Can the World Ever Trust the US again?

[samsingh]

Despite who wins the next election, why will anyone ever trust the US again - economically or militarily. China appears to be a more reliable partner.

[calguy]

1. Trump's damage will be long lasting

Despite the best efforts a future administration to restore lost trust, the fact that America has demonstrated that it can elect another shithead like trump will always be in the minds of our former allies.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Not unless all of the current regime and its appointees are

tried under US laws and convicted. Then we need to pass laws to prevent the rise of Trumpism again.

[MurrayDelph]

13. Yeah. None of this "looking forward, not backward" crap.

If we denounce crime, but there is no punishment, we're just telling them to wait

[samsingh]

15. thats the only way to stop it

[Bettie]

3. No, any nation would be foolish to

Trust the US, knowing that even if a sane, decent person is elected, the next election could bring another criminal whack job.

[Celerity]

5. agree with your reasoning

[Bettie]

14. It breaks my heart to

Say it, but unless and until there are changes made to avoid the current situation happening again, we’re not really worthy of being a player on the world stage. We have a bunch of spoiled toddlers destroying all that is good about the US and magnifying the worst parts.

[Lonestarblue]

4. I think trust in any US government will be difficult to re-establish.

Even if we gave elections in 2028 and a Democrat becomes president, both allies and enemies know that another Republican Trump-like administration could take over four years latter and undo everything the Democrat tried to accomplish. World leaders now gave to address climate warming with zero help from the US since Trump is forcing dirty coal plants to continue operating and killing clean energy projects.

No one can rely on peace initiatives from Trump or Republicans because all they care about is exploiting situations and world events to enrich themselves.

No one who is not white can risk traveling to the US without being hassled by CBP, and even two white German teenagers who flew to Hawaii were detained and strip searched simply because they waited to arrive here to choose a hotel. And anyone who fails to provide five years of their most private social media posts now can be denied entry. Few people can trust the US as a safe place to visit now.

Eventually more countries will do as Canada just did and turn to China and away from the US because our political system is no longer trustworthy. We will truly be America Alone because once stable alliances are established with other nations, the US becomes less important.

Unfortunately I think we have too few voters are have convinced themselves that so long as white people are in control of government everything will be fine.

[regnaD kciN]

6. Has the world had any reason to trust us before...?

Sure, France and the U.K. have since WWI, and thus so has the post-WWII Europe of which they were the initial leaders, but the rest of the world? All most of them have experienced from the U.S. has been us using our “influence,” military or otherwise, to install leaders favorable to us and willing to let us take their resources.

[C_U_L8R]

7. Would you?

We elected Donald Dipshit Trump… Twice.
What the fuck is wrong with us?
This country needs a serious flushing.

[spanone]

8. Why should they...'we' elected an evil, deranged moron twice.

[Phoenix61]

9. Do you trust Germany now?

So yes, if we deal with this regime the same way Germany dealt with Hitler.

[Bluetus]

10. Not with leadership that averages in their mid-79s

Republicans will never be trusted on the world stage -- at least not for a generation or two.

With very few exceptions, the Democratic leadership has been of a generation coming of age in the 1970s. They have demonstrated over and over again that they cannot recognize the threat of fascism, and they aren't willing or able to do anything about it if they do recognize it. So the rest of the world will not soon trust Democrats.

The only way to regain some trust and to rebuild deeply damaged alliances is to sweep out the current leadership and replace them with people who are seen as serious and competent as :
* Carney age 60
* Pardo age 63
* Starmer Age 63
* Merz age 69
* Macron age 48
* Xi age 72
* Zelenskyy age 47

https://www.voronoiapp.com/geopolitics/How-Old-Are-The-Worlds-Leaders--2131

[0rganism]

11. Not as currently instituted, no. Not now, not ever.

There will be a number of constitutional amendments required to ensure this madness never happens again, and tough measures taken to ensure those responsible are held accountable. Until then, we're a pariah state.

[EdmondDantes_]

12. Yes. We've done the wrong thing before

We'll do the wrong thing again.

The second Iraq war, the isolationists before we entered WWII. Jim Crow, our various foreign interventions in the 1980s.

As Churchill may have said, Americans can be trusted to do the right thing, once all other options have been exhausted. Might be made up, but it resonates for a reason.

[Wounded Bear]

16. Maybe, but it will take a generation or more to regain it...nt

[RT Atlanta]

17. Eventually and only if we (USA) is serious about righting wrongs at home

The Germans are a good example for how a nation's national reputation can be rehabilitated on the world stage over time.