American expats in Europe/the UK

[expatme]

Are you as horrified and embarrassed as I am?

I am a US citizen living here in the UK. I just keep my head down and try not to talk politics with anyone. What Trump is doing is really embarrassing.

I don't think that you can say that any more. Also, the US had political singers as well. There is nothing anti establishment about the Stones or the Pistols, it was all just window dressing. The Pistols were effectively a boy band, and Mick Jagger is a peer of the realm and has been for ages. I don't recognize being non compliant as a British value at all. Our motto is more 'musn't grumble'.

Yay for the Canadian Prime Minister. That's all I say. Truly phenomenal speech.

I disagree but I don't live in the kind of place that's 'A' political so it's not my experience. Equally, I don't know how old you are but there is still very much counter-culture British hip hop artists where the music is celebrating the diversity of British life and stating let's be proud of that. Unsure how you can say the Stones et al. were not part of a sixties movement that was reflective of the political and cultural rebelliousness in its day, my parents are from that generation (a bit younger), were highly political and would very much disagree with you!

You really don’t need to feel like that, but I completely understand as it’s how I felt after Brexit.

i still love the America I knew 20 years ago ( lived there briefly and travelled across) and can’t wait for Team USA to go back to being the good guys. I have faith. (Or naive optimism).

Biden's not in office, and no matter what you thought of him, he wasn't a raving lunatic, standing in front of the world spouting an insane and insulting spew of nonsense, threatening allies, upending every foreign policy safety net.

And, actually, I think Mamdani's brilliant. And I'm as normal as a person can be. Can you name one of his dangerous policies?

I tend to assume any expat American is a Democrat or at least not a Trump supporter.

Exactly my feelings.