The rest of the World trusted the US (to whatever degree) before, why would it need to take decades since nobody before or after Trump is similar/same? Refusing to trust anyone from US government because of one person isn't rational. OTOH, I don't trust anyone in Washington DC, especially Congress- they have known the American public/voter approval rating has been 20% or below for a helluva long time, but they don't give a rat's ass and refuse to change. Well, they refuse to improve- they change, but for the worse.
A lot of us want term limits and no hands-on investing, but expecting them to police themselves is naiive at best, stupid, at worst.
It took the great depression to drive substantive social/policy changes.... which ultimately led to 50+ years of prosperity....
Reagan and his mates brought in the policies that destroyed that, dismantled the systems / infrastructure that generated the prosperity... it has then taken another 40 years for the economy to "wind down", and for the policies instituted in the 1930's to 1950's to be wound down, sidelined, or eliminated.....
Sadly, I don't believe Trump alone is enough of a shock to the system, to drive the groundswell of support needed for the economic changes required to bring back true prosperity (and strengthen democracy).
The great depression led to an economic, political and social revolution... there are various forms of revolution, but one thing they almost always have in common, is how dire things have to get for the average "working man", before the masses get mobilised. The changes of the early 20th century were relatively bloodless .... other revolutions have not been so benign.
