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> Unfortunately, the Trump administration is so hypocritical on free expression, so unpopular in Europe, and so undiplomatic that it and its supporters are poorly positioned to persuade Europeans to reverse course

Understatement of the year, I think Americans don't grasp how much of a clown show their government offers to the rest of the world these days.

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That’s the thing - Europeans love to criticize the US, all while milking it on trade and defense. Americans for the most part do not care what Europeans think of them or their government, and seem to be happier for it.

Au contraire it seems they care too much. One side is gravely worried that trump is dismantling euro alliances, the other side is very keen to see it happen because they believe isolationism is the solution to all problems

Do the average Democrat really cares about our euro alliances or are you talking about the left media talking points?

I've yet to met a normal person mention how worried they are about our relationship with Europeans.

Well no, but they use those points to bash each other

Just curious, how are Europeans "milking the US on trade"?

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