How America's Global Soft Power Faltered Under Trump's Regime
Former US soft power czar Richard Stengel explains how the Trump administration's actions have severely damaged America's global influence and reputation.
The Trump administration's combative foreign policy and venal persona of the former president have done immense damage to the United States' ability to wield soft power and make a positive difference in the world, according to former US soft power czar Richard Stengel.
Stengel, who served as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs during the Obama administration, recounts a telling moment from the early days of the Iraq War that foreshadowed the US's declining global reputation. One Sunday morning in the summer of 2003, he drove into a small South African beach town to pick up the local newspapers, where he encountered a headline that read, in bold letters,
Source: The Guardian
