At the end of 2024 America voted in a new government as is their right and despite how some of us in other countries may feel about that we have to respect their elected government as we would expect them to respect our elected government.
At the same time I have to lay my cards on the table and say that their new president would not be my choice and I do find listening to him and seeing his recent actions make me feel that he has little regard for the rest of the world from both an economic and humanitarian perspective but again that is his belief and he was democratically elected with those beliefs.
There have been many angry statements from around the world in regards to the actions that the new American government has taken. However I personally do not think that being angry helps and rather than being angry I feel we should accept that they have the right to their beliefs but we also have the right to disagree with them and to show through our own actions what is the right way to be.
The world economy is not great at the moment with most of the western world feeling the impact of price rises and inflation. People are scared that the measures that America is taking could lead to a trade war of some form, my country the UK has a reasonably balanced trade with America and will definitely not want to rock the boat by causing friction between our two countries.
All countries will have a me first approach to government, it's just whether they care about who is second that is the concern.
In a family the children often disagree with their parents and siblings and can do so quite aggressively, but ultimately they will still want to play with their siblings and have their fish fingers and baked beans for tea so ultimately the parents and siblings have some form of power which may give them the upper hand. As we get older we may completely rebel against this but we know that will only end badly maybe even with our own parents and siblings rejecting us.
No doubt what America is doing now is upsetting the world family and maybe some will rebel and maybe some will just do as they are told but some will do what they believe is right without fear or confrontation.