Kerry Landon-Lane
1 min readDec 26, 2021

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Marlon Weems, on the international scene the differences would be more stark. Clinton would not have reneged on our agreement with Iran leading to a less secure situation and diminished U.S. credibility. Clinton would not have removed our presence in northern Syria and may also have left our presence in Afghanistan. She also would not have pulled out of the Paris accord. She did pull back from the TTP (in response to the Sanders challenge) which would have been helpful as a united weight in countering China. We also would not have had the distracting rewriting of NAFTA.

You could say there was nothing positive achieved internationally under Donald Trump. Our State Department was undermined and our diplomacy was described as buffoonery by The Economist. Enormous damage was done to U.S. reliability and resolve which weakened the bonds with our allies and gave a leg up to our adversaries.

Many thanks

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Kerry Landon-Lane
Kerry Landon-Lane

Written by Kerry Landon-Lane

OP-ED writer, designer and artist. Most recently returned to architecture and deliberately presents the subject void of buildings.

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