BANGKOK – Myanmar is a vulnerable country struggling with open ethnic warfare and a coronavirus outbreak that could put more strain on its broken hospitals. It has not stopped its politicians from dealing with the lost country.
“I feel sorry for the Americans,” said U Mint Oo, a member of Myanmar’s parliament. Can’t help because we’re a very small country. “
The same sentiment prevails in Canada, one of the most developed countries. Two out of three Canadians live within about 60 miles of the American border.
“Personally, it’s like watching the fall of the Roman Empire,” said Mike Bradley, mayor of Sarnia, an industrial city on the border with Michigan. The locals were venturing for lunch.
Between the epidemic and the presidential race, much of the world is watching the United States with shock, chagrin and, for the most part, hate.
How did a superpower allow itself to be stripped of the virus? And almost four years later, during which President Trump has praised dictatorial leaders and dismissed some other countries as vaguely trivial and criminal, is the United States afraid to display some of the same traits he has insulted?
“The USA is a first world country but it behaves like a third world country,” said Ung Aung Thu Nyan, a Myanmar political analyst.
Adding to the sense of obscenity, Mr. Trump has refused to accept the inevitable principle of democracy, drowning out questions about whether he would be committed to a peaceful transition should he lose power after the November election.
His demure, coupled with his continued attacks on the balloting process, drew rebuke from Republicans, including Utah Senator Mitt Romney. Mr Romney wrote on Twitter that “democracy is a peaceful transition of fundamental power.” “Without it, there is Belarus.”
In Belarus, where President Ale Lexander G. Thousands of people faced police after Lukashenko’s widely disputed re-election last month, making Mr Trump’s remarks seem familiar.
“It reminds me of Belarus, when a person cannot accept defeat and look for a way to prove that he is not a loser,” said Kirill Kalbasnica, a 29-year-old opposition activist and actor. “This would be a warning sign for any democracy.”
Some others in Europe believe that American institutions are strong enough to withstand an attack.
“I have no doubt about the ability of the United States Constitution to examine and work with a balance system,” said Johan Wadeful, a senior German legislator with Chancellor Angela Merkel. “
Yet, much to the chagrin of the birth of a peaceful democracy in Germany following the defeat of the President of the United States, Rick III, the country is plunging into the sanctity of the electoral process, met with distrust and despair.
The decline in the global image of the United States began before the epidemic, as Trump administration officials embraced America First policy by reducing international agreements. Now, however, his reputation seems to be in free-fall.
Polls from the Pew Research Center in 13 countries found that over the past year, countries including Canada, Japan, Australia, Australia and Germany have been looking at the United States in the most negative light of the year. In each of the countries surveyed, most respondents believed that the United States was doing badly with the epidemic.
Such global rejection has historically been applied to countries with less open political systems and powerful people in charge. But the kind of developing countries that Mr. Trump has ridiculed say the signals from the United States are ominous: a mass protest against rabies, racial and social inequality, and a president who seems unwilling to support Teneto. Electoral democracy.
Mexico, perhaps more than any other country, has been the target of Mr. Trump’s goal, while the president uses it as a campaign punching bag and promises to pay Mexico a border wall. Now they are experiencing a new spirit that transcends their anger and ambiguity over Trumpian insults: sympathy.
“We turned our attention to the U.S. to inspire democratic rule,” said Eduardo Bohrquez, director of Transparency International Mexico. “Unfortunately, this is no longer the case.”
“Just being great is not enough,” he added.
In Indonesia, the most populous Muslim-majority democracy, there is a sense that the United States has abandoned world democracy, even though its application of democratic ideals abroad was incomplete. For decades, Washington supported some of Asia’s most ruthless dictators because they believed it was important to stop communism in the region.
Yeni Wahid, an Indonesian politician and activist, said, “The world sees the breakdown of social cohesion in American society and the mismanagement of Kovid.” “There is a leadership vacuum that needs to be filled, but America is not fulfilling that leadership role.”
Ms Wahid, whose father was president of Indonesia after decades of powerful rule in the country, said she was concerned that Mr Trump’s negative attitude towards democratic principles could legitimize officials.
“Trump inspired many dictators, many leaders who are interested in dictatorship, to imitate his style, and he encouraged them,” he said.
In places like the Philippines, Mexico, and elsewhere, elected leaders have been compared to Mr. Trump when he has turned to divisive rhetoric, disregard for institutions, dissent, and intolerance towards the media.
But it also means that Americans are now getting a glimpse of the plight of those living in fragile democracies.
“They now know what it’s like in other countries: violating norms, international trade and its own institutions,” said Eunice Randon, an immigration and security expert and director of Migrant Agenda, a for-profit organization based in Mexico. “The world’s most powerful country suddenly feels vulnerable.”
Already, an American passport, which at one time allowed easy entry into almost every country in the world, is no longer a valuable travel pass. Due to the coronavirus, American tourists are banned in most countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania and Latin America.
However, Albania, Brazil and Belarus are among the small group of countries that welcome the US without restrictions.
Although the State Department struggled to provide adequate equipment to its own doctors and nurses at the onset of the epidemic, it has also tried to play a role in fighting coronavirus abroad. In March, the United States supplied 10,000 gloves and 5,000 surgical masks to Thailand, among other medical supplies, with less than 3,520 cases of coronavirus reported today and 59 deaths. Despite the low castle, most Thais continue to wear face masks in public and the country never faces a shortage of masks.
A statement from the State Department said, “The generosity of the American people and the U.S. Through government action, the United States demonstrates global leadership in the fight against the Covid-1p epidemic.
In Cambodia, which has so far reported large numbers of survivors of the virus, there is a step of Scadenfred towards the United States. Prime Minister Hun Sen has survived as Asia’s longest-serving leader, breaking dissent and cooperating with China. He has turned to American aid because it always comes with conditions to improve human rights. Now, he and his administration make fun of the United States and its control of the epidemic.
About Mr. Trump Mr. Soon Eisen, a spokesman for Mr. Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party, said of Mr. Trump, “They have a lot of nuclear weapons.” “But he’s careless with a disease that can’t be seen.”
The report was contributed by Azam Ahmed of Mexico City; Melissa Eddy from Berlin; So Nang from Yangon, Myanmar; Ivan Nechepurenko from Moscow; Catherine Porter from Toronto; Mukita Suharto from Bangkok; And Sun Narin of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
