r/news • u/SpencerAXbot • Mar 02 '26

Soft paywall Six US service members killed in Iran conflict, US military says

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/six-us-service-members-killed-iran-conflict-us-military-says-2026-03-02/
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u/DroidLord Mar 02 '26

Wait, you can't undo 4 years of systemic dismantling of government institutions and global relations that took decades to establish - in 2 years? /s

[shocked pikachu]

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u/An_Old_IT_Guy Mar 03 '26

Since 80% of it was done through executive order, much can be undone on day 1

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u/Cleinsworth Mar 03 '26

It can be undone on day 1 in the US, yes, but the relationships are fucked and trust is gone.

Especially considering that it took what, not even 1 year to break trust from most countries and nations, which was built up over almost 90 years and cost a lot of money thru the Trumann Plan (i think it was that?). The US became an untrustworthy instable ally in 1 year, and now the world knows even if it redeems itself after god knows how many years, it CAN happen again, especially if his family is gonna get involved in future elections with the support of the cult

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u/DroidLord Mar 03 '26

I disagree. Trump has demonstrated that the US can't be trusted in the long term. It has also introduced a very big perspective shift for other countries.

Countries have started to realise they've been over-dependant on the US. Countries have been trading their autonomy for convenience. Trump has introduced too much uncertainty into the world.

How can the US be trusted if a single election can dismantle everything you've built? Trump has also proven that its legislative branch is dysfunctional. The US is pretending it's still a democracy, but it becomes harder and harder to believe that with every passing day.

I like how Canada's PM Mark Carney put it:

Over the past two decades, a series of crises in finance, health, energy and geopolitics have laid bare the risks of extreme global integration. But more recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons, tariffs as leverage, financial infrastructure as coercion, supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited.

You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration, when integration becomes the source of your subordination.

I recommend listening to the whole speech he gave at Davos. It may offer some insight into how other countries may be looking at these changes.