After Trump’s first term Biden was able to repair most of the damage. Relations with allies were patched up, EPA regs were reinstated, hurtful policies rescinded in most cases. Some of Trump’s appointees did their best to rein Trump in, and that helped.
This time the damage will be permanent. Allies will not trust us. Laws have been flouted without consequence. Contraceptives have been cut off from nearly 50 million women in poor countries, causing a rise in maternal deaths. Global warming will speed up. US Aid with those food crates that say “a gift from the American people” will no longer be delivered. The Voice of America has gone silent. Dictators have already been emboldened. No one will look upon the U.S. as the protector of democracy. We are just another authoritarian state, right up there with Turkey, Hungary, and Venezuela.
I suppose we will have to "fix it better"!
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