Trump to Withdraw the USA from the WHO

[Horace]

My wife tells me that Chinese folk think we're one step away from anarchy, because racism. I think as one zooms out and is less personally involved with a society, the narrative driven by the MSM about that society becomes more and more the truth.

[LuFins Dad]

@89th said in Trump to Withdraw the USA from the WHO:

@George-K said in Trump to Withdraw the USA from the WHO:

@LuFins-Dad said in Trump to Withdraw the USA from the WHO:

What did Daltry do to piss Trump off?

He doesn't want to get fooled again?

POTD!

Do I get any credit for the setup?

[taiwan_girl]

@Jolly said in Trump to Withdraw the USA from the WHO:

And how do they see him at his worst? What media helps form that opinion?

That is true. They are receiving their news from local sources, but I think those local sources are sourcing the information from other places.

However, to say or assume that the news media is liberal bias against President Trump everywhere around the world is a bit of a "long stretch".

The personality and image of President Trump does not go over very well in many parts of Asia. That is probably more of a cultural bias than a liberal or conservative bias.

[89th]

@LuFins-Dad said in Trump to Withdraw the USA from the WHO:

@89th said in Trump to Withdraw the USA from the WHO:

@George-K said in Trump to Withdraw the USA from the WHO:

@LuFins-Dad said in Trump to Withdraw the USA from the WHO:

What did Daltry do to piss Trump off?

He doesn't want to get fooled again?

POTD!

Do I get any credit for the setup?

Yes! 10% of all winnings.

[Larry]

I've seen several "man on the street" interviews of random people in several countries, including Taiwan. What they showed is quite different from your take on it.

[taiwan_girl]

@Larry said in Trump to Withdraw the USA from the WHO:

I've seen several "man on the street" interviews of random people in several countries, including Taiwan. What they showed is quite different from your take on it.

I agree. Taiwan has not had a better friend than President Trump in a long time.

But, I will still stand by my personal experience of speaking with people first hand who are living in various countries. President Trump does not have a very good majority image overseas.

[Larry]

They love him in the Philippines.

[Larry]

I guess his bad image overseas is one of the reasons 80% of them would give their left leg to come here to live....

[taiwan_girl]

@Larry The majority like him in Taiwan, and I love him for the friend he has been to Taiwan. And maybe the same in the Philippines also.

But that doesn't change the fact that the majority of people outside the US do not have a good opinion of him.

Pew Research on foreign opinions of President Trump

Quote:
In nearly all nations where trends are available, Trump receives lower ratings than his predecessor, Barack Obama.

Now of course, President Trump is not the President of the world - he is President of the US.

And my comments are only regarding the opinion of non-US people on President Trump, nothing to do with his policies, etc.

[Larry]

Of course they loved Obama. He let them know from day one that they could walk all over him. They didn't have any respect for him though. It's easy to make people like you if you let then run over you.

[taiwan_girl]

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[Axtremus]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-who.html

‘The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations that the United States will withdraw from the World Health Organization ...’

[Jolly]

I'm sure the Chinese will step up and fill the monetary gap.

[jon-nyc]

They’ll have no counterbalance to their influence now. This isn’t good.

I was actually with him when he wanted to threaten their funding to reform them. I even started a thread about it. But this won’t lead to a good place.

This is anti-leadership.

[taiwan_girl]

@jon-nyc In many times, it is easier (and more productive) to change something from the inside rather than try from the outside.

[jon-nyc]

We won’t be changing anything. This will be a Chinese dominated institution the way it was dominated by us in, say, 1990.

[taiwan_girl]

@jon-nyc said in Trump to Withdraw the USA from the WHO:

We won’t be changing anything. This will be a Chinese dominated institution the way it was dominated by us in, say, 1990.

I understand that. I was trying to say that if we want reform, it would be better to do while still a member rather than looking in from the outside. For sure, we will not be able to do anything with WHO in that situation.

[LuFins Dad]

Empty threats don’t change anything either.

[Copper]

I doubt this is the end of the story

[Jolly]

@Copper said in Trump to Withdraw the USA from the WHO:

I doubt this is the end of the story

Bingo.