LaffyHurry!
“At least a dozen countries are interested in developing their own #vaccines because they’re losing confidence that the US government will have immunizations ready for the next pandemic…”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-12/other-nations-want-to-make-their-own-vaccines-as-us-pulls-back
Carolyn@GottaLaff@mstdn.social The US is going to be left behind. The world is already working around it.
Laffy@CStamp@mastodon.social IS left behind
Michael Wyman@GottaLaff@mstdn.social @CStamp@mastodon.social I have a fear that voters will reject Trumpism in 2026/28, and elect a Democrat with the expectation they’ll quickly repair the US’s position in the world, only to be shocked that the rest of the world no longer cares to let the US have that position back, and much of the economic damage from Trump is now just baked in and isn’t quickly repairable, causing the fickle US voters to swing wildly back toward the next authoritarian.
Carolyn@mwyman@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social The US has absolutely lost the trust and standing it had. The world IS creating new trade partnerships and a new order.
Voters need to be educated to know that when a new government comes in, how quickly they are able to carry on their agendas will always depend on how much unseen damage they step into, much of which they public will never know. So far, the visible damage suggests it will take many terms to fix the damage done in just this past 6 months.
Colin B.🇨🇦
@CStamp@mastodon.social @mwyman@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social
There is no fixing the damage, period.
The rest of the world is being forced out of their comfortable relationships with the US, only to discover that the relationship has been abusive and destructive for ages.
We'll never go back.