America, one of the world’s most powerful nations, is also known for its status as a global melting pot where everyone comes to find a better life. It seems as if no other media is as free as popular American media. It’s still one of the most glorified nations that people everywhere look up to, right?
It has not even been four months since President Donald Trump has taken power and the United States is in a very questionable state. Infamous for making a name for himself in the business world, people thought “Hey, this guy knows a thing or two about businesses, why don’t we put him in charge of the country?”
Lately Trump’s tariff fest, which involves literally every part of the globe getting tariffed, has gotten to the point that even uninhabited Antarctic lands are being affected by tariffs, leaving the penguins there wondering “What did we do?” “What was his main goal,” you may ask? It was just to “protect” American businesses from failing, not realizing that many American businesses actually require imported goods to function which now are insanely expensive thanks to tariffs.
The tariffs have also resulted in countries around the world boycotting American goods, and foreign companies not wanting to expand their outlets into the US, which could have created more jobs. It’s gotten to the point where Canada has even renamed the popular drink “Americano” to “Canadiano.” To further worsen the situation, Trump also decided to impose heavy restrictions on immigration and obsess over the words “detain” and “deport” in the dictionary to the point that Germany had to issue a travel advisory.
Lately, America has been losing her former glory courtesy of poor healthcare, mass shootings, backwards policies and ideas and hyperinflation. To make matters worse, people are now terrified of the American flag and raise their eyebrows at people who display it in front of their homes and on their vehicles.
But hey, on a more positive note, at least gas prices are decreasing for now, which we can thank Trump for—especially given the fact he hasn’t ruled out the possibility of a recession. Maybe when a new president takes power after Trump, that president can try to mend the bridges Trump burned with other countries. Even so, will the world be willing to change its views again after Trump?
Vedant Maheshwari is a sophomore who is exploring academically.
