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The United States' global standing rebounds under Biden
This is going to piss off TFG. Biden is respected by other world leaders and TFG was considered a joke
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It's no secret that President Joe Biden's foreign policy vision prioritized re-engaging with the world and improving the United States' global reputation. A new Gallup report suggests those efforts are working.
The 49 percent approval rating for U.S. leadership ties the high point reached in the first year of Barack Obama's presidency 12 years ago.....
Circling back to our earlier coverage, one of the striking elements of this is the degree to which the international surveys shatter Trump's assumptions. At a campaign event last summer, the then-president turned his attention to one of his very favorite falsehoods: "You know, we're respected again. You may not feel it, although I think you do. You may not see it. You don't read about it from the fake news, but this country is respected again."
As regular readers know, it has long been foundational to the Republican's worldview: The United States was an international laughingstock for decades, Trump believes, but thanks to how awesome his awesomeness is, he singlehandedly restored the nation's global stature. It was a ridiculous idea he brought up constantly, seeing it as one of his most important accomplishments.
Even in his strange farewell address, Trump found it necessary, one last time, to boast to Americans, "The world respects us again." In an apparent message for Biden, the outgoing president added, "Please don't lose that respect."
It was a bizarre challenge from a failed leader who'd done extraordinary harm to the United States' international reputation. As the findings from Gallup and the Pew Research Center show, everything Trump said about his successes in improving the United States' standing was wrong, and it's Biden who's actually accomplishing what his predecessor felt compelled to lie about.
Six months into Joe Biden's presidency, approval ratings of U.S. leadership around the world had largely rebounded from the record-low ratings observed during the Trump administration. A new Gallup report shows that as of early August 2021, across 46 countries and territories, median approval of U.S. leadership stood at 49%. This rating is up from the 30% median approval at the end of Donald Trump's presidency.
The 49 percent approval rating for U.S. leadership ties the high point reached in the first year of Barack Obama's presidency 12 years ago.....
Circling back to our earlier coverage, one of the striking elements of this is the degree to which the international surveys shatter Trump's assumptions. At a campaign event last summer, the then-president turned his attention to one of his very favorite falsehoods: "You know, we're respected again. You may not feel it, although I think you do. You may not see it. You don't read about it from the fake news, but this country is respected again."
As regular readers know, it has long been foundational to the Republican's worldview: The United States was an international laughingstock for decades, Trump believes, but thanks to how awesome his awesomeness is, he singlehandedly restored the nation's global stature. It was a ridiculous idea he brought up constantly, seeing it as one of his most important accomplishments.
Even in his strange farewell address, Trump found it necessary, one last time, to boast to Americans, "The world respects us again." In an apparent message for Biden, the outgoing president added, "Please don't lose that respect."
It was a bizarre challenge from a failed leader who'd done extraordinary harm to the United States' international reputation. As the findings from Gallup and the Pew Research Center show, everything Trump said about his successes in improving the United States' standing was wrong, and it's Biden who's actually accomplishing what his predecessor felt compelled to lie about.
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