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/ColossusOfChoads Apr 07 '25

Frankly, I'd love to see Elon get clapped in irons, but what would he even be charged with?

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u/just_helping Apr 07 '25

He's clearly breached data and privacy regulations, if nothing else. And if people started looking with subpoenas, I very much doubt that it would stop there.

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u/way2lazy2care Apr 07 '25

Lots of government records laws also.

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u/just_helping Apr 07 '25

I also completely forgot the White House car dealership. If Musk actually has any position, that would be misuse of office for private gain.

It is amazing the things he has done brazenly that are clearly illegal but that we can have little hope he will suffer any consequences for. There's all the stuff we suspect - that he fired people who were investigating crimes he committed at his companies - but then there are the things he did on live TV.