Germans no longer see US as trustworthy partner – DW – 03/07/2025
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Two weeks after the German election, voters are concerned about the response to Donald Trump's policies, the fate of Ukraine and the issue of massive investment and record debt.

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/36465494

The response to Donald Trump’s policy initiatives, the fate of Ukraine, and the issue of massive investment and record debt are on German voters’ minds two weeks after the federal election.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I’d hope so…

    Ignoring the obvious isn’t helping anything, other countries pretending trump was normal last time is a large reason why he even ran again this time, let alone won.

    • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Pretty sure the American people being some combination of undereducated, lead poisoned, religious, and just plain greedy, is what did it.

      • Arghblarg@lemmy.caEnglish
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        3 days ago

        Too late now, but if every US child had been required to visit a death camp and take a semester of WWII history (actual version, not some Texas-schoolbook division approved, neutered/revisionist one) maybe we wouldn’t be here today.

        • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
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          3 days ago

          Honestly, America just seems in a death spiral across so many different factors, and the only solution to basically any of them is having faith in government, but the government has repeatedly failed them so many times that people don’t.

          Like lack of fixing lead and pollution problems creates dumber people, less able to hold their government to account.

          Lack of strong public education makes people think that governments can’t run schools, so they pull their kids and money into private schools which makes public schools worse. It also makes people dumber and less able to hold their government to account.

          Lack of public healthcare means that people don’t understand that the government can really effectively and efficiently run a utility that helps them at the lowest points of their lives.

          Like, American GDP per capita, is ~$90,000, Canada’s is roughly ~$55,000. We should not be able to provide comparable government services, and yet every time I went down to the states I’d notice notably worse infrastructure, on top of all the services and safety nets that I knew they weren’t getting.