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I think any perceived American exceptionalism went out the window after we elected the Orange One the first time. The second time has eradicated any lingering shred of this belief worldwide.
People hoped that Trump and exceptionalism was a blip to survive through and it would be gone after 4 years. The way I see it, the real hit to America's reputation was Biden who continued a lot of the exceptionalist policies that Trump started. Now Trump 2.0 is continuing the exceptionalist policies, but added pure fascism on top of that. Even if Trump is gone and fascism doesn't prevail, I don't expect the exceptionalism to go away.
What do you suppose Biden should have done with the rest of the legislative and judiciary systems stacked against him, blocking almost any change?
Seeing as all room they had to manevuer was through brow beating and bending orders/budgets, they got a lot of good done...
Biden kept quite a few of the tariffs Trump did in his first term. Even increased some of them.
I mean, tariffs are a long term economic stimulus tool, changing them every week gets the economy, allies, and the private sector very nervous as you might have noticed these last few months.
You might even have heard that companies protest investing in new production capabilites as they don't know what the tariffs will be in 3 years when the production facility is done.
I'll state the same as in the other comment. Not flip-flopping is the expected norm to maintain stability, relationships and long term governance. Poor choices have effects over many years, as drastic changes every 4 years have even more damaging effects.