Comment by the_af

> made America respected

Did he? Or did you mean "feared"? So "respect" in the Machiavellian sense of the word?

A lot of people now dealing with Trump, even his allies, seem to be walking on egg shells, trying not to say something that angers him, appeasing him with adulation and false praise, and trying very hard to remind him "we're all friends". Much like one would treat a dangerous guys who happens to be holding a gun.