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'Backfired spectacularly': European officials reportedly now view US as an 'adversary' (www.rawstory.com)

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If Vice President J.D. Vance hoped to earn respect among international leaders with his speech in Germany last week, it wouldn't work, according to one senior diplomat.

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[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I kept seeing memes on the bot mills going, "can't wait to Jan 19 so the world will stop laughing at us" ...

Ok Gorbichav

[–] Razzazzika@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Oh, they stopped laughing. Now they're taking THE US seriously. First time around Trump was a laughing stock but now he's a threat.

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Mostly an internal threat. Internationally, as the article said, people are just reducing dependencies on the US to reduced potential damage if trump decides to try bullying.

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

threat ≠ not a clown show

[–] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Why not both?