The post-American world is now on full display
The annual meeting of the World Health Assembly the general assembly of the World Health Organization is normally not something that attracts major attention outside the circle of those directly concerned.
But the meeting this week was very different. Here, the post-American world was on full display as it has seldom been seen before. It is not that the United States has ceased to exist far from it. But it has left behind any ambition of global leadership and any function as a global inspiration.
And that is very new. Tragically so.
The first prominent speaker on the virtual meeting, with audience members throughout the world, was Chinese President Xi Jinping. It was a polished, confident and probably effective performance. His speech contained four messages: China has mastered the crisis and has put it behind itself; China is ready to help the rest of the world, notably Africa; China stands for transparency, including a review on what happened once we all have put the crisis begin us; and a vaccine has to be seen as a global public good available to all.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/19/post-american-world-is-now-full-display/
Trump and the Republicans have ceded world leadership to China, much to the delight of our adversaries. Bunch of fucking traitorous assholes.
pwb
(11,246 posts)Like November.
Dan
(3,537 posts)Thought, why should they?
Trump (and to a lesser degree Bush II) has shown the world that our policies are actually only good for 4 years. Regardless of who is elected in 2020, what about 2024, 2028... what happens when the American voters decide that they want another president that they can drink beer with, or be entertained by?
We dont deserve to be in a leadership role - unless something fundamentally changes in our system.
P.S. even worse, what Trump has done is throw aside Treaties with foreign nations, our word is no good anymore.
Beartracks
(12,797 posts)... hasnt been to fix this non-existent problrm, but, rather, to take America off the world stage, ceding power and influence to China. And Russia.
Who thinks this man is NOT working for China and Russia?
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