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by augusto-moura 69 days ago
Thing is, that is not just the individual, the world lost the trust in the american vote. Trump was elected twice, it is easy to imagine that another megalomaniac might be elected next.

In a democratic system, the ruler is a reflection of the majority of the population. Of course it can change during the course of the administration (as seen in the approval ratings), but the trust is lost and most countries now believe that, one way or another, the majority of the US population agree with some of the ideas behind Trump. The damage will not stop by the end of Trump's administration, it is truly the end of multilateralism as we knew it

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> the majority of the US population agree with some of the ideas behind Trump

And will happily vote for it again and again, provided the better next to the name is an R, no matter how they answer approval polls.

This is what happens when your entire media (social and traditional) and tech ecosystem is complicit and encouraging.