Its here. One of my favorite surveys, what in the world does the world think about the USA. It produced some interesting results in the transition between Bush and Obama, and now we get to see the Obama Trump switch.
The one piece of good news here is that Jordan and Tunisia are representative of MENA countries and opinion is already so low that it can't sink lower. I'm sad they didn't look at Pakistan again, since it was already in the single digits.
Everywhere else is just amazing freefall, with Israel and particularly Russia standing out. I recommend reading the whole thing, it's full of fascinating details about America's image abroad. Did you know that Trump rates a 0% among Lebanese Shia?
There are also stark divides on confidence in Trump among people of different races, ethnicities and religious affiliations in a few countries surveyed. In Lebanon, for example, a third of Christians say they have confidence in Trump’s international leadership abilities, compared with only 12% among Sunni Muslims and 0% among Lebanese Shia.
I am surprised at the low confidence in Xi Jinping to do the right thing. I am suspicious that many of those answers are just based on people's preconceptions about China generally. (I mean, what would those people say when asked, "What was the last thing Xi Jinping did that you didn't approve of?")
I am surprised at the low confidence in Xi Jinping to do the right thing. I am suspicious that many of those answers are just based on people's preconceptions about China generally. (I mean, what would those people say when asked, "What was the last thing Xi Jinping did that you didn't approve of?")
If any of them know about the shit China's pulling in the South Asia sea, that would be a good reason.
You can just see everybody go "dammit America" "good job America!" "... seriously?"
I dunno, I like this one:
Even the SOUTH KOREANS think your wall idea is stupid, Trump. If there were any nation in the world who would consider it of vital importance to secure a land border....
You can feel the history in this one. No country where leftist like the US more than the right wing. I'm too lazy to look up the last survey, but I think it was similar. Same with the men-women split.
Brits are kinda hypocrites, given what they're doing to themselves.
I've been saying recently that they gave Obama a Nobel Peace Prize for not being Bush and whoever the first Democrat is after Trump is probably going to get the award renamed in their honor.
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I like that the one European nation that is kinda curious about the wall (Hungary) is itself undergoing a fascist revolution.
Israel all on board with it too.
Jordan equally so which is a bit curious.
Jordan takes its security really seriously and is I suspect more sympathetic to those arguments.
Somewhat understandable given that even their current modest level of prosperity is a product of stability and security more than any actual natural resources. They've been surrounded by bloody civil wars for decades and the refugees are stretching them thin. Proportionally, the Syrian refugee population is like if every Canadian moved to the US at once and left all their stuff behind, and Jordan has far less ability to provide for people.
You can feel the history in this one. No country where leftist like the US more than the right wing. I'm too lazy to look up the last survey, but I think it was similar. Same with the men-women split.
I found some older surveys but they don't break it down by left and right like this. I'll check some more to see if I can find a comparison, cause I'm interested.
You can feel the history in this one. No country where leftist like the US more than the right wing. I'm too lazy to look up the last survey, but I think it was similar. Same with the men-women split.
I found some older surveys but they don't break it down by left and right like this. I'll check some more to see if I can find a comparison, cause I'm interested.
Senator Bob Corker threatens to bar arms sales to the GCC until Saudi Arabia and friends stop being idiots (paraphrased). I think this is the sort of response that a more competent executive branch would make, and I wish the US would use this threat more often in its diplomacy.
The U.S. has “identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime” in Syria, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said in a Monday night statement.
Such an attack “would likely result in the mass murder of civilians, including innocent children,” Spicer added, noting the activity is “similar to preparations the regime made before its April 4, 2017 chemical weapons attack.”
U.S. warships launched more than 49 cruise missiles at a Syrian airbase in early April in response to a chemical attack believed to be carried out by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad.
“As we have previously stated, the United States is in Syria to eliminate the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. If, however, Mr. Assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons, he and his military will pay a heavy price,” the White House added on Monday night.
Good thing this White House doesn't have a hilariously awful credibility issue.
The U.S. has “identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime” in Syria, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said in a Monday night statement.
Such an attack “would likely result in the mass murder of civilians, including innocent children,” Spicer added, noting the activity is “similar to preparations the regime made before its April 4, 2017 chemical weapons attack.”
U.S. warships launched more than 49 cruise missiles at a Syrian airbase in early April in response to a chemical attack believed to be carried out by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad.
“As we have previously stated, the United States is in Syria to eliminate the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. If, however, Mr. Assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons, he and his military will pay a heavy price,” the White House added on Monday night.
Good thing this White House doesn't have a hilariously awful credibility issue.
The U.S. has “identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime” in Syria, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said in a Monday night statement.
Such an attack “would likely result in the mass murder of civilians, including innocent children,” Spicer added, noting the activity is “similar to preparations the regime made before its April 4, 2017 chemical weapons attack.”
U.S. warships launched more than 49 cruise missiles at a Syrian airbase in early April in response to a chemical attack believed to be carried out by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad.
“As we have previously stated, the United States is in Syria to eliminate the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. If, however, Mr. Assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons, he and his military will pay a heavy price,” the White House added on Monday night.
Good thing this White House doesn't have a hilariously awful credibility issue.
Officials at US Central Command told BuzzFeed News they have "no idea" what prompted the statement. Pentagon spokesmen did not answer calls seeking comment. Secretary of Defense James Mattis departed earlier Monday evening for a three-day trip to Germany and Belgium, and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Joseph Dunford was in Afghanistan.
God, they are so bad at this.
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Five defense officials reached by BuzzFeed News said they not only did not know where the potential chemical attack would come from, but they were unaware the White House was planning to release the statement. Usually such statements are coordinated across the national security agencies and departments before they are released.
The U.S. has “identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime” in Syria, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said in a Monday night statement.
Such an attack “would likely result in the mass murder of civilians, including innocent children,” Spicer added, noting the activity is “similar to preparations the regime made before its April 4, 2017 chemical weapons attack.”
U.S. warships launched more than 49 cruise missiles at a Syrian airbase in early April in response to a chemical attack believed to be carried out by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad.
“As we have previously stated, the United States is in Syria to eliminate the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. If, however, Mr. Assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons, he and his military will pay a heavy price,” the White House added on Monday night.
Good thing this White House doesn't have a hilariously awful credibility issue.
Officials at US Central Command told BuzzFeed News they have "no idea" what prompted the statement. Pentagon spokesmen did not answer calls seeking comment. Secretary of Defense James Mattis departed earlier Monday evening for a three-day trip to Germany and Belgium, and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Joseph Dunford was in Afghanistan.
God, they are so bad at this.
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Five defense officials reached by BuzzFeed News said they not only did not know where the potential chemical attack would come from, but they were unaware the White House was planning to release the statement. Usually such statements are coordinated across the national security agencies and departments before they are released.
My first thought tonight was that maybe this is McMaster or mattis having Intel, but if centcom doesn't have the intel I doubt it's the military
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If Assad does another chemical attack, doesn't that pretty much prove that Trump's missile strike the last time was a failure?
I mean, there's nothing they can't spin, just...
Come to think of it maybe this is Trump wanting the media back on his side. "Remember when those people got gassed and you all said that was the day I became President? Let's do that again! I want to become the President again!"
If Assad does another chemical attack we'll lob a couple dozen tomahawks at them. Brian Williams will have an orgasm. And hopefully we don't actually kill any Russians precipitating a larger role in the conflict.
Nonserious answer, it's like Watchmen's Rorsharch. "You're not just walling yourselves off from us. You're walling us from you!"
Serious answer, employers. It's a general rule of economics. More people who can't get jobs elsewhere, is more people competing for the jobs that do. Which will depress wage prices.
This is especially going to be important in the agricultural sector. Not just the wage depression, but if the immigration crackdown in the US ramps up, that's going to lead to knock-on costs in farming, as labor costs increase (or output drops). So prices will rise either due to increased base costs, or lack of supply. That allows Mexican farmers to be able to increase prices/market share for no real cost.
So, that'd be one sector that'd not be theoretically opposed to the wall.
Nonserious answer, it's like Watchmen's Rorsharch. "You're not just walling yourselves off from us. You're walling us from you!"
Serious answer, employers. It's a general rule of economics. More people who can't get jobs elsewhere, is more people competing for the jobs that do. Which will depress wage prices.
This is especially going to be important in the agricultural sector. Not just the wage depression, but if the immigration crackdown in the US ramps up, that's going to lead to knock-on costs in farming, as labor costs increase (or output drops). So prices will rise either due to increased base costs, or lack of supply. That allows Mexican farmers to be able to increase prices/market share for no real cost.
So, that'd be one sector that'd not be theoretically opposed to the wall.
They'd presumably be able to lower their own labour costs too? And there'd be higher demand for agricultural goods on their own side of the wall too now!
Also, smugglers.
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So we'll be at war in Syria, North Korea, and Qatar. In a trade war with most of the EU and Canada, along with China and most of the pacific as they gravitate towards China. In a cultural "war" with Mexico for no good reason which is crippling our ability to farm.
This literally reads like the section in the history book that describes the run up to a World War. Jesus Christ.
If Assad does another chemical attack, doesn't that pretty much prove that Trump's missile strike the last time was a failure?
I mean, there's nothing they can't spin, just...
Come to think of it maybe this is Trump wanting the media back on his side. "Remember when those people got gassed and you all said that was the day I became President? Let's do that again! I want to become the President again!"
If Assad makes another chemical attack all Trump needs to look in the mirror to blame for how we got in this mess. He's the one who ignored Obama's advice with the region.
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In an alternate universe, Kushner was equally shocked when Israel refused to remove any settlements as a show of good faith.
The one piece of good news here is that Jordan and Tunisia are representative of MENA countries and opinion is already so low that it can't sink lower. I'm sad they didn't look at Pakistan again, since it was already in the single digits.
Everywhere else is just amazing freefall, with Israel and particularly Russia standing out. I recommend reading the whole thing, it's full of fascinating details about America's image abroad. Did you know that Trump rates a 0% among Lebanese Shia?
http://www.pewglobal.org/2017/06/26/u-s-image-suffers-as-publics-around-world-question-trumps-leadership/
You can just see everybody go "dammit America" "good job America!" "... seriously?"
If any of them know about the shit China's pulling in the South Asia sea, that would be a good reason.
I dunno, I like this one:
Even the SOUTH KOREANS think your wall idea is stupid, Trump. If there were any nation in the world who would consider it of vital importance to secure a land border....
This graph should just be labelled "Obama's Nobel Peace Prize".
You can feel the history in this one. No country where leftist like the US more than the right wing. I'm too lazy to look up the last survey, but I think it was similar. Same with the men-women split.
Israel all on board with it too.
Jordan equally so which is a bit curious.
I've been saying recently that they gave Obama a Nobel Peace Prize for not being Bush and whoever the first Democrat is after Trump is probably going to get the award renamed in their honor.
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Canada doesn't!
Well, it would be amazing for our economy side we would be supplying the concrete...
We're the only ones who could invade you! Can't really guarantee your independence except from ourselves.
That said, my sister got engaged to a Canadian this weekend. She's part of a secret infiltration squad to prepare the attack.
Jordan takes its security really seriously and is I suspect more sympathetic to those arguments.
Somewhat understandable given that even their current modest level of prosperity is a product of stability and security more than any actual natural resources. They've been surrounded by bloody civil wars for decades and the refugees are stretching them thin. Proportionally, the Syrian refugee population is like if every Canadian moved to the US at once and left all their stuff behind, and Jordan has far less ability to provide for people.
Ooh, found it:
http://www.pewglobal.org/2016/06/28/americas-international-image/
The shift in Canada's view is what I was looking for and it's actually pretty interesting.
Decrease across the board, but massive drop in favourability among those who view themselves as centrists.
edit- i guess it's bob corker, not rob corker
Good thing this White House doesn't have a hilariously awful credibility issue.
Or a phone line to the Kremlin anymore...
https://www.buzzfeed.com/claudiakoerner/white-house-says-syria-may-be-preparing-another-chemical God, they are so bad at this.
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Centcom has no idea what the fuck they're talking about, they tell Buzzfeed.
WHEEEEEEEEE
uh. I don't like the sound of this one.
Well, he shouldn't "get to". But he's gonna.
Wait wtf?
She forgets who her boss's boss is.
My first thought tonight was that maybe this is McMaster or mattis having Intel, but if centcom doesn't have the intel I doubt it's the military
I mean, there's nothing they can't spin, just...
Come to think of it maybe this is Trump wanting the media back on his side. "Remember when those people got gassed and you all said that was the day I became President? Let's do that again! I want to become the President again!"
Nonserious answer, it's like Watchmen's Rorsharch. "You're not just walling yourselves off from us. You're walling us from you!"
Serious answer, employers. It's a general rule of economics. More people who can't get jobs elsewhere, is more people competing for the jobs that do. Which will depress wage prices.
This is especially going to be important in the agricultural sector. Not just the wage depression, but if the immigration crackdown in the US ramps up, that's going to lead to knock-on costs in farming, as labor costs increase (or output drops). So prices will rise either due to increased base costs, or lack of supply. That allows Mexican farmers to be able to increase prices/market share for no real cost.
So, that'd be one sector that'd not be theoretically opposed to the wall.
They'd presumably be able to lower their own labour costs too? And there'd be higher demand for agricultural goods on their own side of the wall too now!
Also, smugglers.
This literally reads like the section in the history book that describes the run up to a World War. Jesus Christ.
If Assad makes another chemical attack all Trump needs to look in the mirror to blame for how we got in this mess. He's the one who ignored Obama's advice with the region.