Trump in his first term gave the Pacific over to China, who now defines terms over there. In his second term, Trump is cutting the US out of leadership in Europe, leading to growing economic trade agreements that exclude the US.

You seem to think these solid critiques about the inherent weakness of Trump are somehow mere partisanship, rather than the actual unwinding of US leadership around the world.

I'm not part of global academia, I'm just a consumer of news that is willing to listen to things outside of a partisan bubble. The world is shifting away from the US, to the US's detriment. We have an exceptionally weak president who acts like what a weak person imagines a strong person is like, and it's scaring off all our allies.

> In a way it’s understandable because you all seem to believe in your “right” to pick winners and losers. The world doesn’t actually work that way.

I do not know whatyou mean by this, you think I'm picking winners and losers? The US is picking winners and losers? Global academia is picking?Picking either antecedent does not allow me to find any meaning in your sentence.