'Backfired spectacularly': European officials reportedly now view US as an 'adversary'
'Backfired spectacularly': European officials reportedly now view US as an 'adversary'
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. Vance not only didn't persuade his audience, he insulted them, the Financial Times reported Monday."His speech backfired spectacula...
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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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?
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
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.
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.
threat ≠ not a clown show
Why not both?