Trump’s former Russia adviser told CNN Tuesday that the world increasingly sees the United States as a nation to pity and that its global standing is eroding. “We are increasingly seen as an object of pity, including by our allies, because they are so shocked by what’s happening internally, how we’re eating ourselves alive with our divisions”" said Fiona Hill, a witness in the impeachment hearings. “We’re the ones who are creating all this. It’s not the Russians or the Chinese or anyone else,” she stated outright. “We are doing this to ourselves.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-trump-russia-adviser-fiona-hill-us-increasingly-seen-as-object-of-pity
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World agog as Trump flails over pandemic despite claims US leads way
The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed that the US is “leading the world” with its response to the pandemic, but it does not seem to be going in any direction the world wants to follow.
Across Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, views of the US handling of the coronavirus crisis are uniformly negative and range from horror through derision to sympathy. Donald Trump’s musings from the White House briefing room, particularly his thoughts on injecting disinfectant, have drawn the attention of the planet.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/15/donald-trump-coronavirus-response-world-leaders
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/15/donald-trump-coronavirus-response-world-leaders
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