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[–] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I won't lie, there's only a very moderate sigh of relief for me personally.
Trump will be a lame duck now, so the messes he can make will be fewer.
But I'm not sure I trust the American people quite yet. They still elected Trump twice.
As a European, I also don't think we can return to business as usual, because USA is still an unreliable partner.
Even a new relatively good president in the next presidential election will not change that.

Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Bush Jr. 2 times, and now Trump 2 times, paints a pretty horrible picture of American politics.
And even Obama was a war criminal, even though he was better than average, and very liked in Europe. He was not the humanitarian he painted himself as in his speeches. He was still all about American exceptionalism.

So I think we will have to wait about 12 years to know if USA is on a better path or not. Until then extreme caution is recommended.

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