Brutish, bullying, imperialistic: the Ugly American is back | Steven Greenhouse

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : In a speech last month to Israel’s Knesset, Trump interfered in that country’s politics in an extraordinary way, calling on Israel’s president to pardon the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on the corruption charges he’s facing.In
55% : Trump’s hour-long tirade to the UN general assembly in September, he sought to play Boss of the World.
38% : He told the UN’s 193 member nations to jettison their climate change policies, saying concerns about global warming are “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”.
33% : In an era when social media is overflowing with so many untruths that it makes it hard for democratic governments to function, even survive, the European Union has understandably required social media platforms to weed out lies and other disinformation.
32% : Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, is corrupt, repressive and authoritarian, and stole an election, but military intervention would be a throwback to the worst days of Ugly Americanism.Trump has also interfered in the European Union’s affairs.
27% : But Trump has lambasted the EU’s Digital Services Act, asserting that it discriminates against US tech companies.
25% : His administration has angered the EU by threatening to impose new tariffs and restrict the visas of some EU officials.Trump’s Ugly American policies have done grievous damage to Washington’s image abroadTrump has improperly interfered in Argentina’s politics by saying he would grant a $40bn bailout, but might pull that money if the party of Argentina’s rightwing president, Javier Milei, didn’t win legislative elections on 26 October.

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