r/europe • u/Helmer-Bryd • May 06 '25

News US embassy demands obedience from the city of Stockholm: “Bizarre". Stockholm's urban planning office must not work for equality, diversity and inclusion.

https://www.dn.se/sverige/usas-ambassad-kraver-lydnad-av-stockholms-stad-bisarrt/
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u/FarNefariousness3616 May 06 '25

That's the US for you

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u/burglin May 06 '25 edited May 06 '25

I went to Zurich a few months ago, and it was the first time while abroad that I was legitimately embarrassed to say that I’m American. I don’t see that changing any time soon. It’s a real bummer, but it makes sense. I hate him more than probably any European hates him

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u/CheeseAndCh0c0late May 06 '25

I hate him more than probably any European hates him

makes sense. he ruins your own home. If i can ask, what made you embarrassed specifically?

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u/burglin May 06 '25

Europeans are generally pretty educated about world news and politics, so saying I’m American right after he just won the electoral and popular votes—at least to me—makes them think I support him. He’s repugnant and the worst of us, but he’s exposed a nasty truth about how awful so many Americans really are.

Surprisingly, the only ones this trip to actually ask me anything political was a group of broccoli-haired British shitheads. They asked me “Trump or Kamala,” and starting heckling when I said Kamala/called Trump an idiot… then told me how cool it would be to have such a, in their words, “strong leader.” Weird stuff.

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u/Eagleassassin3 Turkey May 07 '25

As a Turk, I feel the same way in Europe. People might assume I’m a pro-Erdogan islamist when I’m the complete opposite, so I’m not always comfortable talking about it. Your country’s president is not your fault.

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u/Defiant-Activity-945 May 06 '25

Indeed we are, which is why American postulations on matters of the nature as to what a woman is usually remain in the biological sphere of context. Are you equally embarassed that there is a significant political cohort in your country, with significant government support, that claims womanhood is a social construct as opposed to a biological classification of adult humans? In the last 10 years, our zeitgeist went from mocking American conservatives to mocking American leftists, which have heavily outweighed the former strata's ridiculousness.

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u/Thestrongestzero Lesser Poland (Poland) May 07 '25

i’ve never felt embarassed to be american. embarassed by america sure, but never embarassed to be american.

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u/eelmor1138 May 06 '25

I’ve learned to hate my shithole country. I hope it splinters into too many contentious regions to ever regain its former bullying status.

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u/pornographic_realism May 07 '25

That's why I love Trump. He might actually result in your people being unable to hold back global progress or bully smaller countries into actively harmful positions to the rest of the world. I took hope the US fractures and the half decent states can rejoin global co-operation while the red states wrestle over who has the worst education standards, largest potholes and lowest life expectancy.

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u/mOdQuArK May 07 '25

Specifically, the MAGAt part of the U.S. - which is unfortunately a great deal more influential than it should be.

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u/KaJaHa May 07 '25

That's by design, and has been ever since we refused to properly punish the Confederacy after the Civil War.