Among Democrats, it was an article of faith that the election of Joe Biden would trigger resounding cheers throughout the world and expressions of profound gratitude that America was resuming its historic role as leader of the free world. It didn’t happen. Although America’s allies and enemies shed few tears over the electoral demise of Donald Trump Donald Trump Trump announces new tranche of endorsements DeSantis, Pence tied in 2024 Republican poll Lawmakers demand changes after National Guard troops at Capitol sickened from tainted food MORE , it is abundantly clear that there are deeper explanations for the fact that the world today is looking at America through very different eyes — a reappraisal that dramatically accelerated during the stunning events that characterized the United States’s “annus horribilis” of 2020. Evidence of this remarkable attitudinal change is found in the recent survey by the European Council on Foreign Relations of public … [Read more...] about Biden’s ‘America is Back’ pledge leaves the world unimpressed