LETTER: Trump costs the US its credibility
World leaders would rather believe Iran than Washington
21 June 2019 - 05:02
The world has become uncertain and unsafe with President Donald Trump in the White House. The US is now paying in concrete terms for his compulsive lying — 12,000 recorded in two years — and his systematic attacks on his own intelligence services.
With crisis threatening in the Middle East, world leaders do not believe US allegations against Iran because of their lack of credibility under Trump. Anyone who is surprised about this has not been reading the clear signs. Even if US allegations were true, other countries are not prepared to believe them, including traditional Western allies...
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