Throughout 2018, Trump bumbled about the global stage, never missing a chance to embarrass himself and the United States.
As Trump tramped around the globe in 2018, the world watched in both amusement and alarm at his childlike tantrums, flat-out lies, and general ineptitude. In the end, global opinion of America plummeted, which is what you would expect with the laughing stock who occupies the Oval Office.
The year began on a low note, with 11 countries coming to a trade agreement without the United States. Rather than try to influence the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Trump isolated himself and the United States, withdrawing from all negotiations. In the end, Australia, Japan, Canada, and several others forged ahead, leaving America behind.
Over the summer, Trump’s humiliations came fast and furious. World leaders ridiculedTrump’s child-like tantrum at the end of the G-7 Summit in Canada after Trump withdrew from the group’s agreement via Twitter. One senior official called Trump “a pathetic little man-child.”
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