- Political leaders around the world are amazed that the U.S., once seen as a superpower, is struggling to control a coronavirus outbreak.
- Of the 13 countries, including Canada, Australia, Australia and Spain, the U.S. has been seen in the most negative light in recent years, and they are particularly critical for handling the U.S. epidemic.
- The denial goes beyond the epidemic and extends to the action taken by President Donald Trump.
- Some officials told The New York Times that Trump’s rhetoric and actions are undermining democracy globally.
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Officials around the world are wondering how badly the United States is suffering from the coronavirus epidemic.
U.S. More than 203,000 people have died of COVID-19 cases, the highest in any country – and without ending the epidemic.
“I feel sorry for the Americans,” U Mant Oo, a member of parliament in Myanmar, told the New York Times. “But we can’t help the US because we are a very small country.”
The Pew Research Center’s Summer 2020 Global Trends Survey, a report on how 13 countries viewed the U.S. favorably on a variety of topics, said the U.S. image has “sunk” internationally since President Donald Trump took office. But the image of the country is particularly low. Due to epidemic control.
The U.S. has been seen in the most negative light over the past year, compared to 13 countries, including Canada, Australia, Australia and Spain. According to Pew, they are particularly critical for handling the U.S. epidemic.
Of the 13 countries surveyed, only 15% said the UK had done a good job of dealing with the outbreak, the Pew report said.
According to the Pew survey, U.S. U.S. to deal with outbreak situation Only 20% gave the highest rating, saying it was performing well.
Some officials told the Times they were concerned about how the global superpower could be eroded by the virus.
Earlier this summer, the European Union was so concerned about the spread of COVID-19 from Americans that it banned American travelers.
“The USA is a first world country but it behaves like a third world country,” Yung Aung Thu Nayen, a political analyst in Myanmar, told the Times.
Additionally, while other residents have said that their own nations have performed well in controlling the outbreak, only in the US and the United Kingdom have respondents given weak marks to their respective countries.
In July, the Washington Post reported that as Americans lost faith in their own country’s epidemic, as well as social unrest, the world began to question the United States’ appetite or its ability to play a collaborative leadership role at a time when “health and The economic crisis calls for committed global cooperation. “
Mike Bradley, mayor of Sarnia, an industrial city on the border with Michigan, told the Times that U.S. Seeing what is happening in “is like watching the fall of the Roman Empire.”
The Times reports that the negative outlook only goes beyond the epidemic, and applies to Trump and his administration, which many foreign politicians and analysts have said have left behind democratic values. Many are concerned about the ongoing protests for racial justice and Trump’s remarks about not accepting the election results.
Eduardo Bohrquez, director of Transparency International Mexico, told the Times: “We are committed to inspiring democracy in the U.S. Were paying attention to. “Unfortunately, this is no longer the case.”
Yeni Wahid, an Indonesian politician and activist, told the Times that she was concerned about Trump’s rhetoric that undermining democratic values could encourage dictatorships elsewhere.
Wahid said the world is dismantling social cohesion within American society and sees Kovid in disarray. “There is a leadership vacuum that needs to be filled, but America is not fulfilling that leadership role.”
