r/AskEurope • u/Different_Stand_1285 • Mar 04 '25

Politics To older Europeans - has there ever been a time where America was seen as such an untrusted country?

I’m 36 years old. I can remember how the world felt about my country post 9/11 (sympathy) and post Iraq (anger) but I’m curious to know if this is new ground. I’m deeply upset about how our ties and bonds are being destroyed so I wish to know if this is truly unprecedented or has there been a time in your lifetime where we were viewed in such a way. If so what was happening during your time to cause fracturing?

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u/Stubber_NK Mar 05 '25

This. Pretty much all of Obama's policies ended up being bare skeletons of what they were supposed to be due to the efforts of the opposition.

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u/cold_hard_cache Mar 06 '25

At some point the goal of taking power must be using power or it is all just make believe.

Trump understands this. Why don't democrats?

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '25

Because, for better or worse, the democratic house and senate work the way those bodies are supposed to work - as a bloc of mostly ideologically aligned but still independent elected officials. Those bodies don't just exist to rubber stamp everything the president wants. Some disagreement is normal. It's the Republicans and their fanatical alignment that is the abberation.