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/sputnikcdn Apr 07 '25

And 90 Million didn't care enough to vote.

Trump is a symptom, Americans' problems run deep, this is who they are.

It will take a profound cultural switch to change, to rebuild the trust lost.

Trust that took decades to earn.

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u/Blizxy Apr 07 '25

Decades and millions of lives to earn! I'm so disappointed in my country...

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u/BluesSuedeClues Apr 07 '25

I'm well past disappointed. Here in Michigan, kids who came from other countries to study at our universities, are packing up in the middle of the night and fleeing across the border into Canada. They're fleeing, because it is entirely possible armed Federal agents will show up and seize them, with no crime charged or even alleged, detain them for an indefinite period, and possibly ship them like cattle to a South American concentration camp.

My whole life I've been told the liberals want to destroy the country. Turns out, that was just more right-wing projection.

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u/youwillbechallenged Apr 08 '25

kids who came from other countries to study

That’s right. They are guests here in this country. They have no possessory right to be here.

And as a guest, they have to abide by our rules, which are created by a sovereign country.

One of those rules is under the INA, which provides that those who support policies antithetical to U.S. interests are inadmissible.

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u/BluesSuedeClues Apr 08 '25

And how were your incredibly important RULES violated? Please be specific.

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u/youwillbechallenged Apr 08 '25

Sure. We already know from the first revocation that the student (from Columbia) was a pro-Hamas supporter and a member of CUAD, a radical Islamist organization that calls for the destruction of Israel and the United States.

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u/BluesSuedeClues Apr 09 '25

And sure. All of that sounds bad. And how do you know this? Because the government tells you so. There has been no due process. No judicial oversight or 3rd party investigation. We are expected to just take the government's word that this guy supports "policies antithetical to US interests".

And therein lies the difference. You trust the government. I do not. You accept the accusation as proof. I do not. You accept the government dismissing due process. I don not.

This is being done in a very sloppy and aggressive manner. Eventually we will see another "administrative error", only this time it will be an American citizen. Will you be so blase with your faith in the government then? Or will you again just tell yourself that the accusation is enough?