No. of Recommendations: 12
But other countries are going to be very loathe to enter into any kind of serious, long-term arrangement that reorders trade with the U.S. without a lot of long, thoughtful review. Especially since they can't really get any assurances from our side that whatever they negotiate would be honored.
Absolutely, the U.S has screwed the pooch when it comes to the on again, off again, on again, postponed, off again, on again (wash, rinse, repeat) tariffs. Even if Trump announced “Sorry, my bad. No more tariffs” no one would trust us. And that’s just the economic side of things.
Our allies will not share sensitive security information with us because of the morons Trump nominated and Republicans approved. Besides the fact that they can’t keep their mouths shut, they’re discussing highly sensitive information on their personal phones using an app anyone can download from the Apple App Store.
It will take decades to recover from this fustercluck, IF we’re lucky.