finesses are not necessarily the tools that an egomaniacal, failed casino operator and faded reality-tv performer brings to the international stage.

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The global consensus that Trump reeks leaves a stench upon America.

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America’s image has tumbled during Trump’s presidency.​

Can Biden turn it around?​

​

The Gallup organization conducts annual surveys assessing how others assess U.S. leadership. In 20 of 29 countries where Gallup has completed these surveys, approval ratings “are at new lows or they tie the previous low,” according to the report released last week. Among the countries where approval hit new lows are two of the nation’s staunchest allies, Germany and Britain.​

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Four years ago, before Trump became president, 43 percent of Germans had a positive impression of the United States as a leader in the world. Today just 6 percent approve. In the United Kingdom, 15 percent say they approve. More Russians — 18 percent — approve of American leadership internationally than Brits or Germans.​

Gallup’s findings square with a Pew Research Center report of a few months ago. Pew’s regular survey asks whether people elsewhere have a favorable or unfavorable view of the United States. Among the nations where favorable impressions hit record lows or roughly tied them this year were a who’s who of traditional friends: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Canada and Australia.​

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[President Biden,] the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has promised to reengage constructively with other nations, as has his designee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken. That will begin with allies in Europe, who have been treated badly by the current president.​

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“When he thinks foreign policy, he thinks allies, and when he thinks allies, he thinks Europe,” said Ivo Daalder, former ambassador to NATO ...​

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Trump has spurned or hectored allies in Europe and questioned the value of transatlantic alliances. Biden will embrace them all.​

​

Showing up and saying the right words will be helpful in changing perceptions of the United States, but that might be only a first step in what could be a more challenging mission.​

​

Biden will look to European allies for help in dealing with some of the most important foreign policy issues that await him, from U.S. posture toward Russia to Biden’s desire to change relations with Iran after Trump pulled out of the joint nuclear agreement.​

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/americas-image-has-tumbled-during-trumps-presidency-can-biden-turn-it-around/2020/12/19/f16654c2-420c-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html

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The Great Flatulence should cling to power! ​

Alienating the global community while.... ​

dividing America is a boffo idea!".....​

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We're still trying to clean up the obama stench and stain. It may take decades to clean up that abomination. Libs are so pathetic that they had to fraudulently put a pedophile, senile joe, into office. This is the stench that we're dealing.

 

[harmonica]

Nice piece of propo ya got there.

a Gallup Poll!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
...you do understand these other countries' MSM are just like our MSM????!!!!!! do you know the ramifications of that?

 

[Indeependent]

Deft statesmanship and diplomatic finesses are not necessarily the tools that an egomaniacal, failed casino operator and faded reality-tv performer brings to the international stage.

View attachment 431474
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The global consensus that Trump reeks leaves a stench upon America.

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America’s image has tumbled during Trump’s presidency.​

Can Biden turn it around?​

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The Gallup organization conducts annual surveys assessing how others assess U.S. leadership. In 20 of 29 countries where Gallup has completed these surveys, approval ratings “are at new lows or they tie the previous low,” according to the report released last week. Among the countries where approval hit new lows are two of the nation’s staunchest allies, Germany and Britain.​

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Four years ago, before Trump became president, 43 percent of Germans had a positive impression of the United States as a leader in the world. Today just 6 percent approve. In the United Kingdom, 15 percent say they approve. More Russians — 18 percent — approve of American leadership internationally than Brits or Germans.​

Gallup’s findings square with a Pew Research Center report of a few months ago. Pew’s regular survey asks whether people elsewhere have a favorable or unfavorable view of the United States. Among the nations where favorable impressions hit record lows or roughly tied them this year were a who’s who of traditional friends: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Canada and Australia.​

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[President Biden,] the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has promised to reengage constructively with other nations, as has his designee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken. That will begin with allies in Europe, who have been treated badly by the current president.​

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“When he thinks foreign policy, he thinks allies, and when he thinks allies, he thinks Europe,” said Ivo Daalder, former ambassador to NATO ...​

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Trump has spurned or hectored allies in Europe and questioned the value of transatlantic alliances. Biden will embrace them all.​

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Showing up and saying the right words will be helpful in changing perceptions of the United States, but that might be only a first step in what could be a more challenging mission.​

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Biden will look to European allies for help in dealing with some of the most important foreign policy issues that await him, from U.S. posture toward Russia to Biden’s desire to change relations with Iran after Trump pulled out of the joint nuclear agreement.​

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/americas-image-has-tumbled-during-trumps-presidency-can-biden-turn-it-around/2020/12/19/f16654c2-420c-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html

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The Great Flatulence should cling to power! ​

Alienating the global community while.... ​

dividing America is a boffo idea!".....​

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Why should the US pay the bills of other nations?

We do so they will do as we say.

No they won't and never did.

 

[Gdjjr]

One of the worst nations on the planet and the left can't wait to prostrate themselves before Iran.

Says who? By what standards?

Did you know there are more christians in Iran than in Israel? No? Imagine that.
What authority does our gov't have to tell others who they can or can't trade with or interact with?
I can't find that authority granted our gov't by the originators of our gov't. Perhaps you have an inside track.
If so, I'd love to see it.

 

[pknopp]

Deft statesmanship and diplomatic finesses are not necessarily the tools that an egomaniacal, failed casino operator and faded reality-tv performer brings to the international stage.

View attachment 431474
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The global consensus that Trump reeks leaves a stench upon America.

View attachment 431476
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America’s image has tumbled during Trump’s presidency.​

Can Biden turn it around?​

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The Gallup organization conducts annual surveys assessing how others assess U.S. leadership. In 20 of 29 countries where Gallup has completed these surveys, approval ratings “are at new lows or they tie the previous low,” according to the report released last week. Among the countries where approval hit new lows are two of the nation’s staunchest allies, Germany and Britain.​

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Four years ago, before Trump became president, 43 percent of Germans had a positive impression of the United States as a leader in the world. Today just 6 percent approve. In the United Kingdom, 15 percent say they approve. More Russians — 18 percent — approve of American leadership internationally than Brits or Germans.​

Gallup’s findings square with a Pew Research Center report of a few months ago. Pew’s regular survey asks whether people elsewhere have a favorable or unfavorable view of the United States. Among the nations where favorable impressions hit record lows or roughly tied them this year were a who’s who of traditional friends: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Canada and Australia.​

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[President Biden,] the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has promised to reengage constructively with other nations, as has his designee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken. That will begin with allies in Europe, who have been treated badly by the current president.​

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“When he thinks foreign policy, he thinks allies, and when he thinks allies, he thinks Europe,” said Ivo Daalder, former ambassador to NATO ...​

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Trump has spurned or hectored allies in Europe and questioned the value of transatlantic alliances. Biden will embrace them all.​

​

Showing up and saying the right words will be helpful in changing perceptions of the United States, but that might be only a first step in what could be a more challenging mission.​

​

Biden will look to European allies for help in dealing with some of the most important foreign policy issues that await him, from U.S. posture toward Russia to Biden’s desire to change relations with Iran after Trump pulled out of the joint nuclear agreement.​

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/americas-image-has-tumbled-during-trumps-presidency-can-biden-turn-it-around/2020/12/19/f16654c2-420c-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html

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The Great Flatulence should cling to power! ​

Alienating the global community while.... ​

dividing America is a boffo idea!".....​

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Why should the US pay the bills of other nations?

We do so they will do as we say.

No they won't and never did.

Of course they do. We don't go into Pakistan any other way.

We knew OBL wasn't in Afghanistan but in Pakistan but we stayed in Afghanistan because Pakistan bends over for us.

 

[Disir]

It was almost fun watching the language change to to prepare for more corporate wars. Just like that people jumped up chomping at the bit and supported it

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

If Joes sniffs the right people and Kamala does what she's good at......it's possible.