David Pakman

If and you have to kind of kind of consider the power dynamics, but if a smaller country even attempted to do what Donald Trump did in Venezuela, the reaction from someone like Trump would be, of course, they're not going to be allowed to do that.

There is no way.

But when it's Donald Trump doing it, of course, he should be allowed to do it.

And it is a hypocrisy that we've pointed out before that MAGA doesn't care about, but is still relevant to talk about.

Now, there's some interesting polling to go along with this as well.

There's a new German poll which finds that 76 percent of Germans now say the United States is no longer a reliable partner and only 15 percent say that the U.S.

can be trusted.

This is the lowest number ever recorded.

Now, by contrast,

Three quarters of Germans say, oh, we can rely on France.

Three quarters of Germans say we can rely on the United Kingdom.

So think about that.

Germany trusts France.

Germany trusts the UK.

Germany does not trust the United States.

Again, I know the magas don't give a damn about that.

But when they say now that Trump is here, we are finally respected abroad.

No, we're not.

And if Trump's behavior is so erratic that it scares some people, that's not respect.

That's fear.