I will be a lot happier when some repair attempts are made to reach out to our brothers and sisters in Canada, Mexico and the EU. We can’t abandon friends out of anger.
Can't say for certain what the end result will be, but perhaps many Americans would flop back over the fence again if things go too far in the next 4 years and don't like the silo direction and prefer a mending of global relations or maybe relations will be totally fine. Or if the benefits flow, and it shows it works maybe they don't.
Very much, the whole, not my president, or fuck democrats, it's all missing what democracy is. Once a leader is elected in a fair democratic way, most should then judge decisions or outcomes made at the time, good or bad, regardless of how you voted on the ballot. If things are going well, commend and encourage more even if he's not the leader of your team, he is now YOUR leader, you're better as a country, if things are not, again regardless of your mark on a ballot, criticize that leader. Forget your team in either case, judge by outcomes.
Fairly certain we have drifted from such things though and it's a bit more tribalistic. If the country has moved in a net positive direction over the next 4 years, there should be little need to change course.
For this presidency, obviously its seen its fair share of criticism already of decisions. The biggest focus on trade, will people have to bite their tongue on the outcome. We don't know, its way to early to tell but in a good democracy, people should bite down acknowledge something worked. No actual results right now though, just headline news. Rubber does not hit the road until the actual "thing" happens. Media, big corps, etc are happy to just pump headlines until they're off the hook again 4 years later.
This post was edited by SBD on Apr 15 2025 10:34am