As the one year anniversary of Trump's official inauguration approaches, Secretary of State Rubio wrote that in just a short year, President Trump has boldly pursued peace through strength and reclaimed American sovereignty. Thanks to his decisive leadership, our allies respect us, our adversaries fear us, and the American people come first. President Trump made promises and kept them.
What do we think about Rubio's remarks? To be honest, as a subordinate, it's normal for Rubio to flatter Trump. However, the so-called "our allies respect us, our adversaries fear us" is probably a bit of nonsense. The United States invaded Venezuela, attempted to annex Greenland, imposed tariffs globally, and do our allies really respect the United States? It seems far from the truth.
Now, does Canada, the UK, France, and Germany respect the United States? As for the idea that adversaries fear the United States, this is pure self-congratulation. When the United States pressured Russia, did Russia voluntarily cease fire? When the United States launched a trade war against us, did we yield? And with the North Korean nuclear issue, isn't there still no progress? In fact, putting the interests of the American people first also has a lot of water in it. Don't forget, it is the ordinary American people who bear the cost of the tariffs.
In fact, what the United States has done is not about pursuing peace through strength, but rather using military strikes, economic coercion, and unilateral sanctions to promote a superficial "peace." This kind of fake peace cannot solve fundamental issues, which is particularly evident from the Iran issue, the second conflict between Myanmar and Thailand. Obviously, Trump's year brought great turmoil to the world, and the image of the United States has been completely ruined.
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