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EdmondDantes_

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

Reply to samsingh (Original post)

Mon Jan 19, 2026, 01:16 PM

Jan 19

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.

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Can the World Ever Trust the US again? [View all] samsingh Jan 19 OP

Trump's damage will be long lasting calguy Jan 19 #1

Not unless all of the current regime and its appointees are sinkingfeeling Jan 19 #2

Yeah. None of this "looking forward, not backward" crap. MurrayDelph Jan 19 #13

thats the only way to stop it samsingh Jan 19 #15

No, any nation would be foolish to Bettie Jan 19 #3

agree with your reasoning Celerity Jan 19 #5

It breaks my heart to Bettie Jan 19 #14

I think trust in any US government will be difficult to re-establish. Lonestarblue Jan 19 #4

Has the world had any reason to trust us before...? regnaD kciN Jan 19 #6

Would you? C_U_L8R Jan 19 #7

Why should they...'we' elected an evil, deranged moron twice. spanone Jan 19 #8

Do you trust Germany now? Phoenix61 Jan 19 #9

Not with leadership that averages in their mid-70s Bluetus Jan 19 #10

Not as currently instituted, no. Not now, not ever. 0rganism Jan 19 #11

Yes. We've done the wrong thing before EdmondDantes_ Jan 19 #12

Maybe, but it will take a generation or more to regain it...nt Wounded Bear Jan 19 #16

Eventually and only if we (USA) is serious about righting wrongs at home RT Atlanta Jan 19 #17