re: Trump said pissing off Europeans was Secondary benefit to leaving Paris

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The US since W. Bush has been alienating the international community with its actions, and Trump's action has continued this trend. China is ten years away from being the biggest economy in the world. The US' world power is diminishing rapidly. Even if you're a climate change denier (because you like to see liberals angry), you can't ignore the impact this has on our international standing and our ability to be perceived as world leaders

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Our GDP is somewhere around 19 trillion.

China's GDP is 10 trillion.


Now are you going to have us believe that China's GDP is going to increase 9 trillion over the next 10 years?

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China is ten years away from being the biggest economy in the world. The US' world power is diminishing rapidly.

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You ignore the fact that the US will crash the global economy, permanently kicking out the legs from under China soon.

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alienating the international community

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Obama built bridges, not walls. We were respected by the world community when he was our President.

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The US' world power is diminishing rapidly.

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How so? World power is not dictated by other countries liking you. In 1940, Germany was the world power, but you would be hard pressed to find a lot of countries that liked them.
I don't care if other countries like us or not. I don't know why so many liberals are so obsessed with people liking us.
Our economy is the best in the world and will be for the foreseeable future. To crown China king of economies right now seems a bit premature. japan was predicted to become the big hitter just a few short years ago.

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Even if you're a climate change denier (because you like to see liberals angry),

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Most are not Climate Change deniers as much as asking for proof that man is the largest cause, and that man can actually make a huge difference. Why liberals insist on reframing the argument is dishonest.

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you can't ignore the impact this has on our international standing and our ability to be perceived as world leaders.

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Again....are you really that concerned about perceptions? maybe you should concentrate more on reality. And, if you want the reality to be that the US is the world power, we have to get our economy and other problems straightened out.
You seem to be under the impression that to be a world power and respected, you have to pay everybody off and go along with what everybody else thinks is right.

Leaders don't follow. They lead.

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The US since W. Bush has been alienating the international community with its actions, and Trump's action has continued this trend. China is ten years away from being the biggest economy in the world. The US' world power is diminishing rapidly. Even if you're a climate change denier (because you like to see liberals angry), you can't ignore the impact this has on our international standing and our ability to be perceived as world leaders.

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I guess I am a climate change denier. Because much of the data that was used to "prove climate change" was falsified or manipulated to fit a certain narrative. When this happens it makes me doubt everything that person says because they told me a lie.

I would also disagree that W caused the problems in the international community. I would say the Obamas failed lead from behind strategy was more to blame.