How far do we drop to MAGA? When will it be considered that AisGA? The U.S. has dropped to eighth place in U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Countries” ranking. This is the second straight year that the U.S. has dropped in the rankings. In 2017, the U.S. came in 7th place. Switzerland came in at the top spot for the second year in a row. U.S. News said the drop can be attributed to Trump's unpopularity, with other countries viewing the U.S. as less trustworthy and more politically unstable since he took office. http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/370298-us-drops-to-8th-on-best-countries-list
No, but it was most likely the RW side in conjunction with obama. Political turmoil throughout 2016 has taken its toll on the standing of several major world powers. The US slipped three places, while Germany — last year's number one — fell to fourth place. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-...-according-to-us-news-and-world-report-2017-3 This was from 2017.
Wait, so what's their methodology in determining rankings? I'm not sure what effect Trump's popularity or how he's percieved by world leaders has on life here.
What! The US is #8? Obviously fake news. Let's see who is ahead - Switzerland, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Sweden & Australia - all allies Trump has managed to piss off in one way or another, LOL.
The economy is doing better and more people are employed and crime is going down but yeah our ranking is lower because our politics are wrong. Guess that also makes us number one ranking for the basic human right called free speech as well as the right to think and believe what you want.
Oh god, this is horrible. I don't want my tax cuts, skyrocketing stock market and booming economy, i want to be #7 on the list, like before under Obama. Lol, libs are a riot.
How many countries on the list have open boarders? Even Germany has more controls over their immigration than the US. Try to immigrate to Switzerland. Or Sweden, of the UK, or Australia... When the hordes from the US start moving, maybe this list will be on to something....
2nd year in a row. Thanks Obama for getting that going. Amazing how more racially homogenous countries are beating us as we chase the diversity rainbow to elect more Democrats.
in 2020, dems will be running with the slogan make the Presidency great again Trump is making America look bad only thing we can hope is that he doesn't pull a Bush and ruin the Obama recovery - 3 more years
What's the prize for 8th? Less illegals coming in, so far it looks that way? I tell ya I was SHOCKED to see we were 8th, according to many on this board the whole freaking world hated US. Seems the "global citizens" took a vote. Wonder how many of the global types have been here ever or more than a week? From the link." The publication says the list is based on a survey of more than 21,000 "global citizens" who rank 80 countries in 24 categories, including "cultural influence," "heritage," "adventure" and "quality of life."
I don't really care how my neighbors perceive or "rank" my household. From the entire perspective of my world, it means nothing. Why do we give a **** what other countries think? That is part of MAGA.
LMAO @ the presumption that the US is not a world leader because a newspaper said so. Give me a break. The facts speak differently. We ARE the world's superpower.
Superpower, yes. Leading by example, hell no. Indeed we best hope others do not emulate our foreign policy! No one would be safe then. For many nations do not like what other nations do. We should therefore never be emulated nor serve as an example to anyone! Unless you want wars all over the place.
And yet all those countries above us look to the USA to protect them. It's time to pull our military out of the EU and let them deal with their own problems.
Your statement has moved from fact based to touchy feely emotions. What exactly is leading by example? Making decisions that you think are best for YOU, and having the confidence to not give a **** what other people think, is not the same thing as going around and punching people in the face. For too long we have allowed the world to walk all over us through our charity, humanitarian efforts, and even our protection by funding a military our allies feel they don't need to provide. Acting in a manner that best serves US may cause the world to drop us in their "list", which is nothing more than opinions, and yet I still maintain... Who cares? We shouldn't.
Global citizens panders to the emotional aspects of the ranking. "We are all citizens of planet earth, so we surveyed people who don't live in the United States to ask what they think about us..." again. Who cares?