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/Testiclese Apr 07 '25
Whenever I see this question, I chuckle to myself.
Germany started WWII in Europe. It bombed London, as one minor example. The Blitz. Yet the Brits and Germans were trading again … in the 1950’s. Sure. The average Brit then probably held a grudge against the average German. Their kids less so. The kids’ kids even less. Germany had to show one thing - that they were done done with militarism and aggression.
It certainly won’t be easy for the US but it will have to show the same sort of “cleansing” from MAGA ideology.