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The laughing stock on the world's stage is far left politics. Their foothold on Western society has crumbled, and wide scale incompetance and corruption has been exposed.

I hear this so, so much but I've seen next to know evidence presented. I've lived in Europe under "lefty" governments and it would be pretty hard to say it was a "corrupt" system?

All I remember is high taxes, good public infrastructure and healthcare and social benefits. To say it was corrupt is ridiculous.

> Many European leaders have acknowledged Trump was right regarding a lot of things in his first term, and that Europe would have been better off had they listened to him.

Who did and what did they say? Cite your sources.

I bet he means Orban and Putin.

>Many European leaders have acknowledged Trump was right regarding a lot of things in his first term, and that Europe would have been better off had they listened to him.

Well, no, this didn't happen in many countries and not even being right on a lot of things