In an Article posted by Fareed Zakaria, and copyrighted by the
Washington Post Writers Group, using Pew survey data, Mr. Zakaria is
inviting the world to say good-bye to an era when the United States was
admired and respected as a world leader, now facing the future of a
Post-American World.
"The world has gone through bouts of anti-Americanism before. But this
one feels very different. First, there is the sheer shock at what is
going on, the bizarre candidacy of Donald Trump, which has been followed
by an utterly chaotic presidency."
Describing the
reaction of countries around the world to the Trump administration and a
country who would elect him, he says, "The most dismaying of Pew’s
findings is that the drop in regard for
America goes well beyond Trump. Sixty-four percent of the people
surveyed expressed a favorable view of the United States at the end of
the Obama presidency. That has fallen to 49 percent now. Even when U.S.
foreign policy was unpopular, people around the world still believed in
America — the place, the idea. This is less true today."
The
United States has fancied itself as being on top of the world hierarchy
for many years. It appears that, by clinging to the hierarchy in this
country that would elect Trump/Pence and their Republican followers, the
world is no longer buying this commitment to hierarchies as a valid
productive future.
Where will the commitment to our
country's hierarchies end up on the global front? Who knows. While
people in this country insist on remaining clueless at the top, other
people all over the world can certainly see differently.
https://fareedzakaria.com/2017/07/28/say-hello-to-a-post-american-world/
