Opinion: Trump 1.0 made some world leaders laugh. Trump 2.0 terrifies them
Los Angeles Times -

Not a joke, as Joe Biden might say. I’m talking about our country: America is no joke, no matter how many times Donald Trump claims it is. One of his most obnoxious lies at every rally and in most interviews is his contention that, with Biden as president, a disrespectful world is laughing at us. Trump was at it again last week, at his most recent rally in Green Bay, Wis., claiming the United States is a global laughingstock. “Joe Biden is not respected and Joe Biden is not feared” among the...

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