Re:Europeans' trust in US as world leader collapses during p...
by mcv on Monday June 29, 2020 @11:55AM
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Obama gave us some hope.
Also, most of the issues you mention are domestic issues, so many Europeans don't really see how badly the US handles them. But internationally, the US has strongly supported Europe over the past 75 years, and also acted as a kind of world police in a way that rarely hurt European countries, and when it did, it was on an issue where the US was correct.
Until the Iraq war. That was the big betrayal. But then Obama was elected, and Europeans felt like Bush was just a fluke, and things would be normal again from then on.
And then Trump was elected.
Maybe Europeans are a bit slow in accepting inconvenient reality, but it's finally hit home.
Also, most of the issues you mention are domestic issues, so many Europeans don't really see how badly the US handles them. But internationally, the US has strongly supported Europe over the past 75 years, and also acted as a kind of world police in a way that rarely hurt European countries, and when it did, it was on an issue where the US was correct.
Until the Iraq war. That was the big betrayal. But then Obama was elected, and Europeans felt like Bush was just a fluke, and things would be normal again from then on.
And then Trump was elected.
Maybe Europeans are a bit slow in accepting inconvenient reality, but it's finally hit home.