TIME magazine cover shows US 'alone'

The cover of TIME magazine’s latest issue shows the U.S. isolated from its most important allies, on Friday.

A prominent U.S. weekly TIME pictured the U.S. in the center of the cover while the other countries layered around the edges.

According to the article titled “America Alone” – written by Karl Vick -- the country has lost its aura and has increasingly isolated itself under the Trump administration.

The article stressed that the U.S. had become a country today criticized on issues such as freedom of press and migration -- a formidable contrast from its image as a source of inspiration for democracy after World War II.

The article recalls an incident in which a petition was circulated in the U.K., a longtime U.S. ally, to ban Donald Trump from entering the country.

As the U.S. prestige fades, the world searches for a new leader, says the article.

A sentiment echoed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after Trump decided to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Nine countries voted against, 35 others abstained and 21 did not cast a vote.

In Syria as well, U.S. efforts to play a role have been trumped by initiatives taken by Ankara, Tehran and Russia namely at peace talks in Sochi, Russia and Astana, Kazakhstan.

The U.S. is however present at the UN-led peace talks in Geneva.

In Astana and Sochi, U.S.-backed groups do not attend the meetings as a result of a decision taken by Turkey, Russia and Iran.

PYD/PKK, U.S. supported terrorist organization, were not invited to Sochi and Astana, upon Turkey’s request.

The U.S. has supported the PYD/PKK -- considered by Ankara as the Syrian offshoot of the PKK terrorist organization that has waged a more than 30-year war against the Turkish state. The terror campaign has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths, including women and children.