“The U.S. cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals,” Petro wrote. Petro said even though there were 15,660 Americans without legal immigration status in Colombia, he would never carry out a raid to return handcuffed Americans to the United States. “We are the opposite of the Nazis,” he wrote, in a jab at Trump. Mexico also refused a request last week to let a U.S. military aircraft land with migrants.

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    That we elected him twice, not even consecutively, means that we can effectively never be trusted in our current state. Even if a psychopath leader is voted out, the American people are stupid enough to vote him back in once our goldfish memories fade.

    May Europe and Latin America find their strength to be the democracies the world needs. The US, always a flawed example, can no longer be relied on even in matters of self-interest.

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      The way Nixon screwed up South Vietnam back in the 60s kind of indicated how the US puts excessively too much power in the hands of its presidents and result in random foreign policies

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        The random policies is the thing for me.

        Talking (and sometimes going through with it) about pulling out of random international agreements and organisations like the Paris climate agreement and WHO. Then talking about invading other countries (including allies) and imposing tariffs on everything and everyone.

        Also, both times that he got in, it seems like he had the previous administration’s achievements as his todo list for things to undo.

        It’s like dealing with a whole new country every four or eight years.

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      Even if a psychopath leader is voted out, the American people are stupid enough to vote him back in once our goldfish memories fade.

      Or a different psychopath leader doing and saying the exact same things, but: “The Republican party have learned their lesson, they’ve changed!”