As a foreigner from NZ, most of the time the New Zealand media paints a bad picture of the US. Disclosure; I do think the US is a great country and should remain that, NZ is an non-NATO ally of the US and I'd honestly rather US warships roaming the pacific-ocean than Chinese ones. At least in my mind China is probably the biggest threat to my country and would not be able to defend itself without the hep of our allies should war erupt, etc.
At the moment, it is obvious to me that the US is in turmoil and from what I've seen is mostly since Trump took office. Sure I don't exactly like the guy, surely someone else could be a better public figure. And when the first drama about impeachment started airing years ago I was thinking well that could be nice to replace him, but clearly over the last 3 years nothing has actually happened, all these "massive trump scandals" fade away once proven false, etc. I don't particularly support trump, but I do remember when the election was near end supporting him over Hilary Clinton as I feel she would've been a greater threat to the US. And coming into the 2020 elections I think some of these democratic candidates are a threat to what makes america, america, their ideas seem a bit radical. The southern wall feels like a joke, but the idea behind why makes sense to me, illegal immigration should remain illegal, if you cannot go through the proper process of entering a country like everyone else expect to be turned back. I do think health care should be improved upon though. The latest drama around NATO should be highlighted more, as it seems member nations are not paying their fair share leaving the major majority up to the US to cover. Domestic terrorist groups such as ANTIFA need to stopped, they are the extreme ends of political movements in the US and ANTIFA is honestly looking more fascist than anti-fascist.
I live in NZ, health care is covered, it ranked high as one of the happiest countries, schooling up until leaving high school is covered, minimum wage is $17.70/h NZD ($11.61/h USD) we are an island nation far from conflicts, illegal immigration is basically nothing as it is hard to do so. We have been the victim of an racially/ religiously motivated attack from a man who thought it would be good to attack a mosque. That one event which took 51 lives set in motion a change, politicians now had justification to change the law and ban weaponry of the likes that he used. I feel this was an emotional response and the government exploited the tragedy to justify this law change, unlike the US is was easier to do it here and I do hope it doesn't happen to the US (High doubt a gun ban thingy would ever happen in the US). New Zealand's not all that peaceful though, a good film that depicts the darker side of NZ is a move called 'Once we were Warriors'... Other that that I do like and support my country and hope the US doesn't fracture to far.
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The US should and must remain the number one world power militarily, the current turmoil will resolve itself in time (hopefully peacefully).
