…Yet it seems safe to say that the world no longer trusts U.S. promises, and perhaps no longer fears U.S. threats, the way it used to. The problem, however, isn’t Biden; it’s the party that reflexively attacks him for anything that goes wrong.
Right now America is a superpower without a fully functioning government. Specifically, the House of Representatives has no speaker, so it can’t pass legislation, including bills funding the government and providing aid to U.S. allies. The House is paralyzed because Republican extremists, who have refused to acknowledge Biden’s legitimacy and promoted chaos rather than participating in governance, have turned these tactics on their own party. At this point it’s hard to see how anyone can become speaker without Democratic votes — but even less extreme Republicans refuse to reach across the aisle.
And even if Republicans do somehow manage to elect a speaker, it seems all too likely that whoever gets the job will have to promise the hard right that he will betray Ukraine.
Given this political reality, how much can any nation trust U.S. assurances of support? How can we expect foreign enemies of democracy to fear America when they know that there are powerful forces here that share their disdain?
It’s interesting that you continuously link-drop with no ability to speak to the subject beyond “just trust me bro, watch this video, it says it all”.
It’s the behavior I’d expect of the flat earthers and QAnon folk.
As a side-note, you are aware those videos do nothing but restate the same baseless nonsense in different ways, right?
I explained it several times, then linked to videos, and websites, and scholarly articles that all explain it better because the guy I’m arguing with doesn’t seem to want to understand.
Hell, his own preferred third party makes voting reform a priority, because otherwise they cannot win.