04-28-2021, 12:20 PM
Here is one indicator of what might be a troublesome situation for a capricious or ineffective President. How people perceive the United States overseas largely reflects the President.
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https://i.imgur.com/g8aJVux.png
Having a poor perception overseas as Donald Trump had is not good for cutting deals. Maybe foreign governments saw Donald Trump as someone to wait out, which was the safest approach. Delusions of grandeur do not lead to great achievements.
https://i.imgur.com/g8aJVux.png
Having a poor perception overseas as Donald Trump had is not good for cutting deals. Maybe foreign governments saw Donald Trump as someone to wait out, which was the safest approach. Delusions of grandeur do not lead to great achievements.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.