I think internationally they always had a bad reputation, its just eu that holds them in high regard because of their contribution in ww2
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Idk, I never held the US in high regard. The Canadians were better.
Not really, if polling can be trusted.
https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/americas-reputation-drops-across-the-world
Eh, I donโt think that has much hold anymoreโฆ After all it was a business decision, not a moral stance! I think its more about being a large tradingโฆ
Wait, we did not concede anything? What are you on about? Being polite? Countries tend to be polite to other countries representatives!
1998 Cavalese cable car crash, Killing of Michael Ovsjannikov... that you had to ask it makes it even worse
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Jesus christ, that's right up there, but not quite at, that time shey shot down an Iranian (full) passenger liner.
For one I donโt see the connection in any possible way! Both cases took places decades ago, long before Trump got into office and started demanding concessions. And in both cases the eu did nothing wrong? In both cases a us citizen did something terrible (at an order or not), but the US had jurisdiction over them both? And yes incredible amounts of corruption must have taken place in the US but again how is that the eus fault in any possible way?
It's actually more nuanced than that. US reputation varies wildly depending on the region - some parts of Asia like Japan and South Korea have historically viewed the US quite positively, while Latin America has generally had a more negative view due to decades of intervention. Global opinion polls show US reputation fluctuates dramatically based on which administration is in power to.
US pop culture has been and even still is big in places. US government/country, probably not since the gold rush.
The USA has a bad reputation domestically amongst a large portion of the population. The 700k feral wild humans and order of magnitude more on the brink of joining them particularly despise the place
Mom?
Did i miss the part where the UK suddenly bucked 1000 years of history and became Europhiles?
Yeah fucking weird
I'm not sure I understand. Yes the UK simps on the USA historically but there is a changing sentiment towards Canada and less dependence on the US generally. The same for the rest of Europe hence the cartoon.
I'm willing to call the UK America and Canada's mommy, but not the EU
Ahhh, got you, I'm so sorry - it hadn't twigged but now I get it. Thanks
The meme template doesn't fit well, since neither the US nor Canada are EU members. That's not their mom.
Canada has the better flag design