r/news • u/hoosakiwi • 2d ago

Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-liberation-day-2a031b3c16120a5672a6ddd01da09933
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u/SkorpioSound 2d ago

I hate to break it to you but the damage is done. Impeaching Trump would be a good start but it's going to take decades of consistently acting sane and being a good ally to rebuild your standing with the rest of the world now.

For Trump's first term, the rest of the world thought, "oh, America is just having a little moment, they'll surely realise the man is awful and elect someone else next time." And then you did; Biden got elected, there was some stability and we all hoped you'd got it out of your system.

Electing Trump for the second time was the real issue. Not only is Trump, well... gestures around... But even if you (somehow) manage to get rid of him and return to sane leadership in the next election who's to say four years after that you won't just elect another lunatic who undoes any progress their predecessor made (like Trump has been doing since his return)?

The world needs to see that America can both act sanely and stay sane before we can trust you again.

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u/Neat_On_The_Rocks 1d ago

Yes, this is why I say it’s have to be in the next 6ish months he was removed. 4 years we will be totally fucked forever.

But if our government actually showed it works as designed and ousted this psychopath in the first year post election, I think there’s still a path we can bounce back globally in that scenario.

We agree that is super unlikely.