America’s standing in the world is taking a hit, but Phil Keoghan says turmoil in the United States isn’t hurting American competitors racing around the world on a reality TV show.

We got the ‘Amazing Race’ host at LAX and our photog asked him if he was seeing any consequences on the show from the second Trump presidency.

Phil says from what he’s seen, Americans are still welcome in different countries and they’re not being treated poorly in areas where Trump’s policies, rhetoric and antics aren’t being well received.

Joe Tacopina is blasting the judge in Wendy Williams‘ conservatorship case for telling the TV star her career is over … calling the statements “outrageous” — and adding Wendy’s going to have a massive comeback when the conservator battle is over.

We spoke with Tacopina — who is serving as Wendy’s personal attorney — on “TMZ Live” Friday … and, he says these statements by the judge shouldn’t have been made in court or in front of Wendy … especially since the judge who said it isn’t in the entertainment industry.

Tacopina doesn’t know why the judge would make such statements about Wendy’s career in an unrelated court hearing … and, he adds that from his numerous conversations with Wendy, he knows she’s as coherent and lucid as she ever has been.

We broke the story … multiple sources with direct knowledge told us Judge Lisa Sokoloff told Williams she had no chance of restarting her career — all while blasting Wendy’s family, essentially saying they were all no good.

We’re told Judge Sokoloff’s comments hurt Wendy deeply … and, it’s still unclear why she made the comments to Wendy. BTW, our documentary “Saving Wendy” — available to stream on Tubi — was watched by a huge number of people, so it seems there is a lot of interest in Wendy’s life and potential comeback still.

Tacopina also chatted with us about the gag order on this case … saying he’s never heard one being issued in a guardianship case — and pointing out they’re usually reserved for situations where comments could influence a jury, which can’t happen here since the judge alone will make the decision.

Joe says gag orders are regularly viewed as unconstitutional and overturned anyway … and, the only reason he can think for why Judge Sokoloff issued one is to punish Wendy and her team.

Mark Geragos is getting pissed prosecutors have been presenting their case for more than 2 hours without, in his opinion, addressing what the hearing is all about — the law and how it pertains to resentencing his clients.

Erik and Lyle’s attorney also called out the D.A.’s Office for flashing bloody crime scene photos in court, which he says is traumatizing Menendez family members in court to support the brothers.

They just broke for lunch.

Erik and Lyle Menendez were in court Friday morning as prosecutors tried to yank their bid for freedom from the judge, and the body language of the brothers was telling.

Erik and Lyle joined remotely from the prison and could be seen on camera. Eric looked buff and was nervously biting his nails. Lyle looked tired and put on his reading glasses as proceedings began.

The new D.A., Nathan Hochman, was in court and ready to bear, allowing his trial prosecutor to tell the judge the prior D.A. petitioned to have Erik and Lyle resentenced because he was down by double-digit numbers in the polls and thought he won votes by embracing the brothers.

It’s basically the same story Hochman has been telling for months … that the brothers have not entirely owned what they did — never admitting their claim they feared for their lives was a lie.

There were moments when Erik and Lyle looked at each other in disgust as prosecutors spoke, shaking their heads.

Cooper Koch, who played Erik in Ryan Murphy‘s Netflix series, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” walked into the courtroom with his boyfriend … and Erik’s wife, Tammi Menendez was also there with Erik’s adopted daughter, Talia.

Erik and Lyle’s lawyer, Mark Geragos, has not yet spoken.