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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love how OP is so concerned for their safety then does literally the only thing that would identify them as an American in public :)

I'm currently in Australia and no issues. 95% of people have no idea where I'm from because I don't walk around in a costume that identifies me as American. The other 5% I talk with are far more interested in me as a person and not some personification of America. The only person who mentioned Trump to me was another American.[/quote]

i mean yes, seriously.

i’m in southeastern europe right now for work and in talking to a local, she said while europe is concerned about the future of NATO, most people here wanted Trump to win.[/quote]

I have family in southeastern Europe,  visit every year, speak the language, and follow the local news, and except for the occasional person that shares Trump’s hatred of migrants, most people are shocked by the Trump win. Quite a few texted me after the election to say WTF? I’d be curious to know which country “wanted Trump to win.”[/quote]

lol. typical. you haven’t experienced it so my discussion with another southeastern european could not possibly be true!

cyprus, that’s where.

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Well I was talking about nearby Greece  and my sample group is more than one person. [/quote]
Greece is notoriously one of the most brutal and antagonistic countries towards refugees in Europe. Tell your family to fix the attitudes and policies about migrants at home before talking about what we do in the US. [/quote]

Greek here. I agree the country--or at least the government--has a terrible track record with refugees. What I said in an earlier post is that when I hear/read positive things about Trump in Greece, it's usually about his attitude towards migrants. Meaning the people that like him tend to also not like migrants and they like that he talks tough about migrants. But the negative comments have to do with Jan. 6, the lack of normalcy surrounding Trump and his whole circus, and the fear that he will be a destabilizing force in the world. This from an article in a Greek newspaper today: "The Trump effect continues to dominate the global agenda, including in our region, as analysts and politicians try to decipher how the unpredictable President-elect will handle various portfolios and crises during his second term."[/quote]

I travel there often. There is a big (huge) disconnect between Greek TV media commentators/politicians and the views of regular people, especially with the Greek government's adoption of left-of-center cultural issues over the last couple of years. They have been in full retreat since the Trump win due to the boiling undercurrent of discontent due to those policies.[/quote].

Like gay marriage? Yeah, a lot of people aren’t happy about that, but I think the biggest issues are economic—the high cost of food, rent, general cost of living—just like here, plus anger at the government (which as you know happens to be right-wing) and at politicians in general. I think a lot of the discontent we’re seeing in the US, in Greece, and in another countries, has to do with the social and economic disruptions of Covid.
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