No, they’ve lost it. Europe will turn to themselves and everyone else will turn to China. America’s never getting this back.
this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2026
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- proportional representation
- modern constitution
- direct presidential election
- apolitical judiciary
- apolitical law enforcement
... would be a good start.
Those are things Congress or the states would need to do—the president can’t (and shouldn’t) make Constitutional amendments.
Not disagreeing but how would you make a modern constitution without pissing off alot of people who see it as a historical artifact for all time?
The constitution is a living document designed to be amended.
That’s a corner Americans painted themselves into.
You don't. The US can't be fixed until the people want it to be fixed. And right now they don't.
Just execute the oligarchy. It would help a LOT
Have the US join the EU as non-voting member.
Trust by who? Europe? China? US citizens?
For Europe we will probably go back to normal trade relationship after a few terms without a MAGA.
European defense will prioritise domestic spending, which was probably the intention because we can then sell you bombs if you end up in a conflict with China.
European IT spending will also favour domestic stuff instead of American companies for a very long time, but without any upside like the arms industry.
It all boils down to two basic principles.
Radical honesty and accountability.
That's the only way anyone builds trust.
The US never has accountability
The next president will be JD Vance, and he will regain a lot of trust by implementing the 25th amendment.
dont think jd vance by himself will be electable, they want TRUMP, or a trump clone.
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How familiar are you with the year 1793?
Make changes to limit their own power and actually have the spine to resist both the far right and the far left. Anything seen as partisan will backfire on them - no question about it. Arresting and prosecuting the entirety of MAGA politicians, as suggested by many in this thread, is about the worst thing they could do. It would just lead to more of the same, but worse.