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Again, I doubt you travel the same way that I do.  I'm about to go on a solo trip to Latin America for a month, for example, and I'm fluent in the language.  In the past, I'd never bring up politics with anyone I'd meet.  But things are different now.  The first question anyone is going to ask you is where you are from.  I'm not going to lie and say I'm Canadian or any of that bullshit.  Nope.  I'm going to say I'm American.  And once you do that when you're abroad nowadays, you're going to hush the crowd around you.  The reaction is palpable.  Especially if you're older and white.  [b]The assumption is that you're a Trump supporter[/b], and it's a major turn off for 90 percent of people who don't live in the USA.[/quote]

[b]This is your presumption about how people perceive you. You are welcome to your presumption.[/b]

[quote=Anonymous]So you make clear from the outset that you hate the guy, there's a collective sigh of relief, and the conversation more often than not goes in another direction.  Sure, sometimes folks will want to continue with the political discussion, and that's fine too. [b] It's our patriotic duty[/b] to reassure humans who have never been to the United States that not all of us have lost our minds.[/quote]

I'll decide what my patriotic duties are.

[quote=Anonymous]The bottom line is that pre-Trump it was much easier to avoid discussing US politics with foreigners abroad, but now you almost have to [b]or you'll be treated as a pariah.[/b][/quote]

Or [i]you[/i] will be treated as a pariah. Again this is your presumption. You are welcome to your presumption.

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After sighs of relief occur time and again it becomes clear that it's more than a presumption.  The man is almost universally reviled broad and[b] if you honestly don't think that he is having a real impact on what foreigners think of Americans you are living in la la land.[/b] [/quote]

I'm not suggesting foreigners are not impacted.

I'm asserting I've never felt foreigners need me to engage the topic, nor expect me explain my position regarding the topic.

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