Trump Discovers Rejection on the World Stage -- Because of His 'Weak Mind': Analysis [View all]

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Trump Discovers Rejection on the World Stage — Because of His ‘Weak Mind’: Analysis
by Adam Lynch | September 7, 2025 - 5:12am

— from Alternet


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Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul tells DeVega that Trump is “weakening American military alliances, and gutting the international economic institutions, including … the World Trade Organization, that used to facilitate trade and investment between capitalist economies in the Cold War.”

And while Trump’s indifference drives “small d” democratic nations to look elsewhere for allies, University of Chicago associate professor Paul Poast says Trump “could even be waking up to the limits of his international influence.”

“I don’t think Trump is going to swoon Putin. Moreover, as he indicated in a Truth Social post, I think he recognizes as much,” Poast said.

The Lincoln Project chief of staff Ryan Wiggins says the U.S. would not be the first empire brought down by an ignoramus.

“Trump has a child’s understanding of the world and is driven by ego and whatever impulses come into his weak mind,” Wiggins told Salon. “It’s causing the U.S. economy to burn as he pursues trade and economic policies that are completely unworkable and destroys U.S. leadership on the global stage. And he’s doing a lot of it to distract from the Epstein files.”

And the GOP’s role in aiding and abetting the loss of American prestige and power on the world stage should not be ignored, added Wiggins.