"America's friends will never trust the US again" Bloomberg opinion

[LiberalLovinLug]

22. As one of your neighbours up here in the great white north.....I mourn for your great country

And it still is great in many ways. It has been for a long time. Making America great again? Never made sense to me.

But even though I know that usually, historically, there will be another Democrat in the White House, it won't help heal instantly. And that is the most positive outcome as its not even clear if that will happen anytime soon if MAGA and Trump manage to subvert elections.

Because we now know that half of your population is susceptible to far right disinformation with a charismatic personality leading the campaign. It was hinted at when George W Bush was elected and re-elected. How easy it was to demean Kerry and Gore and easy to convince enough rubes that Kerry was a 'fake' war hero, and Gore was living in a dystopian fantasy about climate change.

But electing Obama fooled us here in other countries. We thought you'd turned the corner. My god they gave Obama a Nobel Peace prize seemingly just in celebration of the US turning that perceived corner.

But the far right just doubled down. With Trump leading the charge with the Obama birth certificate doubts. Could right wing disinformation work again? To fool enough voters? The answer was yes unfortunately.

It will take a long time of stability and law abiding leadership, and re-establishing of democratic institutions before other countries will ever take a chance on trusting you again. Its hard to believe how one man could set back a once powerful, generous, free nation as the (no longer) United States of America.