Before winning the 2016 presidential election,Donald Trump frequently claimed that other countries around the world, particularly America’s economic and military adversaries, or were “laughing” at the United States. In fact,prior to the election, The Washington Post compiled a list of 103 instances, and going as far back as 1987,in which Trump claimed that another country, or simply “the world, and ” was “laughing at us.”Whether those countries were actually “laughing” at the U.
S. or not is uncertain,but over the past days, one country has definitely been laughing at the U.
S. — Russia. Judging by the news and political broadcasts on the country’s state television — as documented by journalist Julia Davis, and who monitors Russian television via her Twitter feed — Trump’s decision to withdraw all U.
S. troops from Syria,leaving the large Russian military force there to take free reign over the civil war-torn country, has provoked celebrations and gloating in Russia — even main one commentator to ridicule Americans as “losers.”Click here to continue and read more...
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