No matter what happens, I believe the author is correct. Europe will not trust the US in a long time. Trump actually has managed to destroy the image of America in the entire world, in a few months.

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    This realization may be painful for Americans. But we should know that the rest of the world understands us more clearly than we understand ourselves.

    It seems to me most Americans here know what’s going on, and understand it well.
    But overall I think most Europeans understand USA in a way most Americans don’t. We generally understand how USA as a society is sick, sick with selfishness to a degree it’s become sociopathic, and for some reason it refuses anything that could help cure it.

    50 years ago USA was to many Europeans an ideal to follow. Today it’s a warning of what NOT to do.

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      3 days ago

      It’s easier to understand a society looking in instead of being inside. When you’re inside a group it’s human nature to portray it as better and defend it. To look past the flaws.

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      A lot of our citizens have felt that way for decades. The only way to change it is to remove the money and lobbyists from politics. So in other words we are fucked. The sickness has long set in. Whoever can steer the ship has decided this is who we are, and a lot of us that vote seem okay with it. I fucken hate it here.

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        2 months ago

        Spot on take. It’s not hopeless though; greedy and selfish people typically reveal their own weaknesses as a result of arrogance. I don’t think enough people in the US take it seriously, but Im hoping that an entire generation of Americans does not want to die fighting over Greenland and Canada. We’ll see though.

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        There are a lot of good and bright people in USA, unfortunately they are not the majority.
        I thought for sure Americans learned something from 2 Presidential periods with Bush. But when Trump was elected first time, I knew the American people were “Beyond pedagogical reach”. An expression used here about people who refuse to learn.

        Hopefully this time will be bad enough for enough American people to finally understand the lesson, so this doesn’t happen again in a life time. But I wouldn’t bet on it.

        I fucken hate it here.

        I feel for the Americans that tried to prevent this, because they can see Trump is evil.
        And anyone who denies that Trump isn’t evil has to be both blind and stupid socially. Trump is a flaming malignant narcissist, and that’s basically the definition of pure evil.