Opinions of the United States in other countries are at a low. There used to be two exceptions - Israel and South Korea - and now Israel is the lone exception after the Georgia factory debacle (though opinions of the U.S. are still positive in Korea). My comment was not supposed to be political, but really, do you think forcing Europeans to pay more is popular there? Do you think increased detentions of foreigners by CBP is popular among foreign tourists? Do you think “exposing climate change hysteria” is popular abroad where climate change is essentially universally accepted? Do you think “leveling the playing field” with other countries is popular in other countries? The Middle East peace deal will likely be popular abroad, and maybe lessen the reputational damage already dealt.

I will not get into the politics of whether these are good policies or bad policies. That does not belong here. But look at it from *their* point of view, and you could probably see why they don’t like it!