David Pakman

Fear and respect are two different things.

Also notable, nearly 70 percent of Germans say that they're worried about European security and a similar number think NATO cannot rely on the United States making good on its shared defense responsibilities.

And why would they?

I mean, Donald Trump has sort of suggested, yeah, we might we might not defend NATO allies if they are attacked.

So for those who say Trump has really shaken things up here, he's really making people think and whatever.

No, it's the United States is becoming a problem and is damaging our alliances and relations.

For years, Trump said, I have been and will again make the United States strong.

And what he's actually done is isolated the United States, torched trust and really turned the country into the kind of power that we used to oppose.

And when the German president is openly warning the world, do not let the United States turn the planet into a free for all run by bullies.

You know, something has really reversed from the post-World War two order that the US played a significant role in boosting.

The world sees it.

The even if the magas refuse to acknowledge it, even if Trump's ego would never let him acknowledge it, the world sees that this is going on.

And by the way, the fascism experts also see what's going on.

And some of them are leaving and have left the country.

Let's talk about that.

Jason Stanley is not a random activist.

He is not a tic tac commentator.

He is not being dramatic.

Jason Stanley is one of the world's leading experts on fascism.

He wrote the book How Fascism Works, and he has left the United States because of Donald Trump.