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SandWitch · 26-30, F
I don't mean to insult any Americans with what I'm about to say here for starters, so let me be right up front about that.
I honestly don't think that most Americans hate Donald J. Trump because in a very subliminal way, I think that most Americans actually identify with his persona, meaning the way he behaves as a human being.
Asking if Americans love Donald Trump is like asking an American if they have an accent when they speak! Every American knows that only foreigners have accents for some strange reason, but Americans don't, right?! I mean, why would they speak with an accent in their own country, right?!
The only exception to this are among Americans from the southern United States whom all know that they have a 'southern accent' and will even talk about their 'southern accent' without me as a foreigner, even asking them to repeat what they just said!
I travel extensively for a living all over the world, most places I've never even heard of until I arrive there and I will tell you that anyone to tells you that THEY have an accent, is putting on a fake accent as they speak it because they're trying to be someone whom they are not.
That being said, whenever I visit the USA on business which is fairly often each year, the one thing that always draws my attention is HOW MUCH the average American emulates the persona of Donald J. Trump in their day to day activities while interacting with the general public.
That is not to say that Americans are trying to pretend to be like Donald Trump, but it is to say that the so-called 'American persona' I speak of is very common across the USA and Donald J. Trump just happens to be the chosen 'American' who's in front of the camera all the time who conveys to the rest of the world what a typical American's persona is really like across the board from coast to coast.
That is why I think that most Americans identify with Donald J. Trump's persona and quite frankly, they don't really see anything wrong with the guy. Yes, Donald represents the extreme right-wing of American Conservatism, politically speaking, and no, not all Americans are Republicans. But Donald Trump does represent in an American's mind, what an American sounds like and behaves like when they're out in public and in many American minds, that is okay!
I have no axe to grind with the USA politically nor professionally nor with Americans at large or even with Donald Trump, but the overall 'American persona' I witness every time I land in the USA, be it the east coast or the west coast, makes it very clear to me which country I've just landed in because I can sense that same Donald J. Trump persona surrounding every American I subsequently interact with on my business trip.
I honestly don't think that most Americans hate Donald J. Trump because in a very subliminal way, I think that most Americans actually identify with his persona, meaning the way he behaves as a human being.
Asking if Americans love Donald Trump is like asking an American if they have an accent when they speak! Every American knows that only foreigners have accents for some strange reason, but Americans don't, right?! I mean, why would they speak with an accent in their own country, right?!
The only exception to this are among Americans from the southern United States whom all know that they have a 'southern accent' and will even talk about their 'southern accent' without me as a foreigner, even asking them to repeat what they just said!
I travel extensively for a living all over the world, most places I've never even heard of until I arrive there and I will tell you that anyone to tells you that THEY have an accent, is putting on a fake accent as they speak it because they're trying to be someone whom they are not.
That being said, whenever I visit the USA on business which is fairly often each year, the one thing that always draws my attention is HOW MUCH the average American emulates the persona of Donald J. Trump in their day to day activities while interacting with the general public.
That is not to say that Americans are trying to pretend to be like Donald Trump, but it is to say that the so-called 'American persona' I speak of is very common across the USA and Donald J. Trump just happens to be the chosen 'American' who's in front of the camera all the time who conveys to the rest of the world what a typical American's persona is really like across the board from coast to coast.
That is why I think that most Americans identify with Donald J. Trump's persona and quite frankly, they don't really see anything wrong with the guy. Yes, Donald represents the extreme right-wing of American Conservatism, politically speaking, and no, not all Americans are Republicans. But Donald Trump does represent in an American's mind, what an American sounds like and behaves like when they're out in public and in many American minds, that is okay!
I have no axe to grind with the USA politically nor professionally nor with Americans at large or even with Donald Trump, but the overall 'American persona' I witness every time I land in the USA, be it the east coast or the west coast, makes it very clear to me which country I've just landed in because I can sense that same Donald J. Trump persona surrounding every American I subsequently interact with on my business trip.
RedBaron · M
@SandWitch Of course I do. I’m not stupid. Perhaps if you try, you can be even more condescending.
What I don’t understand is why you needed so many words and paragraphs to make your point, stereotyping a nation of more than 300 million people based on your interactions with a few hundred at most, and probably many fewer than that.
What I don’t understand is why you needed so many words and paragraphs to make your point, stereotyping a nation of more than 300 million people based on your interactions with a few hundred at most, and probably many fewer than that.
RedBaron · M
@SandWitch However many hundreds are still a tiny fraction of the population of approximately 323 million.
And nobody as condescending as you has business to call anyone else arrogant.
Of course, I’m sure all you Swedish types are herring-loving blue-eyed blondes who speak like this…
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And nobody as condescending as you has business to call anyone else arrogant.
Of course, I’m sure all you Swedish types are herring-loving blue-eyed blondes who speak like this…
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