Trump; whenever I hear this name reminds me of a very old friend of mine, who was confused about his “relationship status”. He wanted a marriage but did not know how to be a responsible husband. Likewise, Trump wanted power and the tag “President of the world” but overlooked his responsibility to unite the nations.
Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) on which former President Obama put huge emphasis on; is what I feel would have given United States a substantial advantage on trade’s and would also have also posed a better defence against China rising to power. But Trump withdrew from it in 2016, questioning it’s merit, starting a trade war with China and imposing trade barriers and tariffs on the neighbouring country’s, more so as a retaliation U.S faced the similar consequences of it’s actions. Trump also stated that “NAFTA was the cash cow of Mexico which took all the jobs from the United States.”, while I do agree with Trump in this case because of NAFTA U.S businesses were moving to Mexico for it’s lower labor and production costs.
As the the French ambassador posted in United States stated ”How do we make” our relations with America “work with a US leadership that doesn’t want to play the role of leader?”. The resemblance of this statement is uncanny with the ex girlfriend of my friend. She said something similar and left. Therefore Trump losing the 2020 presidential election did not come as a surprise. He put USA’s leadership at stake especially by underplaying COVID.
Sources : https://guides.newman.baruch.cuny.edu/ld.php?er_attachment_id=920927