Donald Trump. File photoWASHINGTON, 7 Aug. The United States has become a Third World country in many ways, former President Donald Trump said at the Conservative Political Action Conference. “We are in many ways a third world country. We are a country whose economy is floundering, whose supply chains are disrupted, where stores are not full and packages do not reach, whose education system is at the bottom of any list,” he said. 
«No Longer Just Threats»: The US Goes All InTrump says the US is «no longer respected and listened to in the world.» In addition, the former president recalled that the country has recorded the highest inflation in 40 years and the highest energy prices. “We are a nation that has become a laughing stock in many ways,” Trump added.
The US can no longer be considered independent in energy and is forced to beg Venezuela and Saudi Arabia for oil supplies, he believes. 
The West wants a different globeAt the same time, Trump stressed that two years ago, when he was president, the situation was radically different. In his opinion, Republicans should begin to turn things around as early as November, when the midterm congressional elections take place. quarters in a row changed at the same pace). Thus, the country's economy has been declining for the second quarter in a row — technically this indicates a recession.