Trump has 'definitely damaged' US soft power: Joseph Nye

'China is making efforts to fill the gap,' Harvard scholar says

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Joseph Nye developed the theory of soft power in the 1990s. U.S. President Donald Trump has eroded America's soft power, he argues. (Photo by Katsuyoshi Tanaka)

TAMAMI SHIMIZUISHI

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts -- Eliminating USAID and other steps by the Trump administration have weakened U.S. influence in the world, said Joseph Nye, the Harvard University professor emeritus who coined the term soft power.

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