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global1

(25,298 posts)
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:55 AM Sep 2017

Will We Ever Be Able To Recover From The Damage That Trump Is Doing To Our Relationships.....

with the countries of the world? Do the leaders of these countries know that this is pure Trump and not the will of the American People?

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Will We Ever Be Able To Recover From The Damage That Trump Is Doing To Our Relationships..... (Original Post) global1 Sep 2017 OP
Other DUers have said that the rest of the world knows he is a joke BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #1
I hope this will bring you a little smile :-) syringis Sep 2017 #5
I hope the US tourism industry doesn't use the picture on the right BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #6
Our local "entertainers" syringis Sep 2017 #17
They'll recognize him customerserviceguy Sep 2017 #2
I don't know. I remember when W won his second term, there was a healine that lunamagica Sep 2017 #3
As Belgian syringis Sep 2017 #4
that's so sweet and kind of you! renate Sep 2017 #7
You are welcome Renate syringis Sep 2017 #12
Thank you for that post. bearssoapbox Sep 2017 #9
You are welcome Bearssoapbox syringis Sep 2017 #13
Agreed. bearssoapbox Sep 2017 #16
yes, if Obama or even the idiot Bush were to get back as President things would improve JI7 Sep 2017 #8
not in my lifetime handmade34 Sep 2017 #10
Closer to home: TexasProgresive Sep 2017 #11
Yes but only if he is convincingly repudiated ASAP Tom Rinaldo Sep 2017 #14
Yes and No Johonny Sep 2017 #15
Other Countries are important maxrandb Sep 2017 #18
It will take a long time. kentuck Sep 2017 #19

BigmanPigman

(51,674 posts)
1. Other DUers have said that the rest of the world knows he is a joke
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:59 AM
Sep 2017

and that we hate him. I know this since I posted the same question several months ago and that is what they replied. It did make me feel better temporarily.

syringis

(5,101 posts)
5. I hope this will bring you a little smile :-)
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 02:37 AM
Sep 2017

Here is what a European right winger look : exactly the same as your locals. Just replace MAGA by MEGA.

I have posted in the French section what is seen as a "mega scandal" by RW. It is too funny. I'll try to translate today.

BigmanPigman

(51,674 posts)
6. I hope the US tourism industry doesn't use the picture on the right
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 02:42 AM
Sep 2017

to attract travelers to our country. YUK! The artist should have flies buzzing around his stinky body.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
2. They'll recognize him
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 02:04 AM
Sep 2017

as an aberration, something that sometimes occurs in a democracy, especially one that has a two centuries old idea of an Electoral College governing who gets the Presidency. They may well not agree with our system, but they can understand.

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)
3. I don't know. I remember when W won his second term, there was a healine that
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 02:17 AM
Sep 2017

read (paraphrasing here) "how can 55 million people be so stupid?"

Yes, trump doesn't represent America, but too many Americans support him. And they are aware of that.

syringis

(5,101 posts)
4. As Belgian
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 02:25 AM
Sep 2017

I would say yes.

I have said it very often, Trump does not represent the USA or the Americans.

He reached the presidency by mistake (or fraud).

Be sure that the majority in any country of your allies thinks the same.

We were friends and allies yesterday, so it is today and still will tomorrow.

We stand alongside you, disheartened by what you are undergoing right now.

Trump is seen as a clown, an ignorant, has zero credibility in the eye of any serious leader.

The ones who love and support Trump here are the same as your local ones : right wingers, as "educated" as "smart" and as talented as yours when it comes to push the rules of what is supposed to be their native language, under a wrenching steamroller...

My very best thoughts and wishes to you and I hope you will be back very soon to a normal situation with a normal president, a normal Administration.

renate

(13,776 posts)
7. that's so sweet and kind of you!
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 03:37 AM
Sep 2017

Thank you! Your understanding and generosity of spirit are so appreciated!

syringis

(5,101 posts)
12. You are welcome Renate
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 10:30 AM
Sep 2017

I only have expressed what I really and strongly think.

Alas, it is the single little and virtual help, I can provide. But it comes from the bottom of my heart.

bearssoapbox

(1,408 posts)
9. Thank you for that post.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 04:12 AM
Sep 2017

I've gotten that impression here from DU and from reading and viewing different news sites from around the world.

Hopefully we can correct this mistake down the road.

bearssoapbox

(1,408 posts)
16. Agreed.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 05:59 PM
Sep 2017

And the sooner, the better.

Just so long as Mueller does it right.

If that means it takes a little longer, then so be it.

It would be nice to keep the scorched earth to a minimum though.

JI7

(89,289 posts)
8. yes, if Obama or even the idiot Bush were to get back as President things would improve
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 03:49 AM
Sep 2017

most of the international community knows the problem is trump and some idiots in the US. but they know it's trump . they don't hate the country as a whole . and Obama is still very popular .

TexasProgresive

(12,165 posts)
11. Closer to home:
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 06:54 AM
Sep 2017

Will we ever be able to recover from the damage that tRump has done to our relationships
with family, friends and acquaintances?

Tom Rinaldo

(22,919 posts)
14. Yes but only if he is convincingly repudiated ASAP
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 11:38 AM
Sep 2017

That means either impeachment before the 2018 elections, a Democratic landslide in the 2018 elections, or both. He could be chalked up as an aberration, but only if America resoundingly rejects him now that it is fully apparent what his presidency represents.

Johonny

(20,974 posts)
15. Yes and No
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:46 PM
Sep 2017

Trump being elected is an example of a long decline in what made America, America. Just as W's 2 terms were. Short term there will another Obama, but there is something deep seeded in American politics that is broken. Congress and the electoral college are set up to basically ensure that low population areas of the country politically control large population areas and thus freeze out the voices of the vast majority of the American people. Since money can basically control information into these low population centers, you're seeing money dictate politics. More than that America is setting up for a generational aristocracy and a permanent underclass. That's not changing anytime soon because it's not even being addressed. If you look at this republican health care bill and see the senators that are passing it actually represent a tiny portion of America's population. It's alarming.

maxrandb

(15,405 posts)
18. Other Countries are important
Thu Sep 21, 2017, 07:36 AM
Sep 2017

But I don't think I will ever recover from the damage he's done to relationships with my friends and family.

Never understood how the brainwashed Hate-Radio pieces of shit could hate someone just for having a different political philosophy, until I started hated them right-the-fuck-back!

It's liberating to cut Retrumplicans out of my life...and I'll never forgive them for the harm they've done to our once great country.

I'm not trying to be hyperbolic, but I don't see our current political discourse ending in anything but bloodshed.

Maybe I'll move to Costa Rica

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