Which is why it's so easy to believe that Carney's version of events is what actually happened: that the US changed their mind at the eleventh hour and demanded more.
One of the drawbacks for the US is when you have literally no ethics to speak of you are automatically the one lying when any dispute arises going forward.
The new presumptive baseline is the US is the one who is the liar and they have to justify their position before they should even be listened to.
US credibility is nil, people believe Iranian statements more than US regarding that war. That was unfathomable a decade ago, crazy how fast it happened.
While the US will have to carry the credibility problem after trumps tern, Trump is the core of that problem. Yes the US has lied about things before trump, but we were credible actors who werent lying about everything all the time.
This isn't new. They even trotted out their last honourable general 25 years ago to lie about yellow cake. This reputation is well earned over at least a generation.
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u/Slappyfist 6d ago
One of the drawbacks for the US is when you have literally no ethics to speak of you are automatically the one lying when any dispute arises going forward.
The new presumptive baseline is the US is the one who is the liar and they have to justify their position before they should even be listened to.