I think this guy nailed it

[Indeependent]

be they China or Russia, or France or Germany show a trend of decreasing respect for and decreasing faith in the US since Trump has been president.

I could give a rat's ass about whether other countries respect the U.S. or not. They always seem to be holding their hand out begging for American aid money while cursing us under their breath.
Pres.Trump has re-negotiated several trade agreements with several countries and put the U.S. back in the drivers seat.
Trump is the kind of leader our nation has needed for a long time. ...

When was the last time you cooperated with someone you fundamentally do not respect? The idea that we can go isolationist again is a complete misunderstanding of the world we live in. This planet is becoming a little smaller as our economies become more and more tied to each other. Now, I have no problem with you saying ”well that’s not how it should be” but know that the train has left the station.

LOL Europe NEVER respected us as proven by how they have ALWAYS treated us. Briton may have and Germany had no choice. The rest all despise us and have for ever and it shows in everything they say and do. In the past our Presidents ignored it or went along with it, Trump does not. Countries deal with other Countries out of the needs and desires of that Countries people and Government, Respect has NOTHING to do with it.

I’m sorry that is your world view, it must be very difficult for you to live in this world as it has turned out. Your understanding of geo-politics is so simplistic as to be inaccurate. The truth is if you want to work with any other countries mutual respect is the only thing that prevents hostility. As for your isolationist leanings, just check out how that’s working out for the people of North Korea.

As soon as you cause ever loving peace between all the Muslim nations, get back to us.

 

[Indeependent]

When was the last time you cooperated with someone you fundamentally do not respect? The idea that we can go isolationist again is a complete misunderstanding of the world we live in..

I have no desire for the country become isolationist, and neither does Pres.Trump.
When I hire a lawyer, I want one who is aggressive in arguing my case, and is hell bent on winning.
When I use an accountant, I want that will fight for tooth and nail against the IRS to save me money.
And when I vote for a President, I want him to be 100% pro America and to put our country first over other countries.
Which is what Pres.Trump does. ...

Ok, I respectfully disagree with what kind of person makes the most effective president. I do not want someone who cares only about “winning” and I do not believe that “working the system“ is admirable if you truly care about the country those systems are meant to serve. You seem to be advocating “rugged individualism” which is a myth our nation holds dearly onto. I do not begrudge your desire for that, but unless you are living off the grid and pulling a Henry David Thoreau, you are not the individualist you think you are.

Some Americans don't admire pushovers.
Europe has been a joke since WWII.

 

[EL Rich]

be they China or Russia, or France or Germany show a trend of decreasing respect for and decreasing faith in the US since Trump has been president.

I could give a rat's ass about whether other countries respect the U.S. or not. They always seem to be holding their hand out begging for American aid money while cursing us under their breath.
Pres.Trump has re-negotiated several trade agreements with several countries and put the U.S. back in the drivers seat.
Trump is the kind of leader our nation has needed for a long time. ...

When was the last time you cooperated with someone you fundamentally do not respect? The idea that we can go isolationist again is a complete misunderstanding of the world we live in. This planet is becoming a little smaller as our economies become more and more tied to each other. Now, I have no problem with you saying ”well that’s not how it should be” but know that the train has left the station.

LOL Europe NEVER respected us as proven by how they have ALWAYS treated us. Briton may have and Germany had no choice. The rest all despise us and have for ever and it shows in everything they say and do. In the past our Presidents ignored it or went along with it, Trump does not. Countries deal with other Countries out of the needs and desires of that Countries people and Government, Respect has NOTHING to do with it.

I’m sorry that is your world view, it must be very difficult for you to live in this world as it has turned out. Your understanding of geo-politics is so simplistic as to be inaccurate. The truth is if you want to work with any other countries mutual respect is the only thing that prevents hostility. As for your isolationist leanings, just check out how that’s working out for the people of North Korea.

Tell me was it your fundamentally mutual respect that allowed 0bama to give Russia Britain's size and capability of their nuclear submarine fleet or give Arab countries the location of Israel's secret air base? Is that how to treat allies. I'm sorry your world views show respect has nothing to do with treasonous acts of 0bama, along with his bowing and everything to do with Trump wanting to keep us from being other countries chump. 0bama made sure other nations knew we were their chump. Maybe you should look at your own worldly priorities.

Friend, we do not live in vacuum. The idea that we can push other countries around does not work, look at Central and South America’s history over last 75 years. There is a direct correlation between our involvement and regimes like the ones we see in Venezuela. I think we can agree that a nation that operates like that is not in ours or anybody else’s interest. I do not believe it is our right, responsibility or in our ability to force other nations to do anything, just as it is not their right, responsibility or in their ability to interfere with us.
It sounds as if you are saying you think we live in what T. Hobbes describes as the “state of nature”. We do not, and for good reason...life in nature is harsh, brutal and short. I believe the human race has transcended beyond that.

 

[EL Rich]

When was the last time you cooperated with someone you fundamentally do not respect? The idea that we can go isolationist again is a complete misunderstanding of the world we live in..

I have no desire for the country become isolationist, and neither does Pres.Trump.
When I hire a lawyer, I want one who is aggressive in arguing my case, and is hell bent on winning.
When I use an accountant, I want that will fight for tooth and nail against the IRS to save me money.
And when I vote for a President, I want him to be 100% pro America and to put our country first over other countries.
Which is what Pres.Trump does. ...

Ok, I respectfully disagree with what kind of person makes the most effective president. I do not want someone who cares only about “winning” and I do not believe that “working the system“ is admirable if you truly care about the country those systems are meant to serve. You seem to be advocating “rugged individualism” which is a myth our nation holds dearly onto. I do not begrudge your desire for that, but unless you are living off the grid and pulling a Henry David Thoreau, you are not the individualist you think you are.

Some Americans don't admire pushovers.
Europe has been a joke since WWII.

Silly rabbit, go read a history of the European continent if you think they are pushovers.

 

[Sunni Man]

We do not, and for good reason...life in nature is harsh, brutal and short. I believe the human race has transcended beyond that.

When you stop farting out unicorn's and rainbows and finally open your eyes.
You will see there are some very brutal and nasty characters who rule other countries that would love to subjugate the U.S. and take our position as #1 super power on the planet. ...

 

[Ben Thomson]

People interrupt … low-impulse control

People don't have the time of day for that everlasting bullshit from the Socialist left, and it's time to pull the trigger on it.

owner of an etiquette consulting firm'..

What the fuck is that supposed to mean? Some wealthy socialite bitch is paid even more money that I am to tell the court how insufferably rude I am, and what a bore, to boot?

Yup

 

[EL Rich]

We do not, and for good reason...life in nature is harsh, brutal and short. I believe the human race has transcended beyond that.

When you stop farting out unicorn's and rainbows and finally open your eyes.
You will see there are some very brutal and nasty characters who rule other countries that would love to subjugate the U.S. and take our position as #1 super power on the planet. ...

A couple of points, I could not agree with you more about the beginning of your last statement and couldn’t agree less with the end of it. Yes there are nasty and brutal folks running other countries that see the US as an adversary. No, we are not now the undisputed #1 Super power in the world. We spent our juice on real estate bubbles and Iraq. The advantage of being a Super Power is that you are so completely more powerful than almost any combination of other nations that your will dictates the world order. Does that sound like the world we are living in? We have tried and failed to use our military over and over again in protracted wars in other countries. Just look at our results in any Military operation that lasted more than a couple of weeks since the Korean War. Often we have left these countries with less leverage than we entered with. I don’t disagree that we should pursue our own interests, I just disagree with how to do that.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

We do not, and for good reason...life in nature is harsh, brutal and short. I believe the human race has transcended beyond that.

When you stop farting out unicorn's and rainbows and finally open your eyes.
You will see there are some very brutal and nasty characters who rule other countries that would love to subjugate the U.S. and take our position as #1 super power on the planet. ...

A couple of points, I could not agree with you more about the beginning of your last statement and couldn’t agree less with the end of it. Yes there are nasty and brutal folks running other countries that see the US as an adversary. No, we are not now the undisputed #1 Super power in the world. We spent our juice on real estate bubbles and Iraq. The advantage of being a Super Power is that you are so completely more powerful than almost any combination of other nations that your will dictates the world order. Does that sound like the world we are living in? We have tried and failed to use our military over and over again in protracted wars in other countries. Just look at our results in any Military operation that lasted more than a couple of weeks since the Korean War. Often we have left these countries with less leverage than we entered with. I don’t disagree that we should pursue our own interests, I just disagree with how to do that.

Countries are NOT people, they do not do things out of respect or because they like you, they do what is in their best interest and because of fear.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

To me, constant interrupting is the reason why I think that writing down your every thought is the better move to make.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

 

[Ben Thomson]

'People interrupt either as a classic bullying technique, combined here with Trump with low-impulse control, or an inability to cognitively follow the other person’s train of thought, thereby using interruption to mask this lack of comprehension. Jodi R.R. Smith, owner of an etiquette consulting firm'...How To Talk To People Who Constantly Interrupt (And Why They Do It)

If I was president and had to deal with the constant lying nonsense from not only the leftist politicians, but the lying, leftist, globalist media, when I got on the debate stage, I would go on the attack, interrupt and malign my opponent for his party's entire 3-1/2 years of lying rants.

' when I got on the debate stage, I would go on the attack, interrupt and malign my opponent for his party's entire 3-1/2 years of lying rants'..Actually that sounds like good advice for Biden..