A lot has changed. People simply don’t see the US as a reliable ally anymore. And this isn’t just the same as before. Past Presidents don’t claim that NATO par

A lot has changed. People simply don’t see the US as a reliable ally anymore. And this isn’t just the same as before. Past Presidents don’t claim that NATO partners owe the US money based on a misunderstanding of how NATO works (they have complained about NATO partners not pulling their weight which is why all of them have set concrete targets for increasing involvement which are set to take place over a few more years, for which of course Trump will try to take credit ignoring that these were negotiated by Bush/Obama). They also didn’t pull out of treaties such as the Iran deal or the Paris climate accord the way Trump did, or constantly threaten countries about pulling out of treaties that the US pushed for and drive such as NAFTA or TPP. They also didn’t try to wreck other countries’ economies based on the fact that they need to placate their base such as with NATO ally Turkey. They also didn’t spread lies and misinformation about partner countries based on the latest Fox News conspiracy without first checking with the largest intelligence operations in the world which is available to them like he did with falsehood about London and the U.K. before visiting. They also didn’t have allied intelligence agencies basically stop sharing sensitive information with their US intelligence counterparts because they leaked (inadvertently or deliberately) it to Putin. There is a lot more than just “media hysterics” that make things different.