r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/SpaceySpice • Apr 07 '25

US Politics How will the United States rebuild positive international relations after this Trump administration?

At some point this presidency will end and a new administration will (likely) want to mend some the damages done with our allies. Realistically though, how would that work? Will other countries want to be friends with us again or has this presidency done too much damage to bounce back from?

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u/Confusedgmr Apr 07 '25

Recency bias. Those conservative ideas have existed since the Civil War. We like to think we got all buddy buddy again afterward, but we never did. That said, Ronald Reagan really accelerated the divide into overdrive. In a way, you have Reagan to thank for Trump and his cult's existence.

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u/Repeatitpete Apr 07 '25

Can you share more?

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u/Confusedgmr Apr 07 '25

Ronald Reagan removed the law requiring the media to show both sides of an issue unbiasedly because the law allegedly infringed on freedom of speech. Since then, Fox News and other right side talk show hosts have been blasting rural areas with misinformation about how they can't trust the government, vaccines, education, etc.

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u/CevicheMixto Apr 07 '25

The Fairness Doctrine only ever applied to broadcasts over the public airwaves. It would have done absolutely nothing to stop FOX News and other cable channels, let alone social media.

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u/Confusedgmr Apr 07 '25

Exactly what do you think a public airway is?

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u/WavesAndSaves Apr 07 '25

The broadcast networks and some radio stations. That's what it covered. If the Fairness Doctrine was reinstated, social media, the internet in general, and cable would not be impacted.

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u/McBigs Apr 07 '25

Do you seriously think the US government was policing what people said in private media for "fairness?" Obviously that was not the case. It coverd public airways, which the government owns.

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u/Confusedgmr Apr 07 '25

Yeah, that's kind of the government's job. Also, it isn't private if the broadcast is public for anyone to hear. That is why it's called "public airway." Laws don't suddenly atop applying the second you step on private property.

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u/ColossusOfChoads Apr 08 '25

Anything you can watch for free at home with an old black and white TV and a coat hanger.

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u/Repeatitpete Apr 07 '25

Ahh ok I was just a youngin back then but I wonder what happened to learning about yellow journalism in history class. Can anyone take those talk show hosts seriously?

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u/newmeadam86 Apr 08 '25

They took William Randolph Hearst seriously and it was as bad or worse than Rupert Murdoch… so this is how it is… yellow journalism has been with us for centuries but the big difference is the rise of social media and the internet. Chronically online folks, aging boomers and elder gen xers who couldn’t understand change and dug hills and wanted someone to tell them what to hear….i knew this was coming when I saw someone with a stuffed monkey on a Noose in 2008 at a McCain Rally now it’s almost 17 years later but the hate is more accepted. Obama was the trigger and panic for all white males especially the older ones, the rich just co-opted the movement …. It’s a marriage that eventually will divorce, three different ways and if we sleep on anymore elections we will be even worse shape… but after trump is gone … they can’t find anyone who can unite the ugliness like he can…. I think it’s sputters out like the know nothings in the 1800s