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t0mas88today at 11:02 AM2 repliesview on HN

The overall American economy is going to pay the price in the long term. And current foreign policy is reducing trust in America as a reliable and stable partner, which will make things even worse.


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stevesimmonstoday at 11:54 AM

Speaking as a European, current foreign policy is not "reducing trust in America as a reliable and stable partner". It has already reduced trust to rock bottom.

It's hard to see how much worse it could get, short of outright invasion or allying with Russia.

Just this week, amongst other news:

* America's useless adventures in Iran have used up so many Patriot missiles there aren't any left to defend Kyiv against Russian missiles, while Iran is still firmly in control of the Straits of Hormuz.

* Meddling in Greenland went up a notch with landing equipment to start oil drilling.

* State Department funding MAGA-oriented "free speech" disinformation campaigns in the UK.

* The revival of Trump's tariffs under the hypocritical guise of guarding against slave labour. Especially when the US prison system is such a large domestic source of slave labour.

Zero trust left here. Zero desire to visit the US ever again.

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inigyoutoday at 11:49 AM

Well yeah, it's basically locked in now that in 50 years America won't be a world power any more. It'll be in a similar place to Canada at best.

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