Saturday, October 1, 2016

Bad Reputation: Electing Donald Trump is exactly the stupid decision the rest of the world expects from the United States


Olivia Goldhill, "Electing Donald Trump is exactly the stupid decision the rest of the world expects from the United States," qz.com

Trump image from article

Excerpt:
Philip Seib, professor of journalism and public diplomacy at University of Southern California, agrees that much of American politics and culture can seem baffling from the outside. “We tend to lurch here and there on issues, we tend not to correct problems such as the gun problem, when we know how devastating it is. We seem to not really have a moral compass that guides foreign policy,” he says. ...
Seib points out that George W. Bush set a significant precedent getting foreigners accustomed to strange US presidents. “People overseas saw him as a wild cowboy.” But, he adds, “Trump takes that to an entirely different level.” ...
Should the US opt for Clinton, the rest of the world will undoubtedly breathe a sigh of relief, acknowledging that, really, Americans aren’t so bad after all. But if President Trump does become reality, it would only reinforce the stereotype of the US as the boisterous, overgrown buffoon of the international stage.

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