Comments by "annoyed aussie" (@annoyedaussie3942) on "Trump Signs Executive Order Prioritizing Covid Vaccine For Americans | NBC News NOW" video.

He is openly saying the US won't help any other countries until all US citizens have access to the vaccine. In other words don't care about other countries. This is inconsistent with many world leaders, Xi now looks better regarding this on more than one level and not without good reason. Why is it the Bill Gates Foundation is now way ahead of the US government ?, and Trump's conspiracy theorist base even want to destroy that. Is the US going to be just some failed isolationist super power (like Russia) or a part of the world community? This question will be answered relatively soon I guess depending if Republicans decide to make the government disfunctional for ever and Georgian voters help to make this occur.
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@charlesdemarest1171 I didn't say he is king of the world even if the US portrays it's president that way. The US under Trump has made it clear it will not be part of any international efforts to get vaccines to other countries, our Australian PM and the UK PM and the Chinese President have all made it clear that they will support international efforts to get the vaccines to the world in a somewhat equitable manner. So the only one that is constantly referred to as the leader of the free world , so a significant proportion of the world, is the only one denying all responsibility and being isolationist.
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@charlesdemarest1171 actually I quite like your reasoning in your last comment. It does do something at least in the short term though and that's sending a message. In some ways assuming the transition under the circumstances is as smooth as it can be it gives Biden a bit of a boost because if he just behaves like a regular world leader ( not necessarily leader of the free world ) he will look good without doing anything out of the ordinary.
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