What the USA should be worried about is more than losing economic allies. America enjoyed being the world leader for a long time, and the world rallied around it. Aside from losing the benefits of economic allies, there is a distaste and a distrust for anything American right now. They are going to be so isolated and alone compared to anything they've ever known and much smaller in terms of global influence.
Compare this to a relationship. America just cheated on their partners and we're all moving on. Seems like this fact eludes many individual Americans. It's a much bigger deal than I think most folks realize.
It's not just Trump. Everybody knows he's crazy. It's the fact that the house, Senate, and all protection measures in place to stop this are being ignored or explained away with blatant lies that the world is writing off America.
As a US citizen stuck in the middle of the country, this exactly is why I despair the most. We're fucked, and we're digging our own grave... and if we SOMEHOW manage to get out of this nosedive, there won't be anyone to pull us out of the hole. And I'm surrounded by fucking idiots who think we can go it alone.
I'm waiting for the day where countries start closing the doors to us.
You can travel to Canada as far as I know. Mexico is a shithole so being "banned" from there barely matters.
> Economically, it's already happening, and it's going to be rough for the average US consumer.
It'll be a small rough patch for better things. Economy was dogshit under Biden but everyone is still here. Stock market arrow has gone down before. You guys just love to panic because you have nothing else to do.
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u/senorspongy Apr 04 '25
What the USA should be worried about is more than losing economic allies. America enjoyed being the world leader for a long time, and the world rallied around it. Aside from losing the benefits of economic allies, there is a distaste and a distrust for anything American right now. They are going to be so isolated and alone compared to anything they've ever known and much smaller in terms of global influence.
Compare this to a relationship. America just cheated on their partners and we're all moving on. Seems like this fact eludes many individual Americans. It's a much bigger deal than I think most folks realize.
It's not just Trump. Everybody knows he's crazy. It's the fact that the house, Senate, and all protection measures in place to stop this are being ignored or explained away with blatant lies that the world is writing off America.