New polling shows international trust in US democracy and foreign policy plummeting to historic lows, threatening long-term American soft power.
Friday, July 17, 2026
New polling shows international trust in US democracy and foreign policy plummeting to historic lows, threatening long-term American soft power.
To avoid a decade-long trap, the U.S. must offer Iran a path to normalization rather than pursuing futile, open-ended containment.
In 2025, Trump echoed Bush-Cheney: WMD claims, “narco-terrorism,” war-on-terror standards, and bombing Iran.