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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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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 48 points 5 months ago (4 children)

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?

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 19 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] Razzazzika@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

threat ≠ not a clown show

[–] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Why not both?

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