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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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[-] [email protected] 49 points 5 months ago

GOP in 2016. We need Trump because the rest of the world doesn't respect us.

GOP in 2025. Who cares what the rest of the world thinks?

[-] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

I kept seeing memes on the bot mills going, "can't wait to Jan 19 so the world will stop laughing at us" ...

Ok Gorbichav

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Oh, they stopped laughing. Now they're taking THE US seriously. First time around Trump was a laughing stock but now he's a threat.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Mostly an internal threat. Internationally, as the article said, people are just reducing dependencies on the US to reduced potential damage if trump decides to try bullying.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

threat ≠ not a clown show

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Why not both?

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