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In general, way too many people underestimate how much pride is a motivator for other countries. And overestimate how much Trump's bullying tactics would cause others to merely fold and bend to his will.

I keep saying it, but we have up to this point been the most powerful country in the world in large part because of our roles internationally. And these guys all just want to slink away and pull back from all of that. They are making us a poorer and weaker country over the long term, and will eventually make us a pariah state if they keep it up.

"We'll be respected again," he said lol

Even by this standard, it's not clear to me the degree to which other countries even fear him. Outside of Colombia (and even that is debatable), everyone who has ended up crossways with him thus far has ignored him or told his administration to pound sand.

The Australian, Daily Mail and Daily Express have picked up the Haltbakk Bunkers story. Not sure why other larger publications haven't picked it up and, with the way that the mainstream media in this country have covered this administration, not clear that they'd make it an issue anyway

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/norwegian-fuel-supplier-refuses-u-s-warships-over-ukraine/

I'm a bit biased since he's my Governor, but the parallels between the origins of FDR and JB Pritzker (Govs of large states, technocratic in governance, uber wealthy yet class traitors) I find interesting. I don't know that he has the juice for it, and obviously is not the most photogenic option (compared to a Wes Moore), but he's for sure in the mix.

More evidence of how much more "respected" we have become under the new President /s

I genuinely hope he's met with protest for the remainder of his term... He deserves it

I think it's worth a revisit to Kamala's answer to Trump in their only debate on the Ukraine subject.... she was right, and like today, he looked petty, weak and childish.

Boom boss man got involved... So respected around the world...

What gets me is that we are the most powerful country in the world, and yet we are choosing to be a supplicant to a country with a GDP that is 14 times lower than ours (and lower than "51st state" Canada) And throwing the EU and Britain (who combined have a GDP 12 times larger) to the wolves. It's not just stupid, it's insane.

It'd be a lot easier to take the journalism industry seriously if they didn't respond to this obvious horse**** by calling it out as horse****

The horse has been flogged to death, but I really do think she played an incredibly ****ty hand about as well as she could have. Argued with Holic and 1776 at length about that - but just pointing to the loss and calling it a failure ignores how terrible of shape Biden's candidacy was in when he dropped out. Had he stayed in? He would have lost states like New Mexico and New Jersey.... a state like Illinois would have been a 50/50 proposition. Biden wasn't as bad a President as his detractors felt.... legislative, he got a lot of **** done with no margins in Congress. I'd certainly take him right now over what we currently have (probably would take him hooked up to an iron lung even lol). But his decision not to get out until July 2024 was a historic mistake. Pretty sure I said it at the time, but he really needed to pull the plug around Sept.-Oct 2023. Harris would have still likely been the nominee, not even sure it would have been a real primary (just think that Dem base voters would have naturally went to her, tbh), but it would have given her more of a chance to establish distance and be her own candidate.

Wow, we are so much more respected by the rest of the world.... lol

I'll say this: the outright dismissal and derision of the "Russia Hoax" by a lot of mainstream media members looks awfully stupid right now.

Rove is a hack, he's obviously gonna tow the party line... but his instincts about how stuff will play outside of MAGAland are usually pretty sound, so it's notable.

Not the most important part of the exchange, but a media mouthpiece of the "Party of the Workin' Man"(c) shaming Zelensky for not wearing a suit is... something else.

Just my two cents, but I really think the Dems need to lean in on his embarrassing treatment if Ukraine a lot harder. JB Pritzker, who governs a state with late populations of Ukrainian and Polish Americans, seems like a good candidate to speak up on this.

I'm old enough to remember when these guys were going to "make us more respected" by the rest of the world. Certainly didn't see it in that display.... I saw them gang up and bully a leader whose country was invaded by one of our enemies (or at least enemies until 1/20/25 anyway), and I saw that leader basically tell them to pound sand, with full justification. Right to their face. Another day, another embarrassment.

We talk about the damage he will do domestically and, terrible as it is, you can squint and see ways that you can pick the pieces back up. The damage internationally? We're ****ed, no one will ever trust us again after this clown show.

Shameful behavior

The goal for the D Party (and the anti-Trump movement more generally) right now is to push back against this administration in anyway possible and, in 2026, win a bunch of elections. That requires more voters - certainly when you look at the outcome in 2024, it even requires some folks who voted for him. You don't have to give absolution or anything, but when people feel like they were lied to and betrayed by Trump, the natural response for a movement that wants to earn back power and win elections would be to take whatever help you can get and deal with the next charlatan or huckster when they come. Or even work on policy in a way that makes it harder for the next charlatan or huckster to gain the kind of following that Trump did.