How Trump sinks U.S. global standing
The Times Union
By Frank Robinson on June 28, 2020 at 7:59 AM
One of Trumpdoms most ludicrous lies is thats hes raising Americas world standing. In the Fox News alternate reality maybe. In the real world its the opposite. As a longtime conservative Republican, no isolationist, I always supported constructive global engagement.* Its not merely about national pride, but whats good for people here and abroad. Following WWII, the U.S. undertook leadership to painstakingly build a rules-based world order grounded in a web of alliances and international institutions. (Not just the UN and NATO but many others like the global financial infrastructure, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund, etc.) All crafted to promote planetary prosperity and peace. A more peaceful world is better for America. A richer world is better for America.
So hes pulled us out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the World Health Organization, the Paris Climate accords, the Iran nuclear deal, arms control agreements, and on and on. Did you know hes paralyzed the World Trade Organization just by refusing to fill the U.S.-designated seats on its court?
...In Helsinki he stood up for Putins lies against the findings of our own intelligence agencies. When the Saudi ruler was implicated in a ghastly murder, Trump stood up for him too. Trump congratulated the Philippine presidents drug program of simply murdering thousands. When Turkeys authoritarian ruler wanted to attack the Kurds in Syria faithful U.S. allies Trump stabbed them in the back and green-lighted Turkeys invasion.
And while he postures as tough on China, we now learn that when China put a million Uighurs in concentration camps for trying to practice their religion, Trump told Xi Jinping he approved of it as a good idea. Unsurprising given Trumps own policy of ripping children from parents and putting them in concentration camps. Another villainy that will long blacken Americas name in the eyes of humanity.
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