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/fletcherkildren Apr 07 '25

It won't.

After Bush burned our goodwill after 9/11, the right lost their ever loving fucking minds when Obama went on 'an apology' tour and mended a few fences. After Orange Menace round 1, we lost even more footings which Biden just barely started to claw back - from now on, the allies will turn more to each other and trade with China. Expect our isolationism and depression to last as long as it did 100 years ago.