Not.
I swear, if I have to read/watch another candidate speech explaining that european socialism is being forced down our (American) throats, I'm going to gag.
From saying that the current leadership “takes his inspiration from the capitals of Europe” and that european socialism is a modern re-incarnation of Hitler's policies, the jeers and pot shots at Europe are raining on the daily.
Which is a horrible way to make foreign friends and maintain allies, particularly when many of them have much better success rates than we do.
From social mobility, life expectancies, education rates, health care (both in terms of cost and availability), to child mortality rates, levels of mental illness, those damn european socialists seem to trounce us in most areas. What reasonable, wise, powerful leader would hate on those who are "winning?" Wouldn't you want to know what they are doing to succeed, or generate new ideas instead of continually asserting delusional all-powerfulness?
It is also worth pointing out that lumping Europe altogether is the same as lumping all middle eastern, or all asian countries together. Within each group are difference languages, cultures, ideas, political parties and modi operandi. Saying that they are all out to get us is silly. Sure there are lots of people who are less than pro-America (and spouting misguided hostile statements about them is unhelpful). But what I notice so far in my european adventures is that people are particularly rankled by the continuous assertion of "facts" by U.S. politicians, and the untactful way America moves around on the global spectrum.
And now an interesting TED talk I was given by a beloved teacher of mine...
"If you want to live the American dream, move to Denmark."
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