Allies fear us now

For the last several years, Republicans in Washington were slamming President Barack Obama because “our allies don’t respect us and our enemies don’t fear us.”

Thanks to President Donald Trump, in a few weeks our allies fear us and our enemies are giddy.

All of this time, I thought they meant something else.

This story was originally published March 21, 2017 at 7:38 PM with the headline "Allies fear us now."