We'd already exhausted our credibility via Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama was supposed to reestablish it internationally, but what little he did manage (Iran deal, tax haven crack downs, TPP) either failed or got immediately rolled back in the subsequent administration.
Tack on COVID, America's shit handling of climate change, and the next looming global economic downturn, and the US is running out of chits to cash in. Foreign leaders abroad are asking the same question Americans at home are being forced to answer. What the fuck has the US Government done for me, lately?
We'd already exhausted our credibility via Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama was supposed to reestablish it internationally, but what little he did manage (Iran deal, tax haven crack downs, TPP) either failed or got immediately rolled back in the subsequent administration.
Tack on COVID, America's shit handling of climate change, and the next looming global economic downturn, and the US is running out of chits to cash in. Foreign leaders abroad are asking the same question Americans at home are being forced to answer. What the fuck has the US Government done for me, lately?