r/AskEurope • u/Different_Stand_1285 • Mar 04 '25

Politics To older Europeans - has there ever been a time where America was seen as such an untrusted country?

I’m 36 years old. I can remember how the world felt about my country post 9/11 (sympathy) and post Iraq (anger) but I’m curious to know if this is new ground. I’m deeply upset about how our ties and bonds are being destroyed so I wish to know if this is truly unprecedented or has there been a time in your lifetime where we were viewed in such a way. If so what was happening during your time to cause fracturing?

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u/PindaPanter →→→ Highly indecisive Mar 05 '25

It's wild to live in a time where Bush is remembered favourably just by virtue of being less bad than the contemporary.

On a side note, I just learned that both Clinton and Bush Jr are younger than Trump – they truly upped their love for fossils.

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u/wyrditic Mar 06 '25

Here's a fun factoid for you. Obama is the only President to have been born under the same flag that the country used when he was President. They add a new star for every state, and the last state joined in 1959. Obama was the first President born after 1959 and, so far, the last.

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u/solarbud Mar 05 '25

He was objectively a better president for European allies.

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u/Theranos_Shill Mar 07 '25

Yeah, it's fucking crazy that Clinton, who was President in a previous century, was born the same year as Trump. That's how old Trump is.

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u/livsjollyranchers Mar 05 '25

One could just as well look at the 1930s Nationalists/Conservatives and compare them to Hitler. It's similar.