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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People have been gnashing teeth like this since my study abroad in 2003, and it’s been nonsense the whole time. [/quote]
Meh. I feel like back then (Iraq, etc) people were critical of USA policies but not Americans.  This is a whole different ballgame. And the only people who don’t think so are MAGA.  Trump is going after allies.  He is basically giving the middle finger to NATO.  It’s so not the same. I think for now most people pity Americans but that might change once consequences of this new world order emerge in other countries. [/quote]

I’m not sure how old you were and how extensively you traveled in Europe at the time but there was definitely anti-American sentiment then, and it was pretty generalized and uncomfortable.  This was when we renamed French fries into Freedom fries and such things.

More recently there has been actually a much kinder, friendlier reception!  Some see it as generally crazy times we live in, some feel very sorry for us, and yet others sympathize with the political right (right parties are gaining traction and are in charge now in several countries, as many countries have been dealing with rapid large scale immigration, terror attacks…). [/quote]

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