3d ago

Germans no longer see US as trustworthy partner.

www.dw.com Germans no longer see US as trustworthy partner – DW – 03/07/2025

Two weeks after the German election, voters are concerned about the response to Donald Trump's policies, the fate of Ukraine and the issue of massive investment and record debt.

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/36465494

The response to Donald Trump's policy initiatives, the fate of Ukraine, and the issue of massive investment and record debt are on German voters' minds two weeks after the federal election.

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3d ago

Germans no longer see US as trustworthy partner.

www.dw.com /en/germans-no-longer-see-us-as-trustworthy-partner/a-71858094

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3d ago

Germans no longer see US as trustworthy partner.

www.dw.com /en/germans-no-longer-see-us-as-trustworthy-partner/a-71858094

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The US no longer sees the US as a trustworthy partner.
- To quote a chopped up recording of JFK from a song: "Trusting in the sanity and restraint of the United States is not an option. Go home and die."
  
  Which song? Reminds me of Ministry's The last sucker (or was it Rio Grande blood?)

Black, Asian, and Native Americans:
"First time?"
- Ummmm .. it's happened before ... and the last time the Germans looked bad
  
  What do you mean?

This is true and wont change when Trumps gone either to be honest. The right wing of the US is closer to Russia's right wing than any european party and also far divorced from the rest of Americas wants. So long as Fox news keeps pushing them toward fascism they'll vote for the next fascist weather its Trump or not. Dealing with the US right now is like a Jeckle and Hyde situation where each personality lasts for two to four years at a time. Too unreliable for anything productive.
- The big issue for me is that it’s like dealing with a completely different country every four or eight years. How can you enter into an agreement with the US and rely on it sill being in place in 5 years?
  
  Previously, they would uphold agreements from a previous administration. Trump doesn’t even uphold agreements from his own previous administration. If you can’t trust agreements, you stop making them and use other forms of diplomacy, which are less diplomatic. China will be under big pressure of their growth stalls. USA will be under pressure of their growth stalls due to trump. Wars are a time honoured distraction.
- The next fascist they elect will be worse, assuming they even have elections. Why wold anyone trust a country that rips up trade deals and tosses human rights every four years?
- Bold of you to presume that there will ever be another USA presidential election again...

These articles are so redundant... As an American I don't see America as trustworthy. I see specific states and cities as trustworthy to a degree, but that's it.

My interests as a US citizen align with Germany’s. My government has been overtaken by traitor swine.

I'd hope so...
Ignoring the obvious isn't helping anything, other countries pretending trump was normal last time is a large reason why he even ran again this time, let alone won.
- Pretty sure the American people being some combination of undereducated, lead poisoned, religious, and just plain greedy, is what did it.
  
  Too late now, but if every US child had been required to visit a death camp and take a semester of WWII history (actual version, not some Texas-schoolbook division approved, neutered/revisionist one) maybe we wouldn't be here today.
  
  If I were to place a date for when USA started it's downward slope I'd say around the end of the 90s. Thereafter the turningpoints were 9/11, covid 19, and finaly 2025.
- Yeah it is other countries fault, lol.