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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
I encountered that sort of thing a few times. I took the opportunity to side with the staff. It took a few asides and winks and nods, but soon we laughed and joked about the A-holes. I did tell them how sorry I was that some people represented the USA so poorly - but this was before Trump. Not sure Americans are greeted with as much friendship now.
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I don't think anyone in France really cares about our politics. I should study this before making a broad assertion, perhaps Stuart can add, but there were a few times I watched French news and flipped through the channels. Note that google translating the text feed at the bottom is very helpful in learning French. Listening to it as well.
Anyway, I don't think France has the same opinion-based celebrity talking head reality TV show divisive media that we do. It could, I just didn't see it. If that's that's the case, another reason to be ashamed of the U.S. Coming back and going to foxnews.com and cnn.com and msnbc.com (I don't have a TV), I felt like I needed to take a shower. Reuters.com is still my preferred media outlet with a little bbc too.
But no one brought up Trump or politics. We did talk about how bad American food is, which it is, with the exception of BBQ, uniquely American and amazing when done right. American wine was also a topic. But that was the most American bashing I ever got into with anyone there.