Donald Trump knows one thing

Published July 4, 2025 6:05am ET



The United States under President Donald Trump is liked less by the rest of the world than it was during the presidencies of Barack Obama and Joe Biden, but it is furtively much more admired. 

It is also more respected in the way that matters most, which is that other nations know they cannot ignore or flout us with impunity. The nation is more powerful.

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