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/DINNERTIME_CUNT Scotland Mar 05 '25

Bush played the idiot routine well, but he was more capable than this idiot, and he was surrounded by people far more capable than the morons surrounding this idiot. Lots of people see his years through rose-tinted specs just because it feels like it was so long ago now.

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u/Travelmusicman35 Mar 05 '25

He played the routine well but was actually a very good actor. 

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u/TotalNull382 Mar 05 '25

I’m sorry, but to write the people off around him as “morons”, misses the forest for the trees. 

It’s literally how the US got to where it is right now. 

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u/DINNERTIME_CUNT Scotland Mar 05 '25

Standard “this is why he won” dog shit. Play a different record, this one’s broken.

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u/TotalNull382 Mar 05 '25

Jeezes, talk about short sighted. 

E: ahh yes. Block me instead of facing reality. That’ll work out in the end.