Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. She is a frequent opinion contributor to CNN, a contributing columnist to The Washington Post and a columnist for World Politics Review. (CNN) President Donald Trump vowed to make America respected around the world. For years, starting long before he ran for president with the slogan "Make America Great Again," he complained, "the world is laughing at us." Trump took a country that was, according to Pew Research, mostly admired, and turned it into an object of pity and alarm.

Source: CNN November 12, 2020 20:48 UTC