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'Backfired spectacularly': European officials reportedly now view US as an 'adversary' (www.rawstory.com)

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If Vice President J.D. Vance hoped to earn respect among international leaders with his speech in Germany last week, it wouldn't work, according to one senior diplomat.

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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 55 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Upon leaving office in 2021, Trump claimed, "The world respects us again."

Yes, although electing him in the first place didn’t help, at least we had the good sense to vote Trump out of office. Now we’re the distrusted, disrespected laughingstock of the world, and I can’t blame the world one bit.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, the first go around we could think "they didn't know what they were voting for". Just a bump in the road for a democracy which would be corrected in the next election.

But now that benefit of the doubt is gone. This is what the US wants to be, a country that appeases enemies and betrays allies.

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

"Sir, a second Trump regime has hit the White House."

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 12 points 5 days ago

That's just him misunderstanding "has anxiety about" as "respects".