How U.S. Tourists Are Dealing with a New Animosity Overseas

This article doesn't prove that any of the animosity is new. It mentions a spike of people who think it may happen, but I strongly doubt that is actually grounded in reality.

Isn't this largely projection about a minority with enough money to travel the globe every summer not liking the current set in charge?

As a non American happily living _not there_. When dealing with foreign tourists at the individual level, the politics of the white house aren't even close to the top of my mind So don't worry, you're being a hypochondriac.

The first time this phenomenon showed up for Americans was “the Ugly American” phase of the late 1950s. The book “The Ugly American” was written in 1958, when America’s wealth and prestige was at its zenith as compared to Europe. American tourists to Europe had been perceived as loud and boorish for 100 years prior, as evidenced by travel writing of the period.

But the disparity between America and Europe had never been as lopsided as the late 1950s, in terms of wealth, social influence, military power and even moral weight, since many tens of thousands of young American lives were selflessly lost on European soil because of the moral failings of European governance. And so labeling Americans as “ugly” (couldn’t call them poor, weak, dumb, immoral, etc.) provided a particular release to Europeans and guilt-addled wealthy Americans alike.

I guess the US has reached that same degree of imbalance with most of the rest of the world in 2025 as we had in 1958, for this sort of article to be published in the WSJ. Americans are naturally loud, boorish and insular and always have been…part of our unique charm.

This cautionary article could have, and probably has, been written in various forms since the 1880s for American tourists crossing the pond by sail, steamship, and air.

Tourists have always (40 years+) been a universally-hated species of inconsiderate, selfish brats.

What's new is projective scapegoating of nascent geopolitical frustrations about a regime onto the largely powerless populace.

This article is bullshit sensationalism with a side effect of keeping people apart from other people.

I suspect that there's 1% of the population that vehemently hates me because I'm MAGA. But 99% of the people in the world love others and will look past my failure to reach out and converse with me.

Don't let fear keep you from meeting other people.

Was in Amsterdam, Berlin and Reykjavik in April for 9 days. Only thing that bothered me was running into people who wanted to talk Trump.. good or bad. I love talking to folks while traveling Europe or wherever just not having to talk about politics. I'm on vacation for fun and politics is buzzkill to "fun!"

This is BS.

American tourists are reviled because they are loud and pushy.

And neurotic.

lol, only joking.

Pffff, there is no animosity. We may have animosity towards Trump or some political moves. Not towards people.

The holiday season is obviously coming, with its share of articles written by the intern who has to checkmark his internship.

WTF!! Even this kind of a story is being flagged? What the hell happened to HN?

Canadian flag pin on my backpack. My girlfriend lives there too.