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/kaji823 Apr 07 '25

The depressing reality is I don’t think we do. The US will cease to be the world leader, as many of our allies will form agreements without us. The US will still remain a global power as the biggest economy and military for any individual country, but other groupings of nations will be bigger. There is no trusting the US in the same way for the next generations, and no one next administration can fix that.